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– The Western Hockey League has announced the initial schedule of games for the 2025 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien
featuring the Western Conference champion Spokane Chiefs and Eastern Conference champion Medicine Hat Tigers
This marks the first time the Tigers and Chiefs have battled for a league title
The 2025 Championship Series will follow a 2-3-2 format
The action will shift south of the border for Game 3 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday
All seven games of the WHL Championship Series will be broadcast live by TSN – the national broadcast partner of the WHL and Canadian Hockey League- for Canadian viewers
Spokane punched its ticket to the big dance by completing a sweep of the U.S
Division rival Portland Winterhawks on Thursday
The Chiefs are the highest-scoring team in the postseason
breezing past the Vancouver Giants (4-1) in Round One and eking out a pair of double-overtime thrillers to down the B.C
Division Champion Victoria Royals (4-2) in the second round
Medicine Hat has only lost one game in the 2025 WHL Playoffs presented by Nutrien and is 22-1-0-0 dating back to February 22
The Central Division Champions dispatched Swift Current (4-1) in the first round before dominating in sweeps of Prince Albert (4-0) in Round Two and Lethbridge (4-0) in the Eastern Conference Championship
This is the first time in WHL history that the two remaining teams swept their respective Conference Championships
The matchups will see three WHL Player of the Year finalists
Berkly Catton and Andrew Cristall (Spokane)
face off against Whitehorse Wizard Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat)
McKenna will put his modern CHL-record 53-game point streak on the line in hopes of helping Medicine Hat lift the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the first time since 2007
Both teams won the WHL Championship in their last trip to the final round
with Spokane clinching the Ed Chynoweth Cup and the Memorial Cup in 2008
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— The Spokane Chiefs will face the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien and will host game three in the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday
Game four will be played in Spokane on Wednesday
Tickets for games three and four are on sale by visiting spokanechiefs.com/playoffs or calling the Chiefs office at (509) 535-PUCK
Spokane advanced to the WHL Championship Series by earning a round one win over Vancouver
and a Western Conference Championship sweep over Portland
Medicine Hat advanced by beating the Swift Current Broncos (4-1) and sweeping both the Prince Albert Raiders and Lethbridge Hurricanes
Game details including dates and times for potential games 5-7 will be announced at a later date
All games will be heard live on 103.5 the Game
This marks Spokane’s first appearance in the WHL Championship Series since winning the Memorial Cup in 2008
The Spokane Chiefs are a member of the U.S
the world’s finest development league for junior hockey players
Since 1985 the Chiefs have been a pillar in the Spokane community
offering family-friendly entertainment and a winning tradition
which includes: two Memorial Cup Championships in 1991 & 2008
two WHL Championships in 1991 & 2008 and four Western Conference Championships in 1991
Over 60 alumni have gone on to play in the National Hockey League
Get ready to pour some gasoline on an already fiery Highway 3 rivalry
The Central Division champion Medicine Hat Tigers and Lethbridge Hurricanes are ready to battle for a berth in the 2025 WHL Championship series
beginning with Game 1 in Medicine Hat on Friday night
Medicine Hat has been at rest since completing a second-round sweep of the Prince Albert Raiders on Thursday
while Lethbridge downed Calgary in a Game 7 thriller on Wednesday
The series will also see two players at the centre of an impactful early-season trade go up against their former team with the season on the line
Medicine Hat acquired star netminder Harrison Meneghin in exchange for centreman and WHL Humanitarian of the Year nominee Shane Smith on October 5
Meneghin went on to post his second 20-plus win regular season
while Smith has kicked it up a gear in the postseason with three goals and three assists in 10 games
The Canes will try to snap WHL Player of the Year nominee Gavin McKenna’s tremendous point streak
which sits at 49 games dating back to November of 2024
has six goals and 16 assists for 22 points in his second trip to the WHL Playoffs to sit sixth in the scoring race and third in points-per-game (2.44)
