For the Spokane Chiefs, Kailer Yamamoto is a hometown boy. Kailer and his older brother Keanu grew up not far from the rink, and when colleges began to express interest in their future as hockey players, so did the Chiefs, who'd kept an eye on their youth careers. Keanu was invited to training camp and made the team for the 2013 season, and his brother Kailer joined at age 15 a year later.
The Chiefs failed to qualify for the WHL playoffs, and after four years in the WHL, Keanu is moving on to hopefully play for a college team in Canada.