Chiefs sign assistant coach

The Spokane Chiefs have added Hardy Sauter to their staff as an assistant coach under head coach Bill Peters. Sauter fills the vacancy created when Steve Pleau left after one season. Pleau now is head coach of the expansion Edmonton Oil Kings. Sauter, a nephew of the legendary Doug Sauter, the moustachioed former WHL coach now in Oklahoma City, was a defenceman with the Chiefs in 1991-92. Sauter spent the last two seasons as GM/head coach of the SJHL's Nipawin Hawks.