Tigers Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt sits third in the WHL in goals with 10
while Minnesota Wild prospect Ryder Ritchie has a pair of game-winning tallies- including the Round One series-winner against Swift Current
who went on to play eight seasons in the NHL
won a WHL Championship with the Hurricanes in 1997 and led the playoff scoring race with 28 points (16G-12A) in 18 games
Nashville Predators prospect Miguel Marques has led the charge for Lethbridge with 13 points (3G-10A) in 12 games
while alternate captain Brayden Edwards and Winnipeg Jets prospect Brayden Yager pace the team with six goals each
Captain and Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Noah Chadwick has lived up to his WHL Defenceman of the Year nomination with five goals and seven assists in 12 games
highlighted by a two-goal effort to stave off elimination against Calgary in Game 6
Home ice looks to be a key factor in this matchup
with the home team winning every game but one (an overtime loss) in eight regular-season meetings
This is just the third time Medicine Hat and Lethbridge have met in the WHL Playoffs
the last being a 2017 OT thriller that saw current Hurricanes winger Luke Cozens’ older brother
score the game-tying goal en route to a Tyler Wong game-winner for the Canes
Lethbridge also defeated Medicine Hat in seven games in the Division Finals in the 1991 WHL Playoffs
at Co-op Place with Game 2 to follow on Saturday
The series shifts west to the VisitLethbridge.com Arena for Game 3 on Tuesday
Fans can stream the Eastern Conference Championship for free on Victory+
Regular Season Series: Medicine Hat leads 5-3-0-0
WHL Defenceman of the Year finalist Noah Chadwick has come in clutch to help his team reach the Eastern Conference Championship for the first time since 2018
He was one of Lethbridge’s most effective players in Round Two
bagging four goals and three assists in seven games
203-pound rearguard has been a menace on the powerplay with three powerplay strikes and two assists in the second round
Chadwick was also one of Lethbridge’s most effective weapons against the Tigers in the regular season with four goals and four assists in eight meetings
Medicine Hat: Gavin McKenna is inevitable at this point
The projected top pick in the 2026 NHL Draft has hit the scoresheet in every game of the playoffs and served up two goal-of-the-year candidates with a lacrosse goal and insane dangle against the Raiders
He missed several games against the Hurricanes in the regular season while he was with Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship
but still piled up five goals and 11 assists for 16 points in five contests
Lethbridge: Playoff Jackson Unger truly came alive against Calgary in Round 2 with a 33-save shutout in Game 1 and a masterful 34-save effort in Game 7
Unger is 8-2-2-0 in the postseason with a 2.38 goals-against average
a .918 save percentage and his first career playoff shutout
He ranks third among all netminders in postseason GAA and fourth in saves with 326
we can’t forget that all-important experience he brings to the crease as a 2024 WHL Champion and star of Moose Jaw’s first-ever Memorial Cup appearance
Unger went 2-1-1-0 against Medicine Hat in the regular season with a 3.72 goals-against average and a .878 save percentage
Medicine Hat: Despite wearing Tigers colours
you’d be hard-pressed to find a Lethbridge fan who will hold a grudge against the team’s former goaltender
Harrison Meneghin has been rock-solid under difficult circumstances in the postseason but has saved his best work for the biggest moments
The 20-year-old is 6-0-0-0 in the playoffs with a league-leading 2.00 goals-against average
He dished an 18-save shutout to end Prince Albert’s season in Game 4 of the second round
Meneghin actually hasn’t recorded a loss
He’s 3-1-0-0 against his former club in 2024-25 with a 3.50 GAA and a .861 save percentage
Lethbridge: Kooper Gizowski has entered the chat
The veteran is breaking new ground in his first trip to a Conference Championship with three goals (including his first-ever postseason tally) and four assists in 12 postseason games
His physicality has been a boon for the Canes
and Gizowski also snagged the game-winning goals in Games 1 and 2 against Calgary to take a commanding 2-0 series lead on the road
while assisting Brayden Yager’s game-winner in Game 6
product chipped in three goals and five assists for eight regular-season points against Medicine Hat
The Florida Panthers prospect has been an all-situations go-to for Medicine Hat with four goals and four assists for eight points in nine playoff tilts
