Seattle really is a great sports town
We’ve heard a lot about Seattle’s sports culture over the past few years. Sounders supporters have baffled visiting MLS teams with their size and vocal nature, helping the squad make the playoffs in...
View ArticleGiants end 2013 on a winning note
At the beginning of the season, a lot of WHL players look at the calendar to see where the three-in-threes are. John Tortorella might wax poetic about his Canucks being a tired team after five games in...
View ArticleGiants halt high-flying Rockets
The Vancouver Giants put a stop to the best team in the CHL on Friday night, beating the Kelowna Rockets 4–2 at the Pacific Coliseum. The Rockets entered the night on a remarkable 16-game win streak,...
View ArticleGiants outscore their problems
It was a rough night for the ol’ save percentage, but Jared Rathjen skated away with his 11th win of the season at the Pacific Coliseum. His Vancouver Giants scored early and scored often on Friday...
View ArticleBring on the Hawks
The Vancouver Giants are #7 in the West. The Portland Winterhawks sit in second place. So fire up the what if cannon and get ready for a playoff preview as these two teams face off at the Coliseum at...
View ArticleMissed it by that much
The Vancouver Giants came within a hair of beating the Portland Winterhawks for the first time since February 2012, but settled for a single point in a 5–4 shootout loss on Sunday night. It was a...
View ArticleDouble digits, baby
The Vancouver Giants put the boots to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes with an impressive 10–0 Friday night win on home ice. Payton Lee’s first shutout of the season was lost next to the offensive...
View ArticleBrendan Gallagher honoured; Giants shellacked
There hasn’t been much to cheer for when it comes to NHL hockey this year, so it was a treat to see more than six thousand people make some noise for Brendan Gallagher at the Pacific Coliseum tonight....
View ArticleVancouver has a Giant hill to climb
After finishing dead last with a dismal 44 points just a year ago, the Vancouver Giants made massive strides, improved by 31 points and nabbed the seventh seed in the WHL Western Conference. The season...
View ArticleGiants smash September with three wins
The Vancouver Giants opened the 2014-15 with a perfect September, taking a pair of wins off the rival Victoria Royals and beating the Portland Winterhawks for the first time in nine tries. Not since...
View ArticleGiants win third straight on Teddy Bear Toss night
Jackson Houck scored the shootout winner for the Vancouver Giants on Saturday night, but it was his period goal a full period earlier that made the fur fly. His one-timer from just left of Saskatoon...
View ArticleFive straight for the Vancouver Giants
The Vancouver Giants won their season-high fifth straight game Friday night, turning in what Brendan Batchelor lauded as a high point in his stint as the team’s play-by-play man: The contribution from...
View ArticleWoke up to some Head on Xmas morning
Vancouver sports fans have a few things to unwrap under the tree this year, indeed. The Vancouver Whitecaps, Canucks and Giants are all giving in the spirit of the season. To start, this is for you,...
View ArticleYou know you wanna bobble Jon Blum’s head
You be the judge. Does Jon Blum’s bobblehead resemble the real deal? Bobbleheads are weirder than a kissing cousin convention, but their creepy kitsch is almost universally appealing. For years,...
View ArticleVancouver rides the Stache to a Giant two points
Dude. This guy is in Lanny McDonald territory. WHL file photo. Zane Jones’s moustache scored once and added an assist to drive the Vancouver Giants to a 5–4 win over the Red Deer Rebels on Friday...
View ArticleGiants beat Memorial Cup champion Oil Kings
The Vancouver Giants won their third straight home game with a messy but satisfying 3-1 decision over the Edmonton Oil Kings. It wasn’t a high-flying, high-scoring, fight-filled affair like the...
View ArticleGiants Head South to Face Silvertips
by Richard Davalos (Hit him up on the mighty Twitter: @QuakesFan84) Tonight sees the fifth matchup betweens the Giants and Silvertips this season. Everett has won three of the four games so far by a...
View ArticleGiants set for home finale
The Vancouver Giants end their 2014-15 season this weekend with a home-and-home against Kelowna, the top team in the Western Conference. While the Giants are out of the playoff picture thanks to a...
View ArticleEpisode 59 – The PatQuast
Pat Quinn, may he rest in peace, leaves a massive, Irish imprint upon our community, having changed the course of franchises at the professional, junior and minor levels of hockey in Vancouver. Russell...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Vancouver Giants, baby!
Hockey season is here, yo. The Vancouver Giants are just two days away from their first pre-season game. Puck drops Saturday vs the dirty, rotten, stinkin’ scoundrels that are the Kamloops Blazers at...
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