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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Trades change dynamic of team; conference standings tighten during playoff push
- Spokane Chiefs notebook: Trades boost scoring, leadership; offense picks up during 3-game win streak
- Spokane Chiefs notebook: Offense, power play struggles continue into holiday season; goalies cool off after hot start
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Newcomer Tyus Sparks scores go-ahead goal in third, Spokane Chiefs drop Victoria 3-1
- Spokane Chiefs listless against expansion Penticton, fall 5-1 ahead of three-game road trip
- Mathis Preston scores go-ahead goal late in third, Spokane Chiefs edge Vancouver 3-2
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Spokane Chiefs 2025-26 season preview: Early season roster still in flux even after season-opening road trip
- Spokane Chiefs 2025-26 season preview: Forward Mathis Preston grows into more prominent role in draft-eligible season
- Junior hockey managers charting unknown waters as college-age players pursue previously unavailable options

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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Trades change dynamic of team; conference standings tighten during playoff push

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 13, 2026

The Spokane Chiefs team that coach Brad Lauer left in December when he went to help coach Team Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Minnesota was drastically different than the one he returned to.

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Newcomer Tyus Sparks scores go-ahead goal in third, Spokane Chiefs drop Victoria 3-1

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 10, 2026

VICTORIA, B.C. – The Victoria Royals are currently blocking the Spokane Chiefs’ path to the playoffs in the Western Conference, with a tenuous hold on eighth place in the standings.

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Victoria scores two quick goals, holds off Chiefs

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 9, 2026

The Victoria Royals broke open a scoreless game with two goals in a three-minute stretch and held off the Spokane Chiefs 2-1 on Friday night at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Seattle Kraken get first goals from Berkly Catton: ‘that was … awesome’

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 8, 2026

He almost scored in his first NHL game in October, in front of his parents. How was it January and Berkly Catton still didn’t have a goal? During his three-year, 197-game Western Hockey League career, Catton found the net 116 times for the Spokane Chiefs. His longest goal drought was nine games. He grew antsy long before this stretch tripled that one, with a much bigger audience watching and ...

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Berkly Catton scores first 2 goals of career, Seattle Kraken thump Bruins

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 7, 2026

Berkly Catton’s long-awaited first NHL goal fell Tuesday night. His second wasn’t far behind.

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Spokane Chiefs trade standout forward Mathis Preston to Vancouver for players, draft pick

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 5, 2026

The Spokane Chiefs are making moves for the present – and the future.

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Spokane Chiefs listless against expansion Penticton, fall 5-1 ahead of three-game road trip

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 3, 2026

The Penticton Vees are not your typical expansion team – the organization was careful to construct a squad with experienced players in order to be competitive right out of the gate in their first year in the Western Hockey League.

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Preston’s late goal lifts Spokane to home win over Vancouver

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 2, 2026

Mathis Preston scored the go-ahead goal with under three minutes remaining and the Spokane Chiefs held on for a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Giants on Friday night at the Arena.

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Mathis Preston scores go-ahead goal late in third, Spokane Chiefs edge Vancouver 3-2

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 2, 2026

Mathis Preston scored the go-ahead goal with 2 minutes, 27 seconds left in the third period and the Spokane Chiefs beat the visiting Vancouver Giants 3-2 in a Western Hockey League Western Conference game at the Arena on Friday.

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Spokane Chiefs outshoot host Tri-City 50-24, but lose 3-2 in annual New Year’s Eve rivalry game

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 31, 2025

KENNEWICK – Savin Virk scored the eventual difference-maker seven minutes into the second period and the Spokane Chiefs lost to the Tri-City Americans 3-2 in the teams’ annual New Year’s Eve matchup between traditional Western Hockey League U.S. Division rivals at the Toyota Center on Wednesday.

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Sam Oremba scores game-winner with 1.4 seconds left, Spokane Chiefs edge Wenatchee on road 4-3

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 28, 2025

Sam Oremba scored a breakaway goal with 1.4 seconds left in the third period and the Spokane Chiefs edged the Wenatchee Wild 4-3 in a Western Hockey League U.S. Division game at the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee on Sunday.

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Spokane Chiefs let third-period lead slip away, fall at home to last-place Wenatchee 5-4

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 27, 2025

Unlike last season, when the Spokane Chiefs led the league in scoring and was ranked second in the power play, earning a playoff spot is not a foregone conclusion this season, as the club entered the Christmas break with just one more win than loss in their ledger – tenuously tied for seventh and eighth places in the conference.

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