The Royals saw their offense return in Game 4 as they defeated the Giants 7-3 on Thursday. Not surprising, the victory coincided with the return of Tyler Soy, the team’s number one centre and all-time franchise leader for most goals. Soy’s return to the top line for Victoria helped propel the […]
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Tendeck returns in playoff form as Vancouver Giants topple Victoria Royals in Game 3
David Tendeck returned to the Giants lineup for Game 3 and looked like he hadn’t missed a beat. Away with an injury since March 11th, the 18-year-old Tendeck returned and shut the door on the Victoria Royals Tuesday night, making 35 saves and back-stopping his team to a 5-1 victory. […]
Victoria Royals hold on to earn a split against the Vancouver Giants in game 2
Goaltender Griffen Outhouse proved his value once again and made the big saves with the game on the line. Victoria went into the third period with a one goal lead and we able to hold off the surging Giants, primarily due to Outhouse and the defense in front of him. […]
Vancouver Giants stand their ground and strike first against Victoria Royals
The Vancouver Giants were led by their young goaltender Friday night and claimed victory in the first game of the best of seven series against the Victoria Royals. While that may not be surprising in itself given the outstanding play of David Tendeck this season, even more interesting is that […]
2017-18 Playoff Previews: Vancouver Giants vs Victoria Royals
Vancouver Giants (3rd in B.C. Division) vs Victoria Royals (2nd in B.C. Division) Season Series: Vancouver 3-4-1-2 Victoria 7-3-0-0 Leading Scorers: Vancouver Ty Ronning 84 pts Victoria Matthew Phillips 112 pts Goaltending: Vancouver David Tendeck- 25wins; ; 0.912 SV%; 3.02 GAA; 1576 SA Victoria Griffen Outhouse- […]
Playoff History: Victoria Royals vs. Vancouver Giants
First ever playoff meeting, Going back to the original franchise, the Chilliwack Bruins, there is some playoff history there. 2008 Vancouver won 4-0 1st Round, the Giants would claim a 41 point lead on the Bruins during the regular season. All four games would be settled by a single point. […]
Rockets blast Giants in regular season finale
A St. Patrick’s Day Pummeling in Kelowna On the Western Hockey League schedule’s penultimate night of the regular season, the Kelowna Rockets played host to the Vancouver Giants in a game that meant absolutely nothing in the standings. In fact, the two teams met the previous evening in Langley on […]
Americans take down Giants for second time in three nights
Kennewick, Wa. It’s been a tale of two different weekends for the Tri-City Americans (35-24-8-1, 79 pts.) Last weekend, the team was in the midst of a nasty losing streak that included two shutouts to Portland, giving up a lead to Spokane only to lose in overtime, and falling behind […]
Americans lock up playoff berth by taking down the Giants
Kennewick, Wa. With just over a week left in the regular season, the Tri-City Americans (33-24-8-1, 75 pts.) hosted the Vancouver Giants (34-24-6-3, 77 pts.) for the first time this season. Both the Americans and Giants have struggled a bit lately. Both teams have just four wins in their past […]
Giants deal Rockets fifth straight loss
It’s five in row and counting now for the Kelowna Rockets. That is, five losses in a row. The downward spiral continues and collectively, the group seems to be…ahem…at a loss to figure things out. When Tyler Benson scored at 3:56 of the overtime period, the Vancouver Giants completed a […]