Chiefs add defenseman Doka, goaltender Watren ahead of this weekend’s games
Spokane, Wash. — The Spokane Chiefs have added defenseman Ryker Doka (2010) and goaltender Alexander Watren (2008) to their roster as Affiliate Players ahead of this weekend’s three games in three nights schedule.
The move brings Spokane’s active roster to 25 players, including newly acquired forwards Dominik Petr and Logan Wormald. However, the team is without goaltender Linus Vieillard who is away with Team Germany at 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship obligations. Kazakh forward Assanali Sarkenov is also away with Team Kazakhstan for the Division I, Group A U20 World Championships, where he scored four goals and an assist against France on Wednesday. Both import players are not expected to return until after the holiday break.
While Doka made his Western Hockey League debut on September 20 against the Kamloops Blazers, Watren has yet to make his first WHL start. Doka, drafted 28th-overall in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, finished +2 with two shots on goal in his only pre-season game. Watren, from Lakewood, Colorado, pitched a 22-save shutout in his lone pre-season appearance on September 6 against the Portland Winterhawks. Doka will wear number 3 and Watren will wear 31.
Wormald, acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday, is expected to make his Chiefs debut this weekend and will wear number 86. Petr, acquired from the Saskatoon Blades on Wednesday, will wear 82.
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The Spokane Chiefs are a member of the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League, 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 five Western Conference Championships in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008 & 2025. Over 60 alumni have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.
