Tanner Brown has had a rather unorthodox road to his first WHL goal scored during this past Friday’s 3-1 Giants victory over the Portland Winterhawks, the club’s first since the 2017-18 season. Originally drafted by Vancouver 24th overall in the second round of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft as a hard-nosed […]
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Portland defeats Vancouver 2-1 in a shootout
The Moda Center in downtown Portland, Oregon, was rocking on Saturday night. The reigning Western Conference champion Vancouver Giants (10-8-1-1) were in town completing the second half of a home-and-home with the Portland Winterhawks (11-5-0-1). A crowd of 8,026 were on hand to witness two of the top teams battle […]
Vancouver starting to find themselves in win over Portland
This team is starting to find their groove. The Vancouver Giants defeated the Portland Winterhawks for the first time since February 14th, 2018 by a score of 3-1 and in turn earned themselves their third consecutive win. The opening period saw all of the Giants offence occur and was also […]
Brennan shines as Cougars steal a point from Vancouver
Something’s got to give. The Vancouver Giants managed to muster a point but were ultimately defeated 3-2 in overtime by the last place Prince George Cougars Sunday evening. The loss puts them on a three-game skid. Prince George had 16-year-old goaltender Tyler Brennan start in goal after Taylor Gauthier fell to injury the previous […]
Lots of positives from Giants, but drop a close one to Everett
Despite a great first period, the Vancouver Giants were on the wrong side of a tight game, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Everett Silvertips putting them at 7-8-0-0. The ice surface was tilted in the Giants’ favour during the opening 20 minutes with the home team dictating the majority […]
Shepard worth the wait for Vancouver
It took 17-year-old Cole Shepard longer than he would have liked to don the hometown Vancouver Giants sweater. But it was sure worth the wait. Shepard, a native of West Vancouver, made his anticipated WHL debut during Saturday night’s 4-3 shootout win over the Swift Current Broncos. “The surgeon said the recovery […]
Giants fall to Royals in weekend finale
Missed opportunities. They’ve been killing this Vancouver Giants team. The Giants dropped their second game of the weekend Sunday evening in a 3-1 loss to the Victoria Royals to bring them back down to .500 (7-7), and it wasn’t due to a lack of chances. “If we could bury our […]
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 […]
Svejkovsky looking to build off rookie campaign
Lukas Svejkovsky is entering his second WHL season with the Vancouver Giants after a rookie season that saw him improve as the months went on. “He played a lot better down the stretch for us (last season)”, said Giants Head Coach Michael Dyck. He continued by saying, “He got a lot more […]
Young Gendron ready to take Giant step into the ‘dub
17-year-old Prince George-native Jacob Gendron could be the newest dose of young blood to have a spot on an experienced Giants blue line this season. One of the most powerful skaters from the BC Major Midget League last season is holding his own with six WHL preseason games this season […]
