As the summer rolls on, so does our WHL prospects review series. In our first post, we took a look at the seven players selected by NHL teams in the Pacific Division in 2018 and 2019. Today, we’ll dive into the prospects in the Central Division. Chicago Blackhawks In […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: You get a trade, You get a trade, You get a trade
The Victoria Royals moved out overage forward Kaid Oliver, a 2020 fourth-round pick and a 2023 conditional fourth-round pick to the Edmonton Oil Kings for defenseman Jacson Alexander, a 2020 third-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick.
This day in Giants history – March 23
2003 – Double overtime thriller The day after being blown out 10-0 in Game 1 by Kelowna, the Giants bounced back the next night. Vancouver led Game 2 on two separate occasions, including leading 3-2 in the third period. Kelowna opened the scoring late in the first period with a […]
Giants shutout Royals in opening game of mini-series
The Giants are back to their winning ways. After having their 11-game winning streak snapped last week, the Vancouver Giants didn’t take long to get back into the win column with a convincing 3-0 victory over the Royals. Friday’s win puts the Giants in second place in the BC Division […]
Vancouver continues winning ways with 3-2 win over Seattle
In a rare Monday afternoon game, thanks to the Family Day holiday, the Vancouver Giants extended their winning streak to ten games with a 3-2 hard-fought win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. The win marks the team’s longest win streak since 2009. Monday was the tail-end of a home-and-home that started […]
Giants veterans too much for young Rebels
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 […]
Hawco’s Giant Thoughts: Is the recent success sustainable?
Edition two of “Hawco’s Giant Thoughts” is here and the Vancouver Giants are still winning hockey games. More importantly, divisional games. If you missed the pilot edition of this column that I posted last week, you can read it here. Since last week’s “Thoughts”, the Giants won two games, both […]
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: Chiefs acquire Ginnell, Broncos acquire DiLaura, Rockets acquire Feist and more
The Spokane Chiefs acquired 2000-born forward Brad Ginnell from the Winnipeg ICE for Edmonton’s fourth-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2021 WHL Bantam Draft.
The 2010s: Vancouver Giants All-Decade Team
Tuesday will see the end of not just the calendar year, but the decade as a whole. As their 2010 through 2019 record of 340-345-34-30 shows, the 2010s were very average for the Vancouver Giants. Ten years saw two BC Division titles, a Western Conference championship banner, a WHL Final […]