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Post by David on Jun 26, 2019 15:11:14 GMT -8
This is the 2019-20 Regular Season schedule for the Spokane Chiefs.
The Chiefs are entering their 35th Season as members of the Western Hockey League. Spokane plays in the U.S. Division of the WHL's Western Conference. The U.S. Division features the 5 teams from the United States and, in addition to Spokane, consists of the Everett Silvertips, Portland Winterhawks, Seattle Thunderbirds, and Tri-City Americans.
Spokane is coming off a successful regular season in which they reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2011. Unfortunately, the Chiefs would eventually fall to the Vancouver Giants in 5 games.
The Chiefs will have a new head coach as Dan Lambert took a job offer with the NHL's Nashville Predators after initially signing a contract extension. Manny Viveiros, who led the Swift Current Broncos to their 2018 WHL Championship, is the new man behind the bench for Spokane.
The 2019-20 Season is the second season in which the WHL will play a 68-game season schedule, with 34 home and 34 away games.
One of the biggest changes will be the relocation of the Kootenay ICE, who move to Winnipeg, MB after 21 seasons in Cranbrook, BC. The ICE are the first franchise to relocate since 2011, when the Chilliwack Bruins moved to Victoria, BC to become the Victoria Royals.
The Chiefs open their 2018-19 campaign on the road against the Kamloops Blazers on Friday, September 20th. Spokane will open the season at home on Saturday, September 28 on Bud Light Opening Night. After playing the Kootenay ICE for two seasons, the Chiefs will open at home against Tri-City for the first time since 2016-17. The Chiefs will spend 4 of their next 5 games at home until the middle of October. Throughout the season, Spokane will play 27 weekend games and host a total of 10 Friday games, 14 Saturday games and 3 Sunday games. Spokane will also host 7 total weekday games, with 3 games on Tuesday and 4 games on Wednesday.
The Chiefs will then commence their two-week Eastern Conference road trip towards the end of February, this time taking on the Central Division, including games against the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Swift Current Broncos, and Medicine Hat Tigers. Spokane will then return home for 2 games against Seattle and Tri-City before heading back east at the beginning of March to round out their Central Division dates with the Edmonton Oil Kings, Red Deer Rebels, and Calgary Hitmen.
In addition to Bud Light Opening Night, popular promotions of past years will be return, including the 9th annual Leinenkugel's Hocktoberfest event on October 12 against Victoria. HOCKtoberfest is an Oktoberfest themed fan festival outside the Spokane Arena that starts at 4 p.m., 3 hours before puck drop. As with all HOCKtoberfest promotions in the past, fans will have a chance to win a weekend getaway to the German themed tourist town of Leavenworth, WA, courtesy of Leinenkugel's. There will also be a silent auction featuring Chiefs memorabilia.
The annual Teddy Bear Toss presented by the Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund will take place on December 7 against Tri-City. Fans are encouraged to bring a teddy bear to throw on the ice after the Chiefs score their first goal. All bears and stuff animals will then be donated to the Spokesman-Review's Christmas Fund.
The annual Fight Cancer Awareness night will take place on February 29th, while the annual the Jerseys Off Their Back auction will take place on February 8
Spokane will also be celebrating its 35th Anniversary this season. The 35th Anniversary Celebration with a look back at 35 years of Spokane Chiefs history will take place on November 29, while the 35th Anniversary Poster Giveaway will take place on November 30.
In addition to celebrating its 35th Anniversary, the Chiefs will honor the 50th Anniversary of the Spokane Jets winning the 1970 Allan Cup.
