With the announcement that the WHL intends to play a 24-game schedule, many questions have arisen. As of right now, we know that the league is going to play a divisional only schedule with the hope of playoffs after to determine the WHL’s participant in the Memorial Cup. There […]
Tag: BC Division
Royals/Bruins franchise all-star team
With no current Royals information to speak of, I decided to look back at the organization as a whole, and create a Royals/Bruins franchise all-star team. In 2006, the Chilliwack Bruins were formed as an expansion franchise. Their first five years in Chilliwack resulted in less than stellar results. […]
Interview with Royals Captain Phillip Schultz
I had the pleasure of having a Zoom chat interview with the current Royals Captain, Phillip Schultz. Just over two years ago, the Royals named Schultz their seventh captain in team history. A product of Rodovre, Denmark, he was chosen 38th overall by the Royals in the 2018 Canadian Hockey League […]
Royals host the WHL Development Combine
This past weekend the Okanagan Hockey Group put on a WHL Development Combine in Victoria, BC. In a world where life seems to be an endless supply of new restrictions and procedures these days, for one weekend on Vancouver Island the world of youth hockey seemed relatively normal. Kids […]
Top 3 defensemen in Royals history
The WHL has seen its share of future NHL talent patrolling the blue line over the years, from Shea Weber to Tyson Barrie and believe it or not, everyone’s favorite GM around these parts, Jim Benning. Solid offensive defensemen can put a marginal team over the top into contending […]
The Royal Family
The Royal Family – Where are they now? While one might think this is about Prince Harry or William, or whomever else the tabloids love to write about, this is a hockey site after all… This is about a family, a team, a bond that is hard to break no […]
Second period explosion helps lift Giants past Blazers
The Vancouver Giants defeated the BC Division-leading Kamloops Blazers in exciting fashion with a 5-4 overtime win Friday night. Going into the game, the Giants were yet to beat the Blazers this season in the teams’ previous four match ups, something that coach Michael Dyck said was a big confidence […]
Giants power play clicks, but they only walk away with a single point
The power play is buying in, but it still isn’t enough. After playing with the lead for a good portion of the hockey game, Vancouver only managed to leave the LEC with one point as the Kelowna Rockets walked away with a 3-2 overtime victory. The Giants are trying to […]
Horning transitioning well to life as a Giant
The Vancouver Giants added some championship pedigree to their lineup with the acquisition of 18-year-old defenceman Connor Horning. The six-foot-three, 187-pound rearguard was a part of the 2018 WHL Champion Swift Current Broncos as a 16-year-old, getting into 50 games on a rather older blue line. Championship experience is something invaluable […]
Vancouver prevails in Saturday night overtime thriller
In a night that had an abundance of goals, penalties and even a penalty shot in the final seconds of regulation, the Vancouver Giants came out with a 5-4 victory in overtime. “It was a great first period and I’m really happy we found a way to win at the […]