Bring the Rain!

I know I haven't posted on Tuesday's game yet. That's coming. This is about the upcoming game on Saturday against Swift Current that is probably my favorite regular season game of the year. It's the annual Teddy Bear toss game! If you haven't heard you bring a bear (or any stuffed animal) to the game and toss it to the ice when the Chiefs score their first goal. The flying plush then gets donated to several organization through the Spokesman-Review Christmas fund.

Bring a bear. Bring more than one bear. It doesn't even need to be a bear. I'm bringing bears, a penguin, a dinosaur, Snoopy, and Snuffleupagus to name a few. You don't even need to spend much. If you can't find a bear for five bucks you don't know how to shop. Last year we threw a total of around 4,100 bears. There's no reason we can't hit 5,000. Last year Calgary threw over 22,000 bears! Why? Because everyone brought at least one. So do it for the kids. Bring a teddy bear to the game on Saturday.

Or I will hunt you down.

Shine like it does.

What a difference a month makes.

Halloween seems so long ago. It was Halloween night that the Chiefs lost at home to Portland and ended up with a 5-5-1-0 record. The loss also put Spokane 13 points behind Tri-City. When November rolled around, however, the Chiefs kicked up a gear and went 10-3 that month which included road wins against Portland, Calgary, and Tri-City. They started off December the same way with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. Spokane now has a 17-8-2-0 record and are sitting just four points back of Tri-City. Kyle Beach scored a pair of goals, the latter being an empty netter. Jared Spurgeon found the back of the net off a sweet pass from Mitch Wahl. Also Dominik Uher finally gets his first goal of the season, which turned out to be the game winner. James Reid was Captain Awesome again in net, which anymore is the norm for him.

This team is really improving fast. It helps having everyone healthy again, especially Spurgeon. The Chiefs are simply a better team with him in the lineup. The newbies also continue to improve. Spokane is definitely a contender for the U.S. division title, and for that matter the western conference.

Spokane travels to Portland for an important game Sunday. Portland stands two points up on the Chiefs in the U.S. division for second place. Then Prince George comes calling Tuesday. After that it's the teddy bear toss game Saturday against Swift Current. More on that game later. But for now:

Go Chiefs!