On the night of Red Deer Rebels Head Coach Brent Sutter’s 1,000th game coached, the Giants were in no mood to let him celebrate with a win. Vancouver used its monicker to have a ‘Giant’ third period against Red Deer, scoring four unanswered goals, sealing up the team’s seventh straight […]
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Giants earn fifth consecutive victory with 5-2 win over Cougars
Five is a fluke, six is a streak. Vancouver earned their fifth consecutive win in a 5-2 win over the Prince George Cougars in the first of two home games this weekend. The Giants came into Saturday night’s game riding a four-game win streak, including a 12-4 drubbing of the […]
Hawco’s Giant Thoughts: The Pilot
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 […]
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 […]
Blazers lose 3-2 to Giants, Garand to injury
With the dust beginning to settle hours after the fact, the Blazers might best describe Saturday’s game as a series of unfortunate events. Perhaps that will depend on the severity of the injury to Blazers’ starting goaltender Dylan Garand which ultimately overshadowed a 3-2 loss on home ice to the […]
Vancouver Giants ride dominant second period for 6-2 victory over the Victoria Royals
The second period was one to forget for the Victoria Royals, allowing four goals and being outshot by a whopping 23 to 3 by the Vancouver Giants. Royals starting goalie Adam Evanoff faced an onslaught, with Vancouver goals coming from Tyler Preziuso, Zack Ostapchuk, Eric Florchuk and Justin Sourdif. The […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Kindree out at least 10 weeks, Boyle has health scare and more
The Kelowna Rockets announced that forward Liam Kindree has undergone surgery to repair a broken collarbone and will be re-evaluated in 10 weeks’ time.
Giants mount first period comeback but drop fifth straight game
A bad first five minutes, a good next fifteen minutes and an average everything else. The Vancouver Giants lost their fifth straight game Saturday night and second in consecutive nights to the Spokane Chiefs by a score of 6-3. After a sluggish start that saw them down 2-0 less than […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Silvertips acquire Kolle from Pats, Giants banged up, Anders back with Rebels and more
The Everett Silvertips acquired forward Ty Kolle from the Regina Pats for unsigned prospect Ean Somoza, a 2020 fourth-round pick (originally Seattle’s, acquired in Max Patterson trade) and a fifth-round pick in 2021.
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 […]