February 7, 2026 – Star Wars Night

💫 Star Wars characters on the concourse before & during the game!

🌟 Chewbacca calling & costume contest on the ice at first intermission!

 KIDS IN FREE – 100 free kids’ tickets available thanks to Alpine Aire!

IN A NUTSHELL:

Wenatchee looks to open the month with a pair of wins against teams at the edge of the playoff race.

 

THE SCENE-SETTER:

The Wild scored a momentous victory on home ice Friday, as Tobias Tvrznik earned his first Western Hockey League shutout with a 32-save clean sheet against the Victoria Royals. The two clubs remained scoreless through the first 48 minutes of action, though Wenatchee dominated the pace early with four of the game’s first five shots on goal and nine of the first 12. The Wild also controlled the faceoff dot early, nabbing 14 of the first 19 restarts of the night. With 11:48 to play, Gabriel Guilbault broke through for his first Wild goal, with a shot from the left wing banking off the post before Guilbault scraped the second chance across the line. Caelan Joudrey netted Wenatchee’s second goal with 2:02 to play, tossing a setup pass from below the goal line off of a Victoria defender and past Ethan Eskit. The penalty-killing units were a perfect 11-for-11 on the night, and Eskit was excellent in net for the Royals with 28 saves of his own. Levi Benson, Sam Elliott and Rui Han also earned assists for the Wild.

 

KNOW YOUR FOE:

Spokane continues a road trip tonight after taking a 3-1 defeat at the Vancouver Giants on Friday – the Chiefs came out flying with a 20-9 count on shots in the first period and a power play goal from Tyus Sparks with 1:55 to play in the stanza. However, Vancouver fired off 10 of the next 13 shots on net, and scored three unanswered goals to earn the home win. Misha Volotovskii scored 12 minutes into the second period, adding another one into the empty net with four seconds to play – Joe Iginla also earned a goal and an assist for the Giants, and Kelton Pyne picked up the win with 33 saves on 34 Spokane shots. The Chiefs rank at the bottom of the WHL with an 11.7 percent power play, but have been tough to beat in close games – Spokane is 5-1 in overtime and shootouts, and is one of five WHL teams with more than 10 wins in one-goal games. Their goaltending tandem of Linus Vieillard and Carter Esler has quietly built into one of the league’s more reliable duos, with Vieillard allowing a shade under three goals a game.

SHUT IT DOWN:

Tobias Tvrznik’s shutout Friday was the first clean sheet for the Wild since Daniel Hauser’s 30-save performance October 28, 2023 in a 4-0 triumph against Kelowna. Hauser nailed down two shutouts during the 2023-24 campaign, with both coming on 4-0 home wins just eight days apart.

BACK 2 BACK:

A win tonight would give Wenatchee back-to-back wins to open a month for the first time since December of 2023 – those wins came as part of a 10-game point streak. Last night’s victory also sealed Wenatchee’s first three-game point streak of 2025-26.