Spokane, WA - 11/19/08 - Spokane Chiefs have added 6’0”, 175 pound forward Kenton Miller to their roster. The 17-year-old is expected to join the Chiefs on their road trip, which continues tonight at Regina. Miller, who hails from Redvers, Saskatchewan, scored five goals and six points in 24 games with the Nipawin Hawks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

The Chiefs will take on the Pats tonight at 5:00 with Comcast Hockey Tonight beginning at 4:30 on 1510 KGA with Mike Boyle. Spokane will finish the trip this weekend when they take on Moose Jaw on Friday and Swift Current on Saturday night.

Spokane, WA - 11/18/08 - Spokane Chiefs dropped their second straight game on their Eastern Division road swing Tuesday night, as Scott Glennie's two goals led the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 4-1 win. With the loss Spokane remained one point ahead of second place Tri City in the Western Hockey League's U.S. Division. Spokane is now 1-2 on the six game road trip.

Aaron Lewadniuk's rebound goal 9:47 into the first period gave Brandon a 1-0 lead after one. Glennie's first of the night, on the power play just 40 seconds into the second period gave the Wheat Kings a 2-0 advantage. The Chiefs Drayson Bowman converted a steal in the offensive zone with a slap shot from the top of the circles for his 10th goal of the season to bring Spokane within 2-1 after two periods.

Brandon's Brayden Schenn would make it 3-1 Brandon at the 17:10 mark of the third period and then Glennie would put home an empty netter at 19:04 of the third to cap the scoring.

Spokane outshot Brandon 34-23 on the game, going 0-2 on the power play and 2-3 on the penalty kill. The Chiefs will travel to Regina Wednesday night at 5pm to face the Pats. Mike Boyle will be on AM 1510 KGA beginning at 4:30 with Comcast Hockey Tonight.

Spokane, WA - 11/18/08 -Spokane Chief Defenseman Jared Cowen tops the NHL’s Central Scouting rankings of draft eligible skaters from the Western Hockey League in their preliminary rankings for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. The 6’5” defenseman is in his second season as a Chief and was named the team’s Rookie of the Year and the Western Conference’s Scholastic Player of the Year in 2008.

The Vancouver Giants Evander Kane, the WHL’s leading scorer, is ranked second.

Tuesday’s release ranked the top 25 skaters and the best goalies in the OHL, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. Also, the top European prospects were rated by country, and NCAA players were ranked by league.

"Cowen has an offensive upside to him as well as size," said NHL Central Scouting Director E.J. McGuire. "I really think the combination of them both is why right now, in mid-November, why he (Cowen) is a notch ahead of Evander Kane.”

Spokane made Cowen the first overall selection in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft and in 2007-08 the Allan, Saskatchewan native appeared in 68 games, scored four goals and 18 points. His +28 led all rookie defensemen last year. In August, Cowen was named an Alternate Captain and helped Team Canada win a gold medal at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka under-18 World Championships.

The 17-year-old will play for Team WHL at the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge for Team WHL on November 26th in Swift Current and November 27th in Prince Albert.

For a complete list of the Western Hockey League Preliminary Rankings for Fall 2008, click here.

Spokane, WA - 11/15/08 - Milan Kytnar's goal with 1:52 left in the game gave the Saskatoon Blades a 2-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs in a battle of Western Hockey League divison leaders Saturday night in Saskatoon. The loss to the Eastern Division leading Blades snapped the Chiefs 3 game winning streak, but Spokane remained in first place in the U.S. Division by one point as a result of Portland's win over Tri City.

Both teams failed to score in the first two periods as Chiefs goalie Dustin Tokarski turned away 26 shots in the first 40 minutes. Spokane's Mitch Wahl put home a Ryan Letts feed from the left circle at 2:20 of the third period to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Michael Reddington also assisted on Wahl's 13th goal of the season.

Saskatoon would tie the game on Stephan Elliot's goal at 8:11 of the period before Kytnar would score the game winner on a wrister from the left circle. Tokarski saved 34 shots in picking up the second star in the loss.

