The Prince George Cougars director of scouting Bob Simmonds said it best. “They’re skilled, they play with passion, and they want to be in Prince George.” With the annual WHL Bantam Draft now completed and many transactions made in the process, there was a lot to digest from Thursday May […]
B.C. Division
Off-season outlook: Kamloops Blazers
This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Series Recap: Giants to play in first WHL Final since 2007 after eliminating Chiefs
The series only went five games, but it was a hard fought five games. Three were one-goal games, including two that needed overtime, but the Vancouver Giants battled through and earned their spot in the WHL Final for the first time in 12 years. “It was a grind. Five game […]
Giants take Chiefs in Game 5; off to WHL Final
The Vancouver Giants are off to their first WHL Final since 2007. The Giants won a hard fought Game 5 with a 3-2 win Friday night in front of a crowd of 4886 at the Langley Events Centre. Bowen Byram kicked everything off with the WHL Highlight of the Night, and […]
Holt’s OT heroics give Giants a 3-1 series lead
Dawson Holt has found a new gear in the 2019 WHL playoffs. After putting up six goals in 53 regular season games, he has five goals and seven assists for 12 points in 14 playoff games. His latest goal – his third so far in the Western Conference final – […]
Kody McDonald – No regrets
Kody McDonald’s major junior career did not end the way he necessarily wanted, but the forward does not second guess his actions. “I wouldn’t change anything,” said the Victoria Royals’ McDonald at the end of the season. “Looking back at what went down and what was said, I have no […]
Off-season outlook: Kelowna Rockets
We continue on with our ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very […]
Off-season outlook: Prince George Cougars
We continue on with our ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very […]
“The Hardy Boys” coming up big for the Giants in the playoffs
March 26, 2019. It all started on that night in Game 3 of the Giants’ first round series with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Vancouver had just split the first two games on home ice and were maybe looking to switch things up a bit after a lackluster performance and loss in […]
Giants explode in the third to take a 2-0 series lead
It all started with a funny bounce. The same bounce that the Chiefs capitalized on the night before, kick started the Giants incredible third period comeback to steal Game 2 from Spokane. The Giants were down 2-0 until the 5:15 mark of the third period when Dawson Holt pounced on a dump […]