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SPOKANE -- The Spokane Chiefs have arrived in Kitchener, Ontario for the 2008 Memorial Cup. The Chiefs won the WHL Championship last week and will face three of the top junior hockey teams in North America in a round-robin tournament.

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Mike Boyle

The players and coaches loaded onto a bus Wednesday morning at Spokane Arena and drove to the airport for a rare charter flight to Ontario.

Spokane's first game is Saturday at 1 p.m. Pacific against the Belleville Bulls. The Chiefs will also play the host Kitchener Rangers and the Gatineau Olympiques. The championship game is Sunday, May 25th.

All games will be televised on Comcast channel 78 and will also be available to Comcast Digital Cable customers who have the Sports Tier package on NHL Network channel 419. If you can't watch the games on TV, Mike Boyle will have the radio call on 1510 KGA.

The Memorial Cup is the championship trophy of the Canadian Hockey League. Each year, the champions from three CHL member leagues: the WHL, the OHL, and the QMJHL, and the host CHL team, compete in the Memorial Cup for the top prize in junior hockey.