In a recent article looking back at Vancouver Giants World Junior tournaments, one player stood out above the rest. Marek Schwarz of the Czech Republic had one of the greatest goaltending performances in 2005, leading his team to a bronze medal with a win over the host USA. Looking […]
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Ranking every Vancouver Giants performance at the World Juniors
Originally posted Dec 17, 2020. With the upcoming World Juniors scheduled to start in the next few weeks, it is time to look back at the Vancouver Giants’ performances at the tournament. Bowen Byram will represent the Giants at this year’s tournament. Byram should be a key defenceman for Canada […]
This day in Giants history – April 1
2005 – Rockets take series lead Coming into this Game 5, neither team had strung two wins together in the series to that point. Kelowna took Game 4 in overtime to tie the series at two. Blake Comeau opened the game’s scoring halfway through the first period on the […]
This day in Giants history – March 30
2005 – Rockets tie series in overtime The one-goal games continued in this series into Game 4 and Kelowna was looking to even the series up. Vancouver opened the scoring late into the opening period with a goal from Adam Courchaine for his third of the playoffs. Despite having […]
This day in Giants history – March 26
2003 – Kelowna puts Giants on the brink The first two games of this series were polar opposites, Game 1 had the Rockets winning 10-0 then the next night it took two overtimes for them to win Game 2. Vancouver was a severe underdog in what was their first […]
This day in Giants history – March 25
2005 – Playoffs kick off The 2004-05 WHL season saw an abundance of next level skill due to the NHL going through a season-long lockout. Vancouver came into the playoffs as the third seed in the division with 76 points and were matched up against a Kelowna Rockets team that […]