 Welcome to Morning Sports, I'm Julian Menezel. The Spokane Chiefs have named Brad Lauer its next head coach. Lauer spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets. Before that, he was the head coach for the Edmonton Oil Kings for four seasons, where he led the team to a Western Hockey League title in 2022. Lauer won WHL Coach of the Year during the 2019-2020 season.