Kennewick, Wa. It’s been a tale of two different weekends for the Tri-City Americans (35-24-8-1, 79 pts.) Last weekend, the team was in the midst of a nasty losing streak that included two shutouts to Portland, giving up a lead to Spokane only to lose in overtime, and falling behind […]
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Americans lock up playoff berth by taking down the Giants
Kennewick, Wa. With just over a week left in the regular season, the Tri-City Americans (33-24-8-1, 75 pts.) hosted the Vancouver Giants (34-24-6-3, 77 pts.) for the first time this season. Both the Americans and Giants have struggled a bit lately. Both teams have just four wins in their past […]
Giants deal Rockets fifth straight loss
It’s five in row and counting now for the Kelowna Rockets. That is, five losses in a row. The downward spiral continues and collectively, the group seems to be…ahem…at a loss to figure things out. When Tyler Benson scored at 3:56 of the overtime period, the Vancouver Giants completed a […]
WHL recap (part two): Andrusiak nets hat trick and winner; Cougars take game over Rockets
Prince George 4 Kelowna 1 The slow spiral down to the bottom of the standings in the Western Conference for the Prince George Cougars (21-33-4-4) was interrupted Tuesday night with a 4-1 win over the division-leading Kelowna Rockets (38-19-4-2). Joel Lakusta, Jared Bethune and Brogan O’Brien all had two points, while Taylor Gauthier […]
Giants shut down Blazers 2-0
Vancouver 2 Kamloops 0 Monday evening at the Langley Events Centre, a match up of two desperate teams took place. The Kamloops Blazers (27-32-1-4) had dropped two straight and were finding a playoff post slipping our of their grasp and the Vancouver Giants (32-21-5-3) had lost three in-a-row and their […]
Tips beat Giants behind strong performance from Hart
Carter Hart, who won the World Junior Championships for Canada in Buffalo at the start of 2018 has been a star with the ‘Tips ever since he broke into the league with them as a 16-year-old starter and Friday’s game was no different as Hart was once again solid between […]
Tendeck breaks hearts in Portland, leads Giants to 4-2 win
Back on November 28th, the Portland Winterhawks had a 10-game win streak halted by a superb 44-save performance form then Lethbridge Hurricanes netminder Stuart Skinner. That was a game where Portland had countless high-quality chances at key points in a tight game, but could not find a way to beat […]
WHL recap: Hart ties shutout record in Silvertips win; Pats and Blazers emerge victorious
Regina 4 Lethbridge 2 Many were puzzled when the Regina Pats (29-23-5-0) traded away the goalie that got them to the WHL final a year ago in Tyler Brown and getting another without that experience in Ryan Kubic in return. Kubic afforded himself well when eh first came to the Pats […]
Giants pull out a tough one against the TBirds on Friday night
The Seattle Thunderbirds rolled into the Langley Events Centre for a Friday night encounter with the Vancouver Giants off the heals of a 3-2 victory over the Tri City Americans on Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center. Meanwhile the Giants lost 4-1 to the Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday night at […]
WHL recap: Weatherill shuts out the Giants
Spokane 5 @Vancouver 0 The Vancouver Giants (25-16-4-3) have struggled as of late at scoring on home ice. The Langley Events Centre, where they are 13-9-1-1 has not had the chance to play the Giants goal song for two straight games now. The shutout streak on home ice for the Giants […]