WHL Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs Ranked Fifth in CHL

November 7, 2007 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


The Spokane Chiefs have moved up to fifth in the Canadian Hockey League's Mosaik MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for Week 7 of the 2007-08 season. The Chiefs debuted in the rankings last week at number nine and earned five out of six possible points in three games last week with a pair of wins over the Seattle Thunderbirds and a shootout loss to the Vancouver Giants, the eighth ranked team in the CHL.

The ranking is the highest for Spokane since they were fourth on November 4th, 2003.

Spokane sits in first place in the U.S. Division with 29 points, three more than the sixth ranked Tri-City Americans. The Chiefs have not lost in regulation in 11 straight games (10 wins, one shootout loss) and are off to their best start through 18 games in franchise history, 13-2-1-2. Spokane is the highest of four WHL teams ranked by the CHL. Calgary is ninth.

This weekend begins a stretch of six straight home games when Spokane hosts the Kamloops Blazers on Friday and Everett Silvertips on Saturday.

The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League's Top 10 are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.

Rank Team Last Week Weeks in Rankings

1 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (16-5-1-1) 1 6

2 Kitchener Rangers (15-2-0-0) 4 5

3 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (13-4-1-0) 2 7

4 Baie-Comeau Drakkar (14-4-0-2) 8 5

5 Spokane Chiefs (13-2-1-2) 9 2

6 Tri-City Americans (13-5-0-0) 6 7

7 Halifax Mooseheads (12-3-0-4) 7 5

8 Vancouver Giants (13-4-1-2) - 4

9 Calgary Hitmen (12-7-0-1) 3 7

10 Windsor Spitfires (11-5-0-3) 5 6

Check out the Spokane Chiefs Statistics



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