With playoff hockey set to begin on Friday for the Vancouver Giants and the chance at the Memorial Cup up for grabs, some Vancouver Giants players have already taken home some hardware from the regular season. Friday, April 15 was the final regular-season home game for the Giants […]
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Giants hold on for a 5-3 victory over Everett on Friday night
Friday night at the Langley Events Centre, the Vancouver Giants (23-29-4-0) continued their stretch of eight games against U.S. Division teams when they hosted the Everett Silvertips (39-10-3-5). It was the third meeting of the season between the two teams. Starting a home and home vs Everett tonight!•📸: @Rjmediadottech […]
Giants win consecutive games over Prince George on the weekend
Much has been said about Giants goaltender Jesper Vikman this season, especially this week as the Vegas Golden Knights prospect was named the CHL goaltender of the week. Selected eighth overall by the Vancouver Giants in the first round of the 2021 WHL Import Draft, Vikman stopped 58 of […]
Giants Media Availability 2021: News, Notes and Quotes
On Wednesday, The Vancouver Giants held their first in-person media event of the season. During the event, the team revealed the new alternate jerseys, the leadership team for the season, and the themed games for the upcoming season. Here is a rundown of the event, along with some quotes […]
2021-22 Vancouver Giants Season Preview
Welcome to the 2021-22 Vancouver Giants season preview. The Giants come into this campaign hungry and ready to compete in what can be considered the toughest division in the WHL. Here are six storylines to watch this season. O Captain! My Captain! After being named the 18th captain in franchise […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: Prokop comes out as first openly gay WHL player, Giants and T-Birds make a deal, and much more!
Calgary Hitmen defenseman Prokop proudly comes out as gay ❤️????? pic.twitter.com/7zqT0A2gJj — luke prokop (@lukeprokop_6) July 19, 2021 Calgary Hitmen defenseman Luke Prokop became the first player under contract to an NHL to come out as gay when he made the announcement on Twitter on Monday. He was drafted by […]
Seattle Thunderbirds secure 3-2 win over the Portland Winterhawks
In the middle game for both the Seattle Thunderbirds and Portland Winterhawks 3-in-3 weekends, the Thunderbirds secured a 3-2 win over the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday night. In the first of this weekend’s two meetings between the Winterhawks and the Thunderbirds, the team in blue proved victorious behind a […]
2021 Seattle Thunderbirds ready for a clean slate
The Seattle Thunderbirds are opening their 2021 season at home against the Spokane Chiefs on Friday, March 19. While there will be no fans in the arena, the Thunderbirds will be looking to return to form over the season’s 24 scheduled games. Just four years removed from a WHL […]
Payton Mount leads Seattle Thunderbirds past Victoria Royals 4-1
A day after a massive trade saw some key pieces moved from their roster, the Seattle Thunderbirds showed no quit as they defeated the Victoria Royals 4-1 on Friday night. The Thunderbirds traded captain Matthew Wedman to the Kelowna Rockets for a 2020 fifth-round pick, 2022 second-round pick, and a […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Thunderbirds acquire Patterson, Baragano and Knak off to World Junior camps and more
With Jake Christiansen back in the WHL, the Everett Silvertips were forced to move out one of their overage players and did not waste any time in doing so shipping Max Patterson to division rival Seattle for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.