Home games are noted in bold red. All times are PST.SeptemberFri., September 20 - at Kamloops (W 4-3) Sat., September 21 - at Kelowna (L 3-4) (OT) Sat., September 28 - Tri-City (L 0-3)OctoberFri., October 4 - Seattle (W 5-1) Sat., October 5 - at Tri-City (W 7-1) Sun., October 6 - Everett (L 3-4) Fri., October 11 - Prince George (L 1-3) Sat., October 12 - Victoria (W 6-1) Fri., October 18 - at Prince George (L 1-2) Sat., October 19 - at Prince George (W 5-2) Wed., October 23 - Brandon (W 7-1) Fri., October 25 - Portland (L 3-6) Sat., October 26 - Prince Albert (L 1-4)NovemberSat., November 2 - Prince George (W 6-0) Sun., November 3 - Everett (L 3-4) (OT) Fri., November 8 - Everett (L 3-4) Sat., November 9 - Kelowna (W 6-1) Fri., November 15 - at Portland (W 4-3) (OT) Sat., November 16 - at Tri-City (W 4-3) Sun., November 17 - at Everett (L 0-2) Wed., November 20 - Saskatoon (W 5-1) Sat., November 23 - Winnipeg (W 5-3) Wed., November 27 - at Everett (L 0-4) Fri., November 29 - Vancouver (L 2-3) (OT) Sat., November 30 - Victoria (W 4-3) (OT)DecemberTue., December 3 - Seattle (W 4-1) Fri., December 6 - at Vancouver (W 2-1) Sat., December 7 - Tri-City (W 4-3) Tue., December 10 - at Seattle (W 4-2) Sat., December 14 - at Seattle (W 5-2) Sun., December 15 - at Everett (L 3-4) (SO) Tue., December 17 - at Victoria (L 4-5) Wed., December 18 - at Victoria (W 3-1) Fri., December 27 - at Seattle (L 5-9) Sat., December 28 - Tri-City (W 5-3) Tue., December 31 - at Tri-City (L 4-5) (OT)JanuaryFri., January 3 - Portland (L 4-6) Tue., January 7 - at Portland (L 4-6) Fri., January 10 - Vancouver (W 3-1) Sat., January 11 - at Vancouver (W 6-3) Tue., January 14 - Kamloops (L 3-6) Fri., January 17 - Portland (L 3-5) Sat., January 18 - Regina (W 6-2) Wed., January 22 - Everett (W 3-2) (OT) Sat., January 25 - at Tri-City (W 7-2) Sun., January 26 - at Everett (L 1-4) Wed., January 29 - at Kamloops (L 2-4) Fri., January 31 - at Kelowna (W 7-3)FebruarySat. February 1 - Kelowna (W 6-0) Tue. February 4 - at Portland (W 7-6) (OT) Sat., February 8 - Tri-City (W 6-0) Sun., February 9 - Everett (W 5-3) Wed., February 12 - Moose Jaw (W 2-1) (OT) Fri., February 14 - at Portland (L 1-4) Sat., February 15 - at Tri-City (W 6-4) Wed., February 19 - at Lethbridge (W 6-3) Fri., February 21 - at Swift Current (W 5-1) Sat., February 22 - at Medicine Hat (W 2-1) Fri., February 28 - Seattle (W 9-2) Sat., February 29 - Tri-City (W 4-3) (SO)MarchWed., March 4 - at Edmonton (W 6-2) Fri., March 6 - at Red Deer (W 5-1) Sat., March 7 - at Calgary (W 6-2) Tue., March 10 - Kamloops (W 3-0)
REMAINDER OF REGULAR SEASON CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 (coronavirus)
Fri., March 13 - Portland Sat., March 14 - Tri-City Tue. March 17 - at Seattle Sat. March 21 - at Tri-CityAWAY VENUESCalgary Hitmen - Scotiabank Saddledome; Calgary, Alberta Edmonton Oil Kings - Rogers Place; Edmonton, Alberta Everett Silvertips - Angel of the Winds Arena; Everett, Washington Kamloops Blazers - Sandman Centre; Kamloops, British Columbia Kelowna Rockets - Prospera Place; Kelowna, British Columbia Portland Winterhawks - Moda Center or Veteran's Memorial Coliseum; Portland, Oregon Lethbridge Hurricanes - ENMAX Centre; Lethbridge, Alberta Medicine Hat Tigers - Canalta Centre; Medicine Hat, Alberta Prince George Cougars - CN Centre; Prince George, British Columbia Red Deer Rebels - Westerner Park Centrium; Red Deer, Alberta Seattle Thunderbirds - accesso ShoWare Center; Kent, Washington Swift Current Broncos - Innovation Credit Union iPlex; Swift Current, Saskatchewan Tri-City Americans - Toyota Center; Kennewick, Washington Vancouver Giants - Langley Events Centre; Langley, British Columbia Victoria Royals - Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena; Victoria, British Columbia To share this post on social media, please go to the right side of the page (the top of the page on the mobile site) to the social media icons and choose which social media site(s) to share the thread. To comment on this thread and others on this forum, please login or register.
