Before the 2019-2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19, the Vancouver Giants were on their way to a playoff birth, and a chance to replicate their 2018-19 run to the WHL final. Unfortunately, we never had the opportunity to see what this team was capable of. This season, […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: You get a trade, You get a trade, You get a trade
The Victoria Royals moved out overage forward Kaid Oliver, a 2020 fourth-round pick and a 2023 conditional fourth-round pick to the Edmonton Oil Kings for defenseman Jacson Alexander, a 2020 third-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick.
This day in Giants history – March 26
2003 – Kelowna puts Giants on the brink The first two games of this series were polar opposites, Game 1 had the Rockets winning 10-0 then the next night it took two overtimes for them to win Game 2. Vancouver was a severe underdog in what was their first […]
Giants shutout Royals in opening game of mini-series
The Giants are back to their winning ways. After having their 11-game winning streak snapped last week, the Vancouver Giants didn’t take long to get back into the win column with a convincing 3-0 victory over the Royals. Friday’s win puts the Giants in second place in the BC Division […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Hunt returns to Warriors
Moose Jaw Warriors defenseman Daemon Hunt was back in the lineup for the first time since December 3rd due to injury.
Thursday Thoughts: Volume 6
First of all, I need to start with an apology. I’ve been away with my ankle surgery and have not made the time to do this article. Things have been busy with some changes happening around DUBNetwork one of which includes adding a scouting division. If you are interested […]
Giants mount first period comeback but drop fifth straight game
A bad first five minutes, a good next fifteen minutes and an average everything else. The Vancouver Giants lost their fifth straight game Saturday night and second in consecutive nights to the Spokane Chiefs by a score of 6-3. After a sluggish start that saw them down 2-0 less than […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Prokop and Puutio headed to CHL/NHL Top Prospects game, Hunt out due to injury and more
Calgary Hitmen defenseman Luke Prokop and Swift Current Broncos defenseman Kasper Puutio have been named as injury replacements for the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.
A Giant First: Tanner Brown’s first WHL goal
Tanner Brown has had a rather unorthodox road to his first WHL goal scored during this past Friday’s 3-1 Giants victory over the Portland Winterhawks, the club’s first since the 2017-18 season. Originally drafted by Vancouver 24th overall in the second round of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft as a hard-nosed […]
Giants fall to Royals in weekend finale
Missed opportunities. They’ve been killing this Vancouver Giants team. The Giants dropped their second game of the weekend Sunday evening in a 3-1 loss to the Victoria Royals to bring them back down to .500 (7-7), and it wasn’t due to a lack of chances. “If we could bury our […]