WHL Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs Go To 11

Published on February 15, 2009 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


The Spokane Chiefs hit double digits on Saturday night with an 11-2 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Spokane Arena. The 11 goals is the most they have ever scored in the Arena and the most they have scored since a 10-1 win over the Tri-City Americans on February 26th, 2000.

The franchise record for goals is 16, set on January 30th, 2008 in a 16-7 win over Moose Jaw.

Eight different players scored as Drayson Bowman, Tyler Johnson and Dustin Donaghy had two a piece in the Chiefs third straight win. Spokane has one game remaining this week in the four-game in five night stretch when they host the Prince George Cougars on Sunday night at 6:00.

Jared Spurgeon had one goal and four assists to pace Spokane and eight different players had multiple points.

Brett Bartman, Bowman, Johnson and Roman gave the Chiefs a 4-1 lead in the first period. Levko Koper, Jared Spurgeon, Blake Gal and Bowman scored in the second for an 8-1 lead through 40-minutes. Johnson and Donaghy had the three goals in the third.

Dustin Tokarski stopped 22 shots for his 70th career win.

Spokane was 2-4 on the power play and killed off Edmonton's only man-advantage of the night.

Sunday night, the first 3,000 fans through the gates will receive a team poster courtesy of XO Communications, 93.7 the Cat and Krem 2.

Tickets to all home games are available by calling the Chiefs office at (509) 535-PUCK or TicketsWest at (800) 325-SEAT.

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