Article collaboration by Stephen Hawco (@stephenhawco7) and Ryan Sinclair (@RyanSinVic). 2017-18 Playoff Matchup Last year’s first round playoff battle between the Vancouver Giants and Victoria Royals was epic. The series featured star power the likes of Tyler Benson, Ty Ronning and Matthew Phillips. Victoria held off the Giants in an […]
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Giants hold off Thunderbirds to take a 2-1 series lead
(Kent, WA) The Vancouver Giants took a 2-1 series lead over Seattle with a 6-4 victory down in Kent, Washington in front of a crowd of 4425 at the Accesso ShoWare Center. The home team got off to a quick start in Game 3 with their regular season leading scorer […]
Giants clinch Western Conference in win over Rockets
The Vancouver Giants (48-15-2-2) clinched the regular season Western Conference crown after getting by the Kelowna Rockets (27-32-6-2) by a score of 2-1 in the last game at the Langley Events Centre before playoffs. Kelowna came into the game playing for their season, being only one point ahead of the Kamloops Blazers for the […]
Giants clinch playoff berth in win over Prince George
The Vancouver Giants are heading to the playoffs for the second straight year. With their win tonight, the Giants secured their spot in the postseason! pic.twitter.com/blKlkWHOsS — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 11, 2019 The Giants (37-13-2-1) won their fifth straight game Sunday afternoon, defeating the Prince George Cougars (16-32-4-2) by […]
Bowen Byram has record night in win over the Blazers
(Langley, BC) Bowen Byram had a historic night in the Giants’ 7-4 victory over the division rival Kamloops Blazers. The 2019 NHL Draft top prospect had a five point night (2G, 3A) which set a new franchise record for points in one game by a defenceman, previously held by Jonathan […]
Giants Drop Two of Three After The Break
Going into the break, the Vancouver Giants have had their best start in years putting together a record of 22-8-2-0 and a convincing lead in the B.C. Division. 20-year-old forward Davis Koch led the team with 31 points in 32 games and 2019 NHL Draft prospect Bowen Byram being third on the team […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: A Bronco……stays a Bronco; Jones makes NHL debut; Alumnus almost finds way into an NHL game; Fyten scores in Oil Kings debut
Lacombe signs with Broncos #SCB sign @HumboldtBroncos defenceman Chase Lacombe to a #WHL Standard Player Agreement. The 16-year-old has three assists in 29 games for Humboldt. — SC Broncos (@SCBroncos) December 15, 2018 Chase Lacombe is staying a Bronco…..the 2002 defenceman signed a standard WHL player agreement with the Swift […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Oil Kings acquire Myskiw; exodus from NHL camps back to the WHL continues
Oil Kings flood the crease, add Myskiw in deal with Wheat Kings The #OilKings have acquired goaltender Dylan Myskiw from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a conditional 5th round pick in the 2019 @TheWHL Bantam Draft. Welcome aboard, Dylan! pic.twitter.com/PIN3VltM1T — Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) September 19, 2018 […]
2018-19 WHL Season Previews: Vancouver Giants
It’s that time of year again! We at the DubNetwork always try to come up with a new order for previews each year and this season we are going with least recent to most recent Ed Chynoweth Cups for our order of previews. They will run 2-to-3 a day until […]
NHL Draft rounds six and seven – WHL round up
David Tendeck (G) – Vancouver Giants Tendeck was selected in the sixth round, 158th overall to the Arizona Coyotes. Tendeck played in 48 WHL games for the Giants and posted a 25-16-3-2 record. He had three shutouts and a .912 save percentage. He also posted a 3.02 goals against average. […]