Welcome to the first edition of “Hawco’s Giant Thoughts“, my new weekly column surrounding the Vancouver Giants. (Real original name, I know.) This will be a place for opinions, stats, and just general news surrounding the Giants. Something a little bit more casual than game recaps and player features. I […]
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Overreaction Monday: Chiefs and Giants about to surge
Overreaction of the week: the Spokane Chiefs and Vancouver Giants are going to go on late season rolls. Two of the most puzzling teams this season in the WHL’s Western Conference are the B.C. Division’s Vancouver Giants and the U.S. Division’s Spokane Chiefs. Both were expected by this writer to […]
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 […]
Mr. 300: Tyler Preziuso
When asked to describe his five-year WHL career to this point, Tyler Preziuso kept it simple. “Probably fast,” he said with a grin. “It went by super quick, but I enjoyed the ride the whole time,” the Victoria, BC, native added. The Vancouver Giants kicked off 2020 with a 1-0 loss on […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Six WHLers win Gold at World Juniors, Americans and Giants swap forwards and more
Team Canada took home gold at the World Juniors with a 4-3 victory over the Russians on Sunday.
Blazers solve Tendeck, Giants in OT.
After suffering back-to-back defeats on home ice for the first time all season, the Blazers put a stake in the ground and knocked off the Vancouver Giants 2-1 in overtime on Friday evening. When it was all said and done, the shot clock favoured the home team by a count […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Broncos sign Stebbings, Chiefs facing injury troubles in the crease, Weekly Report and more
The Swift Current Broncos signed 2002-born Carter Stebbings to a WHL Education Contract on Tuesday.
The 2010s: Vancouver Giants All-Decade Team
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 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades sign Saunderson, Byram leads Canada to pre-tournament win, Alumni updates and more
The Saskatoon Blades have signed 2019 fifth-round pick Ben Saunderson to a WHL Education Contract.
Cougars’ power play propels them past Giants
“We found a way to lose tonight.” That was Michael Dyck‘s opening sentiment to start his postgame scrum after his team fell to the Prince George Cougars by a score of 3-0 in the last home game before the Christmas break. “We just had too many passengers tonight, had too many […]