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 […]
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WHL recap: Colina and Bethune lead Cougars over Wheat Kings; Everett, Victoria and Vancouver also victorious
Prince George 3 @Brandon 2 Even with the Regina Pats loading up at the trade deadline, the huge lead the Brandon Wheat Kings (28-18-3-2) had for third in the East Division seemed insurmountable. That lead is getting more surmountable everyday. The Prince George Cougars (19-26-4-4) came in Westman Place Friday night nursing […]
Hitmen quieted in Langley
The double-tapping B.C. road trip for the Calgary Hitmen has gotten off to a less than desirable start. The Hitmen crossed off both road games scheduled in Victoria last weekend, as they dropped the series by a combined score of 11-4. Tonight at the Langley Events Centre, the Hitmen dropped […]
Surging Giants edge Rockets
Given the five-year history between the Kelowna Rockets and Vancouver Giants, a period dominated by Kelowna in the win column, it might be hard to fathom tonight’s tilt at the Langley Events Centre could have been promoted as a battle for first place in the B.C. Division. Sure, the Giants […]
At the halfway mark: B.C. Division
Western Hockey League teams pretty much all arrived at the 36-game mark as the Christmas break in the schedule arrived. Regular season play starts up again tonight with 11 games on the slate. When we last collaborated about the B.C. Division, at the quarter pole in early November, the Victoria […]
The Giants win all three games on the weekend, running their win streak to six
The Vancouver Giants came into this past weekend with a three-game win streak, with a most recent win against Kootenay on December 9th showing why they are such an improved team this year. This year’s team came in the final weekend of the first half of the year, hungry and […]
WHL recap: Wolf shuts out Cougars; Hurricanes, Giants and Broncos emerge with wins
Lethbridge 6 @Regina 2 A night after the offense of the struggling Lethbridge Hurricanes (15-16-2-0) hit a season-low when they were shutout by the Brandon Wheat Kings, they rebounded with a six-goal effort against the Memorial Cup host Regina Pats (16-16-3-0). The ‘Canes were mired in a four-game losing streak and were […]
The Vancouver Giants turnaround
The Vancouver Giants are looking like a much improved hockey team in comparison to the 2016-17 WHL season. For their poor performance last year, fans wanted a turnaround. Most would chalk up last season to a number of reasons. Some include a new coach, a new general manager and a […]
WHL recap: Hart leads Silvertips over Blazers; Tigers, Giants and Rockets all add wins
Medicine Hat 4 Victoria 3 (OT) Linus Nassen picked a great time to notch his first career WHL goal. The Swedish import defenseman had piled up 17 assists, including one on the power lay that had allowed his Medicine Hat Tigers (16-10) to force overtime against the visiting Victoria Royals […]
WHL recap: Benson plays hero as Giants take down Thunderbirds in OT
Vancouver 4 Seattle 3 (OT) Tyler Benson’s WHL career has not had as many highlights as it should have at this point. A cyst on his tailbone and other assorted ailments have caused him to miss most of two seasons and the highlights that would have surely been there for […]
