All WHL players will be reporting to their respective teams following the Christmas break where they will begin training in preparation for the season.

Jack Finley and Bear Hughes both got to celebrate the same experience on Wednesday when they were selected in the 2020 NHL draft.

Just as the Spokane Chiefs were completing the franchise’s first Western Hockey League championship and the run to its first of two Memorial Cup victories, the San Jose Sharks were completing their preparations for their first NHL draft, as an expansion team.

The air temperature outside the Spokane Chiefs’ idling team bus was about minus 4 when Trevor Kidd first made his way onto it in Brandon, Manitoba.

At each stage of his hockey career, Pat Falloon excelled as the new guy.

Pat Falloon was only 16 at the time, but he suspected then that the Spokane Chiefs were going through some financial hardships.

The Spokane Chiefs announced on Tuesday that Adam Maglio will become the organization's 14th full-time head coach.

The Western Hockey League is now aiming to begin a full regular season on Dec. 4, the league announced Thursday. That pushes back the start of the Spokane Chiefs’ season by about three months from a usual start date.

For decades, certain sports teams – professional, college and high school – have resisted changing their nicknames and branding from Native American terms and imagery.But with the recent climate of change sweeping the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the resulting national protests against racism, a couple of the more prominent – and historically most resistant – professional teams have been pressured by activists and investors to reevaluate the situation.

The Spokane Chiefs selected defenseman David Jiricek from the Czech Republic with the 54th pick in Tuesday's CHL Import draft.

When the National Hockey League gathered for its annual draft one year ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, Jack Finley was there to take it all in.