Spokane will continue their road trip through the East Division Tuesday night at Brandon at 5pm. Mike Boyle will go on the air with Comcast Hockey Tonight at 4:30pm .

Spokane, WA - 11/14/08 - The Spokane Chiefs picked up their third straight win as they opened their Eastern Division road swing with a 3-2 win over the Prince Albert Raiders Friday night. With the win, the Chiefs moved back into first place by a point over the idle Tri City Americans in the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League.

Ryan Letts opened the scoring for Spokane banging home a rebound of his own shot 7 minutes into the game to make it 1-0. Drayson Bowman and Stephan Ulmer got the assists on Letts fifth goal of the season. Steve Kuhn converted a Mitch Wahl feed 4:13 later to make it 2-0 Spokane. Bowman picked up his second helper of the night on Kuhn's third career WHL goal.

Prince Albert would respond with a Ryan McDonald goal at 16:40 to cut the Chiefs lead to 2-1 after one period. The Raiders would score a power play goal just 37 seconds into the second period to even the game at two. The Chiefs Tyler Johnson would get the eventual game winner at 7:33 of the second, scoring off a face off with a backhander to give the Chiefs a 3-2 lead. It was Johnson's 4th game winning goal of the year, tying him for the most in the WHL this season.

Dustin Tokarski turned away 38 Raider shots in picking up his 12th win of the season.

The Chiefs will continue their road trip Saturday in Saskatoon at 5pm. Mike Boyle will go on the air with Comcast Hockey Tonight at 4:30 on AM 790.

Spokane, WA - 11/12/08 - Levko Koper scored twice and Dustin Tokarski stopped 35 shots, including 17 in the second period, as the Spokane Chiefs defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-2 on Wednesday night in the Spokane Arena. The game was the first meeting between the two since last spring's WHL Championship Final won by Spokane in four games.

The Chiefs went 3-6 on the power play with their first coming on a blind backhand by Mitch Wahl from the bottom of the right circle that hit the Hurricane's Juha Metsola in the skate and banked into the net for a 1-0 Spokane lead at 9:57 of the first period.

Koper snapped home a wrister on the man advantage from the right circle at 14:40 of the second period from Trevor Glass and Stefan Ulmer, who had two assists on the night, for a 2-0 Spokane advantage. Lethbridge cut into that at 15:48 with a power play goal of their own to make it 2-1.

Koper's team leading 14th goal of the year was unassisted at 4:06 of the third.

Trevor Glass scored his second of the season and Spokane's third power play goal of the night at 15:27. Lethbridge's second goal came at 17:33.

Seth Compton found an empty net at 19:22 for the final score.

Ulmer now has five assists in his last two games. Drayson Bowman finished the night with two assists and Wahl had a goal and assist.

Spokane was 5-6 on the penalty kill and was outshot by Lethbridge 37-29.

The Chiefs will travel to the East Division for six games in nine nights beginning on Friday night at 5:30 at Prince Albert. Mike Boyle will go on the air at 5:00 with Comcast Hockey Tonight on 1510 KGA.

Spokane, WA - 11/12/08 - Long bus travel is a rite of passage in the Western Hockey League and the Chiefs will hit the Canadian highways following Wednesday's home game against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. A post-game departure is set to allow the Chiefs plenty of time to arrive in the northern most Saskatchewan cities in the WHL, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, where the Chiefs will begin their trip Friday and Saturday, respectively.

In six home games against the East last season, Spokane went 6-0 and outscored the opposition 3.83- 2.33. The Chiefs won one game in a shootout against Moose Jaw. Two years ago, the last time Spokane made the trip through Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the Chiefs posted a 2-4 record.

The six games will be played in a nine game span and finish with games against Moose Jaw on Friday, November 21st and Swift Current on Saturday, November 22nd.

A trip to Kennewick to take on the Tri-City Americans on Friday, November 28th will make it seven straight road games before the Chiefs return at home on Saturday, November 29th against the Kamloops Blazers.

Mike Boyle will go on the air a half-an-hour prior to each game with Comcast Hockey Tonight on 1510 KGA. For a team-by-team preview, see the Chiefs Weekly Report.