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Post by David on Oct 30, 2019 20:55:33 GMT -8
Monthly Update: The Chiefs got off to a nice start in their season opener, defeating the Kamloops Blazers 4-3, but went on to lose the next two games to finish out the month of September at 1-1-1.
In October, Spokane rebounded with two dominant wins over Seattle and Tri-City, outscoring both teams by a combined score of 12-2 before dropping the next two at home against Everett and Prince George. Spokane would bounce back to win big against Victoria before heading up north for back-to-back games against the Prince George Cougars. The Chiefs split the series before returning home for the first of 7 consecutive home games. After defeating Brandon 7-1, Spokane went on to fizzle against Portland and Prince Albert to close out the month.
As of Halloween, the Chiefs are 4th place in the U.S. Division with a record of 6-6-1 with 13 points, five points behind division leading Everett. Spokane currently sits at #7 in the overall standings in the Western Conference, tied with Victoria in points and Win-Loss totals, but own the tiebreaker courtesy of a victory over the Royals.
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Post by David on Dec 1, 2019 13:24:29 GMT -8
Monthly Update: The Chiefs took advantage of some home cooking during the month of November. Spokane went 5-1-2 during their home slate and 2-2 on the road. Other than their late OT loss to the Vancouver Giants, Spokane's only losses of the month came against the Everett Silvertips.
The Chiefs close out November with a record of 7-3-2.
Entering December, the Chiefs moved up to 3rd Place in the U.S. Division with an overall record of 13-9-3 with 29 points and are 5th overall in the Western Conference standings. Spokane trails the Everett Silvertips (17-6-1, 35 points) and the Portland Winterhawks (16-6-1, 35 points) by 6 points. Ironically, if the Chiefs had beaten the Silvertips in all four of their match-ups this month, they could be in 1st place with 36 points.
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Post by David on Jan 2, 2020 12:40:13 GMT -8
Monthly Update: The last month of 2019 was highly successful for the Spokane Chiefs; continuing their last win of November, the Chiefs won 5 straight to begin December to ride a season high 6-game win streak. Spokane would embark on a 5-game road trip, including back-to-back games in Victoria, winning the first before dropping two straight at Everett and Victoria before bouncing back with a win over the Royals as the first half of the season came to a close. The holiday hangover would be in full effect as Spokane played in Seattle for the third time in six games, dropping a 5-9 decision in Kent. Spokane would rebound Tri-City at home, but would fall in overtime to Tri-City three days later in the annual New Years Eve game at Kennewick.
The Chiefs close out December with a record of 7-2-1-1.
Unfortunately, despite the hot streak in December, the Chiefs enter January remaining in 3rd Place in the U.S. Division with an overall record of 20-11-4-1 with 45 points. The Everett Silvertips (25-8-2-1, 53 points), who were in 1st place at the end of November, fell into 2nd place due in part to the red-hot Portland Winterhawks (25-6-1-3, 54 points). However, the Chiefs did gain ground in the overall Western Conference standings, sliding up into 4th place, 3 points better than the Victoria Royals (20-12-2) and trail the Kamloops Blazers (22-11-2-1) by 2 points.