He played overtime hero in Game 4 against the Broncos in Round One and has a crafty shorthanded strike under his belt as well
Martin led the WHL in regular season shorthanded goals with seven- and two of those came against Lethbridge
The 19-year-old had six goals and four assists for 10 points in eight regular-season tilts against the Canes
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is projected to be re-elected in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
is in second place with 9,554 votes (17.66%) and Jocelyn Johnson
Motz has represented the riding since 2016
17,144 voters cast ballots at advance polls
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The Liberals have 169 races called in their favour
They have 8,535,128 votes and 43.69 per cent of the popular vote
The Conservatives have 144 races called in their favour
They have 8,059,938 votes and 41.26 per cent of the popular vote
The Bloc Québécois have 22 races called in their favour
They have 1,232,095 votes and 6.31 per cent of the popular vote
The New Democrats have seven races called in their favour
They have 1,231,198 votes and 6.3 per cent of the popular vote
The Greens have one race called in their favour
They have 243,471 votes and 1.25 per cent of the popular vote
There were three independents and four vacancies in the 338-seat Commons
the Commons has grown by five ridings starting with this election
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Alta.- The Medicine Hat Tigers are four wins away from Western Hockey League glory
The Tigers held off a Hurricanes comeback attempt to seal a 5-3 win to sweep Lethbridge in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Championship
but the Tabbies roared back with four straight goals
including a pair from veteran forward Mathew Ward
product tied the game with a shorthanded strike midway through the first period before netting the series-winner on the powerplay in the middle frame
WHL Player of the Year nominee Gavin McKenna also extended his astounding point streak to a modern CHL record 52 games
This marks the seventh time in franchise history that the Tigers have moved on to the Championship Series and the first time since 2007
when the Tabbies won it all in an epic seven-game showdown against the Vancouver Giants
Medicine Hat is now 22-1 going back to February 21
The Central Division champions dominated in Games 1 and 2 on home ice with 5-2 and 7-2 results before pulling off a thrilling overtime comeback in Game 3 on the road
The Tigers erased a three-goal deficit and tied the game twice more before Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt potted the overtime goal to give his side a commanding 3-0 series lead
McKenna paced his team with 12 points (2G-10A) in the Conference Championship
while 2025 NHL Draft-eligible defenceman Bryce Pickford was just behind with nine points (4G-5A) and Nashville Predators prospect Tanner Molendyk ripped it up with eight points (1G-7A)
Reigning Pharmasave WHL Goaltender of the Week Harrison Meneghin remains undefeated in the postseason with a 10-0-0-0 record
The Tampa Bay Lightning prospect was lights out in the Eastern Conference Championship with a 4-0-0-0 record
a 3.19 goals-against average and a .852 save percentage
Medicine Hat holds an all-time record of 5-1 in the final round
most recently lifting the Ed Chynoweth Cup in 2007
The Tigers have also gone on to win the Memorial Cup twice (1987
They remain one of only five teams to record back-to-back Memorial Cup wins since 1972
an impressive group that includes the New Westminster Bruins (1977-78)
the QMJHL’s Cornwall Royals (1980-81)
Kamloops Blazers (1994-95) and Windsor Spitfires (2009-10)
Medicine Hat awaits the winner of the Western Conference Championship
where the Spokane Chiefs currently hold a 2-0 lead against the Portland Winterhawks
The Medicine Hat Tigers are the WHL’s 2025 Eastern Conference Champions following a four-game sweep of the Lethbridge Hurricanes
For the first time since 2007, the Tigers have advanced to the WHL Championship Series
and fans can get their hands on limited-edition merchandise to celebrate in style
The Tigers have been on a tear through the 2025 WHL Playoffs, going 12-1 en route to the securing a berth in the WHL Championship, including having won 10 consecutive games. Led by phenom Gavin McKenna
who has registered 35 points (8G-27A) in 13 games and is enjoying a 53-game point streak dating back to November 2024
the Tigers have secured home ice for the 2025 WHL Championship Series
Head over to the Medicine Hat Tigers shop to pre-order your Medicine Hat Tigers Eastern Conference Championship gear now