This article is about the former men's senior team that played in the Western International Hockey League from 1982 to 1985. For the current Major Junior team playing in the WHL please see Spokane Chiefs.
The Spokane Chiefs were a men's senior team from Spokane, Washington. The team was based out of the Spokane Coliseum. The team was a member of the Western International Hockey League from 1982 to 1985.
The team would win the league regular season and playoff championships for the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons and advance to the 1983-84 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs and the 1984-85 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs where they would lose in the Western Final.
The team would fold to make way for the relocated Kelowna Wings of the Western Hockey League who would assume the Chiefs moniker.
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- Delaney, P. Saturday Nights were Special, A History of Hockey in Spokane Spokane: Publication Design Specialties, 2001. ISBN 0-9708227-9-0