Armstrong scored a short-handed goal, his second goal in as many nights, and the Spokane Chiefs beat the Kamloops Blazers 5-2 in a Western Hockey League game at the Arena on Sunday. Rookie goalie Carter Esler made 28 saves for his fifth WHL win.

The Blazers snatched defeat from the hands of victory on the road to the Spokane Chiefs Saturday night, losing 3-2 in regulation in the first of back-to-back games in Washington this weekend.

Nathan Mayes, a 6-foot-4 defenseman and the seventh-round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in last year’s NHL draft, scored with just more than 8 minutes left in the game and the Spokane Chiefs edged the Kamloops Blazers 3-2 in a Western Hockey League game at the Arena on Saturday.

Goal — Kamloops: Edmonstone (L, ). Spokane: Cowan (W, ). Power plays (goals-chances) — Kamloops: 1-4; Spokane: 1-3. Referees — Tatu Kunto, Kacey Walker. Linesmen — Anthony Guzzo, Stuart Carruthers. Attendance — 9,909 at Spokane.

The Kamloops Blazers couldn’t keep pace with the Spokane Chiefs Sunday evening, falling 5-2 and going winless in back-to-back games this weekend.

Former Kelowna Rocket and brand new Spokane Chief Andrew Cristall has been named Tempo WHL Player of the Week (Jan. 6-12).

CALGARY - Carson Wetsch had two goals and an assist and Oliver Tulk chipped in with a pair of helpers as the Calgary Hitmen knocked off the Regina Pats 5-2 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Zach Pantelakis scored 50 seconds into overtime and the visiting Regina Pats squeezed past the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-4 in Western Hockey League action on Friday. Cameron Kuzma, Julien Maze, Keets Fawcett and Cohen Klassen all scored for the Pats (11-21-4-2),

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Yes, the Seahawks finished the season on a high note. A note that almost turned sour in the final seconds of their 30-25 win at the Rams on Sunday. But Bill Parcells had it right. They are what their record says they are.

A Penticton man, who was once sentenced to 14 years jail for stabbing his brother-in-law to death, is back behind bars facing charges of aggravated assault, domestic abuse and firing a gun. Bruce Leon Kruger is due to appear in Penticton court, Jan. 8, facing four charges for a violent incident that took place last summer.

Sheriff Harry S. Truman mentions in one episode he feared losing deputy and superstar tracker Tommy “Hawk” Hill to the “Kalispel woods,” an apparent reference to the local tribe and the many geographical locations named for it

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