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Post by David on Feb 1, 2020 2:19:04 GMT -8
Monthly Update: 2020 got off to a rough start for the Chiefs, losing a home-and-home set against the Portland Winterhawks by identical 6-4 losses. Spokane would rebound with another set of home-and-home games against the Vancouver Giants, winning both games by scores of 3-1 and 6-3, respectively. Spokane would go on to lose the next two at home against the Kamloops Blazers and Portland once again, before rebounding with 3 straight wins. One of those wins, a 3-2 overtime win over Everett, marked the first time Spokane beat the Silvertips this season. However, Spokane would lose once again to the Silvertips 2 games later.
The Chiefs close out the first month of the new decade with a record of 6-6.
With one full month left to go in the 2019-20 season, the Chiefs enter February remaining in 3rd Place in the U.S. Division with a record of 26-17-4-1 with 57 points. They sit 11 points back of the Silvertips (32-11-3-1, 68 points), and well behind the division leading Portland Winterhawks (35-7-2-3, 75 points). In spite of the .500 record in January, Spokane maintained its 4th place standing in the Western Conference, 2 points ahead of the Victoria Royals (25-18-4-1, 55 points). However, much like their division standing, they trail Kamloops (32-12-3-1, 68 points) by 11 points.
Spokane will play 3 of their first 4 games of the month at home, before heading out on a 8 day road trip with stops in Portland and Tri-City, as well as the first half of their Eastern Conference road trip against the Central Division, making stop sin Lethbridge, Swift Current, and Medicine Hat, before returning home to close out the month with back-to-back home games against Seattle and Tri-City.
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Post by David on Mar 1, 2020 0:11:18 GMT -8
Monthly Update: If the month of February is any indication of how the playoffs could be, the Chiefs are entering the last few weeks of the regular season on a hot streak.
February was by far the best month of the 2019-20 season for the Chiefs as Spokane went 11-1-0-0 with two overtime wins and a shoutout win. Their only speed bump came on Valentine's Day with a 4-1 loss to Portland, but Spokane did exceptional in the first half of their Eastern Conference swing, defeating Lethbridge, Swift Current, and Medicine Hat.
With three full weeks left before the beginning of the 2020 WHL Playoffs, the Chiefs enter March remaining in 3rd Place in the U.S. Division with a record of 37-18-4-1 with 79 points. The U.S. Division appears to be out of reach, as the battle appears to be coming down to who finishes strong between the first place Portland Winterhawks (42-10-3-4, 91 points) and second place Everett Silvertips (43-12-3-1, 90 points). The hot month of February moved the Chiefs into 3rd place standing in the Western Conference, as they gained valuable ground to come out 1 point ahead of the Kamloops Blazers (37-17-3-1, 78 points). At the start of February, they trailed Kamloops by 11 points. Now, with Kamloops cooling down, they were able to leap over the Blazers into 3rd. The two will meet at Spokane on March 10th.
Spokane will play begin March with the last swing of their Central Division swing, with games against the division leading Edmonton Oil Kings, then stops against Red Deer and Calgary before heading home to close out the final 3 home games of the season. Spokane will end the season on the road against Seattle and Tri-City before making their playoff run.
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Post by David on Mar 20, 2020 15:44:20 GMT -8
Monthly Update: Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, the Western Hockey League has ended the final games of the 2019-20 regular season. Spokane loses out on 2 home and 2 road games.
The Chiefs went 4-0 to finish off the shortened season, including a memorable 3-0 win over Kamloops in which goaltender Lukas Parik recorded a shutout and scored a goal in the same game. It had never been done in the Western Hockey League.
Spokane ends the 2019-20 regular season with a 41-18-4-1 record (87 points). With Spokane's win over Kamloops, the Chiefs finished 3rd in the Western Conference with a 1-point lead over the Blazers.
It remains to be seen if the Chiefs can continue their 2019-20 season with a deep playoff run or if the COVID-19 pandemic will cancel the playoffs.
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Post by David on Mar 27, 2020 1:08:48 GMT -8
Additional Update:
The Western Hockey League has announced the 2019-20 Playoffs have been cancelled. The parent entity, the Canadian Hockey League, has also announced it has canceled the 2020 Memorial Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spokane finishes the 2019-20 season with a 41-18-4-1 record (87 points) and the bittersweet feeling of what could have been for a playoff run.
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