The Spokane Chiefs' Keanu Yamamoto battles Tri-City Americans' Brandon Carlo last Thursday during a preseason exhibition hockey game at the Eastern Washington University Recreation Center. Carlo later scored the winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 Tri-City win.
Cheney's new hockey team, the Ice Hawks, made their home debut last Friday night.
It was a preseason game that ended in disappointing fashion in a 4-3 double-overtime loss to the Tri-City Outlaws. You didn't hear much if anything about it because the game was played in Coeur d'Alene.
It's a curious road the Ice Hawks have traveled since it was announced May 22 that, "Cheney Becomes Eigth Team in NPHL." Perhaps the typo in the headline was a precursor to the troubles this Tier III junior team in the Northern Pacific Hockey League has had in trying to establish a base here.
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