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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 2010

Hero of the night Blake Gal (above) celebrates one of his goals with Tyler Johnson, below, during the matchup between the Spokane Chiefs and the Calgary Hitmen Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at the Spokane Arena. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Gal gets three, Chiefs get 8

The Spokane Chiefs peppered a pair of Calgary Hitmen goalies with 53 shots, but it was one of them, a non-shot, that kind of defined this game as the home team wins 8-1. Blake Gal (10) got a hat trick, and was almost embarassed, but,…

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Hitmen stalking Chiefs

The Spokane Chiefs are about to tackle defending Western Hockey League champion Calgary at the Arena. The Hitmen played at Tri-City on Tuesday, losing 3-1, but Chiefs coach Don Nachbaur came away impressed, saying Calgary was the better team. The complete box is posted below.…

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WSU a day closer to Stanford

COUGARS For the third consecutive day, Washington State went sans pads at practice, limiting the hitting and concentrating on the mental aspects of preparing for Saturday's game with Stanford. For more on practice, read on.

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EWU's Dean sidelined with stress fracture

The 2010-11 college basketball season has not started off well for Eastern Washington men's coach Kirk Earlywine and his Eagles.Less than a week into practice, Earlywine has lost sophomore point guard Glen Dean for an indefinite time because of a stress fracture in his foot.…

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Sharing WSU news on a Wednesday

COUGARS Literally got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and hit my knee on the way out to the kitchen. Not a good way to start the day. But the morning got immeasurably better when I started to travel around the…

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