With the 2019-20 WHL regular season officially over with six games remaining on the Giants’ schedule due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is prematurely that time of year….. Player awards. I have picked through the list of the team’s awards that are performance-based and not pre-determined by statistics, here […]
Tag: Tyler Preziuso
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 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Brown, Mitchell back from injury, Gaglardi sour about Memorial Cup and more
Makai Mitchell was back in the lineup for the Regina Pats on Tuesday night sooner than many thought possible after he was injured in a game against the Everett Silvertips.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Gurney gets two game suspension, Lineup notes, Milestones and more
Everett Silvertips forward Justyn Gurney was given a two-game suspension for this hit on Seattle’s Cade McNelly despite no penalty being called on the original play.
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 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: T-Birds sign Myatovic, Winterhawks sign Litke, Weekly Report and more
The Seattle Thunderbirds have signed 2019 sixth-round pick Nico Myatovic to a WHL Education Contract.
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 […]
Giants power play clicks, but they only walk away with a single point
The power play is buying in, but it still isn’t enough. After playing with the lead for a good portion of the hockey game, Vancouver only managed to leave the LEC with one point as the Kelowna Rockets walked away with a 3-2 overtime victory. The Giants are trying to […]
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 […]
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 […]
