Tuesday will see the end of not just the calendar year, but the decade as a whole. As their 2010 through 2019 record of 340-345-34-30 shows, the 2010s were very average for the Vancouver Giants. Ten years saw two BC Division titles, a Western Conference championship banner, a WHL Final […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Raiders acquire Horon, Warriors trade Benson and release Gardiner and more
The Prince Albert Raiders acquired 2001-born Michael Horon from the Seattle Thunderbirds for a seventh-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Raiders take commanding series lead, Hurricanes list Kovacs
The Ed Chynoweth Cup will be in the Langley Events Centre on Friday night as the Prince Albert Raiders will have an opportunity to wrap up the WHL Championship Series following a 1-0 shutout victory over the Vancouver Giants on Wednesday night.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Lajoie and Blazers part; Krebs and Cozens named leaders at U18 Worlds; Benson and Bean honored by the AHL
Lajoie and Blazers part: Kamloops Blazers @blazerhockey announce Head Coach Serge Lajoie will not be back next season after a "mutual parting of ways". #Kamloops pic.twitter.com/2WyNJj2QnK — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) April 11, 2019 -Via a press release on Thursday afternoon, the Kamloops Blazers announced that their head coach for the […]
Phillips finds a way to get it done -Victoria Royals push the series to Game 7
Just find a way. That’s what Victoria Royals captain Matthew Phillips said they would have to do for a victory in Game 6. After a 5-3 loss in Game 5, Phillips said post-game “Just find a way. It might not be pretty. It’s gut-check time, play the best that you […]
Giants deal Rockets fifth straight loss
It’s five in row and counting now for the Kelowna Rockets. That is, five losses in a row. The downward spiral continues and collectively, the group seems to be…ahem…at a loss to figure things out. When Tyler Benson scored at 3:56 of the overtime period, the Vancouver Giants completed a […]
Giants shut down Blazers 2-0
Vancouver 2 Kamloops 0 Monday evening at the Langley Events Centre, a match up of two desperate teams took place. The Kamloops Blazers (27-32-1-4) had dropped two straight and were finding a playoff post slipping our of their grasp and the Vancouver Giants (32-21-5-3) had lost three in-a-row and their […]
WHL recap: Colina and Bethune lead Cougars over Wheat Kings; Everett, Victoria and Vancouver also victorious
Prince George 3 @Brandon 2 Even with the Regina Pats loading up at the trade deadline, the huge lead the Brandon Wheat Kings (28-18-3-2) had for third in the East Division seemed insurmountable. That lead is getting more surmountable everyday. The Prince George Cougars (19-26-4-4) came in Westman Place Friday night nursing […]
WHL recap: Fonteyne leads Everett by Seattle; Raiders and Royals net wins
Prince Albert 6 Prince George 2 Kody McDonald had to have this game circled on the calendar. A few weeks after being traded from the Prince George Cougars (18-24-3), his former team rolled into the Art Hauser Centre to take on his Prince Albert Raiders (19-20-7-2). McDonald exacted some revenge on the […]
WHL recap: Thunderbirds come back; Tendeck gets revenge on Silvertips
Seattle 5 Spokane 4 The Spokane Chiefs (19-14-1-2) and Seattle Thunderbirds (16-14-4-1) have played only two types of games over their first four meetings this year. They have exchanged blowout wins and played one tightly contested affair leading into their game in Kent, Washington on Friday night. Friday’s game looked well on […]