USA Hockey announces prospect game roster tomorrow; will shifty WHL Giants...
Alec Baer celebrates a goal for the Vancouver Giants. (Province Files.) The 42 players for the third annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game will be announced Wednesday. It’ll be interesting...
View ArticleWHL Giants forward Alec Baer named to USA Hockey’s prospects game Sept. 25 in...
Alec Baer, jumping for joy here after a goal last season for the Giants, has reason to celebrate today, after being named to the USA Hockey top prospects game. (Province Files.) Vancouver Giants...
View ArticleWHL Giants have special promo for home opener tonight, with school-aged kids...
Giants forward Dalton Sward and Royals defenceman Travis Brown come together in a game last season. (Getty Images.) The Vancouver Giants have a special promotion for tonight’s home opener versus the...
View ArticleJackson Houck and Alec Baer both bag hat tricks as Vancouver trounces Prince...
Jackson Houck put up three goals and two assists against Prince George on Saturday. (Getty Images file.) Jackson Houck had three goals and two assists and Alec Baer had a hat trick as the Vancouver...
View ArticleWHL Giants notebook: Talking Brett Kulak, Greg Chase and Carter Popoff (with...
Brett Kulak, in the midst of trying to stick with Calgary, tries to sneak away from Coyotes veteran Shane Doan during exhibition play. Kulak, the Vancouver Giant product, has been assigned to the AHL...
View ArticleHappy times are here again for WHL Giants, outside of apparent Jackson Houck...
The Vancouver Giants have won four in a row. They’re feeling pretty good about themselves. We have video evidence. Carter Popoff, in the midst of talking about how well goaltender Payton Lee played in...
View ArticleOn Ugly Christmas Sweater night, the Vancouver Giants were no joke, winning...
The Victoria Royals were missing two stars Saturday night. It looked like a lot more than that. The Vancouver Giants were missing one. And, with all due respect to Jackson Houck, you had trouble...
View ArticleJackson Houck skates on WHL Giants top line at practice Friday, looks like...
It looks like Jackson Houck (lower body) will jump back into the Vancouver Giants’ line-up for their first game after the holiday break Saturday in Everett after sitting out their final three games...
View ArticleWHL Giants finally get back on winning track, outlasting Lethbridge on road
Carter Popoff (middle), celebrating a goal earlier this season, had the winner against Lethbridge on Friday. (Getty Images files.) Zane Jones scored against his former team and Carter Popoff bagged the...
View ArticleRebels knock down Ronning and then he makes sure Giants take Rebels down for...
Ty Ronning got his revenge. Red Deer Rebels defenceman Austin Strand nailed Ronning, the second-year Vancouver Giants winger, with a questionable knee-on-knee check at the Red Deer blueline with just...
View ArticleVancouver Giants land rare road win versus Tri-City Americans Saturday
Claude Noel’s Vancouver Giants are back into a playoff position. (Province Files.) They’re a funny team, these Vancouver Giants. We’re talking yesterday morning about how they’re struggling on the...
View ArticleTy Ronning climbing up Vancouver Giants line-up with Kelowna Rockets in town...
Former Giants goalie Jackson Whistle is Kelowna’s starter, but hasn’t played since Feb. 6 due to an appendectomy. (Getty Images File.) It looks like Ty Ronning will get power-play time against the...
View ArticlePP goal in OT pushes Noel to angry mood, knocks Giants out of WHL playoff hunt
It was bound to end messy for the Vancouver Giants, wasn’t it? Zane Jones picked up a rare overtime penalty, getting dinged for a checking to the head infraction 55 seconds into the extra session, and...
View ArticleVancouver Giants, led by Tyler Benson, open training camp next Wednesday in...
The Vancouver Giants, featuring potential 2016 NHL first rounder Tyler Benson, open training camp next Wednesday at the Ladner Leisure Centre, the team announced Wednesday. The team announced their...
View ArticleJackson Houck says he’s primed to get back to former form and Scott Bonner...
Jackson Houck is saying the things Vancouver Giants fans would want him to say. And Scott Bonner is saying the things that Houck would certainly hope for. Bonner, the Giants general manager, is pegging...
View ArticleTy Ronning bags pair to lead Vancouver Giants to victory over Seattle in home...
Ty Ronning’s second goal of the night, on a power play with 2:42 remaining, gave the Vancouver Giants a 3-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday night in their WHL opener. Ronning darted into the...
View ArticleVancouver Giants get chance to rebound from defeat in Brandon right away,...
The Brandon Wheat Kings handed the visiting Vancouver Giants their first regulation-time loss of the season on Tuesday night, scoring three unanswered goals in the third period to run away with an 8-3...
View ArticleVancouver Giants follow up pair of big trades with a listless effort versus...
Dreary. That’s probably the first word that comes to mind with the Vancouver Giants’ lacklustre effort on Wednesday night. It led to a 5-2 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Pacific Coliseum....
View ArticleLots of pluses from Vancouver Giants in their 6-0 romp over Medicine Hat, led...
Goaltender Ryan Kubic of the Vancouver Giants watches the puck while Max Gerlach of the Medicine Hat Tigers and and Ben Thomas of the Giants collide during the third period of their WHL game at the...
View ArticleAlec Baer continues scoring streak for Vancouver Giants; two-goal night gives...
Alec Baer scored a pair of goals to lead the Vancouver Giants to a 4-1 win over the Victoria Royals on Friday night at the Pacific Coliseum. Baer’s goals at 15:03 and 17:36 of the third period, pushed...
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