2,070 Kilometres. That’s the distance the Vancouver Giants have traveled since they left for their East Division trip on Monday morning after taking on the Kelowna Rockets at the Langley Events Centre the night prior. The first stop on the six-game road trip is Brandon, Manitoba, to take on the […]
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Kinder and Teply lead ICE to tremendous start
When it comes to the Western Hockey League season, the word “grind” can be used to describe the winter long race to the Memorial Cup. From the hours on the ice training to the time in the gym and the dozens of hours spent on a bus, it’s truly exactly […]
Giants end weekend on a positive note in physical affair
The Vancouver Giants ended their three-in-three weekend on a high note with a 4-0 victory over the division rival Kelowna Rockets in a spirited bout at the Langley Events Centre. Vancouver had lost two straight games heading into Sunday afternoon’s game: 4-2 to Portland on Friday and 6-2 to Kamloops […]
Blazers sweep rivals at home
After three consecutive losses to U.S Division teams to start the season, the Blazers returned home to kick off a four-game homestand against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night. While five games were crammed into the team’s first two weekends, the Blazers made as much noise during their four days […]
WHL Gameday preview: Saturday, September 28th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: September 28, 2019 Winnipeg ICE 2-1-0-0 @ Prince Albert Raiders 2-0-1-0 7:00 PM (MDT) The second Saturday night match up in the WHL season see the Winnipeg ICE continue their Saskatchewan trip and travel to Prince Albert, the defending WHL Champions. Both of these […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Byram and Cozens return to WHL, Broncos acquire Pelletier and more
The Vancouver Giants won’t have to wait and wonder if Bowen Byram will come back to the team this season as the Colorado Avalanche announced they’ve sent him back to the WHL.
Kannok Leipert excited to get things going as Giants captain
Jonathan Blum, Lance Bouma, Craig Cunningham, Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Benson Today the Vancouver Giants announced that Alex Kannok Leipert would join the likes of the aforementioned players as the 17th captain in franchise history. The Thailand-born and Regina raised defenceman is in his third full season with the Giants, skating in 137 […]
Flaming Hot Takes: 22 teams, 22 questions
With the season upon us, it’s time for my annual tour around the league. I’m going to pick out one subject for each team and say what it is that I’m looking for and why it’s important. At the end of the year I’ll look back and see what the […]
DUBNetwork’s 2019-20 WHL Player Award Predictions
We put out our team predictions earlier today and now we release who our 21 voting contributors think will hoist the five major trophies in the WHL. Of all the player awards, this was the most lopsided. Kamloops native and forward Logan Stankoven took home 14 of the 21 votes. […]
Sourdif poised for big draft year after Hlinka experience
2020 NHL Draft prospect Justin Sourdif had an experience to remember this past summer. He got the knock on the hotel room door that Team Canada hopefuls all want to hear when participating in selection camps. He made the squad. The Surrey, BC native impressed the Canadian coaching staff, which included Giants […]
