GRIZZLIES, KINGS FAMILIAR PLAYOFF FOES

The Victoria Grizzlies’ opening best-of-seven playoff series against the Powell River Kings is a matchup of teams that went in very different directions the last few weeks of the 2014-15 B.C. Hockey League campaign. Victoria goes into tonight’s Game 1 battle at 7 at The Q Centre on a seven-game win streak, having secured second […]

GRIZZLIES HEAD TO PLAYOFFS AS HOTTEST TEAM

The Victoria Grizzlies are in seventh heaven heading into the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. The Grizzlies edged the Island Division-leading Nanaimo Clippers 5-4 in double overtime on Saturday night at The Q Centre and now carry a seven-game winning streak into the post-season, which begins Tuesday night in their home rink against the Powell River […]

GRIZZLIES ROAR BACK TO UPEND CLIPPERS

Kevin Massy’s howitzer at 1:41 of double overtime gave the Victoria Grizzlies a critical 4-3 win over the Nanaimo Clippers on Friday night, earning his team second place in the Island Division of the B.C. Hockey League and home ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. The Grizzlies will begin their best-of-seven series […]

GRIZZLIES COME THROUGH ON MUST WIN AGAINST POWELL RIVER

If they wanted any chance at home-ice advantage in the first round of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs, the Victoria Grizzlies knew they needed a win Saturday night against the Powell River Kings. It was the proverbial must-win. And that’s exactly what the Grizzlies did, downing the Kings 3-2 in front of 867 fans at […]

GRIZZLIES GET TOUGH WITH PRINCE GEORGE

It was Valentine’s Day, but there was very little love being shared at The Q Centre — at least on the ice. In a rough-and-tumble outing, the Victoria Grizzlies defeated the Prince George Spruce Kings 6-2 in B.C. Hockey League play, a game that included a hit-to-the-head minor penalty and 10-minute misconduct to go with […]

GRIZZLIES OFFENCE BURIES BULLDOGS

Matt Kennedy is gone for a lengthy spell with a broken collarbone, but the Victoria Grizzlies welcomed back Thomas Gobeil with open, celebrating arms on Friday night. The slick Quebec native, who missed both lopsided losses last weekend, scored his eighth goal in 10 games as a Grizzlie (and 21st of the season) early on […]

VIPERS POWER PLAYS DECISIVE AGAINST GRIZZLIES

The Victoria Grizzlies were snake-bitten Friday night, allowing three power-play goals in the second period as the visiting Vernon Vipers slithered off with a 6-2 win in B.C. Hockey League play at The Q Centre. Colton McCarthy, Liam Coughlin and Anthony Latina all scored on man-advantage situations in the middle period to break open a […]

STREAKING GRIZZLIES SILENCE BULLDOGS

The Victoria Grizzlies proved last week was not an anomaly as the B.C. Hockey League club ran roughshod over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs for the second time in seven days, this time in a 4-0 whitewash of the visitors. Mike Stiliadis made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season and Dane Gibson scored […]

GRIZZLIES OFFENCE BURIES BULLDOGS

There is no truth to the rumour that the goaltenders in Wednesday night’s matchup between the Victoria Grizzlies and Alberni Valley Bulldogs suffered burns from the frequency of the red light going on behind their nets. But that’s only because the Plexiglas acted as a deflector. In one of the wildest opening periods of the […]

GRIZZLIES NEWCOMER GOBEIL HITTING STRIDE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME

In just 16 periods since being acquired at the trade deadline, Thomas Gobeil has managed to prove just what he’s capable of on the ice. It would be 18 periods in six games if not for a fight and game misconduct late in the opening stanza in his fifth outing with the Victoria Grizzlies. Over […]