Before the Island Division championship series began, Victoria Grizzlies’ head coach Craig Didmon was asked if the opponent, the Powell River Kings, had an advantage sitting for a few days after dispatching the Nanaimo Clippers in five games. “I hope not,” Didmon said in all honesty. It certainly didn’t look that way in Game 1 […]
The Victoria Grizzlies go into the Christmas break as the hottest team in the entire B.C. Hockey League. Myles Fitzgerald scored three goals — making it five in two games — as the Grizzlies downed the Cowichan Valley Capitals 5-2 on Sunday night at Bear Mountain Arena. Brody Coulter and Dante Hahn also scored for […]
After going toe-to-toe with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs through four and a half periods on Wednesday, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that Game 1 of the Island Division championship was more of a feeling out process for the Victoria Grizzlies. The Grizzlies and Powell River Kings looked more like flyweights than heavyweights through […]
The Victoria Grizzlies are guaranteed to carry top spot in the B.C. Hockey League’s Island Division into the Christmas holidays, but would love to extend the advantage even further as the break nears. They managed to help themselves, in a big way, with an impressive 7-0 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday […]
The comeback is complete. Down 3-1 in the series, the Victoria Grizzlies clawed their way back to an opening B.C. Hockey League post-season win, clinching the Island Division semifinal over the Alberni Bulldogs with an unbelievable 5-4 double-overtime victory on Wednesday night at The Q Centre. The Game 7 win was reminiscent of an eerily […]
The Victoria Grizzlies' streak of inefficiency in Powell River came to a close on Friday night as the visitors recorded their first win northward since an overtime victory in the 2010-11 post-season. The Grizzlies had lost 10 of their last 11 visits to Powell River prior to Friday night's gritty 3-2 win as 16-year-old rookie […]
They’re going the distance. The Victoria Grizzlies and Alberni Valley Bulldogs will meet up for the third time in three nights to determine an opponent for the awaiting Powell River Kings in the Island Division final of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. Visiting Victoria forced Game 7 — back at The Q Centre at 7:15 […]
Victoria Grizzlies sound man Tom Grainger was in top form prior to puck drop on Monday night at The Q Centre, cranking out Van Halen’s Right Now and Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty. The Grizzlies themselves seemed to take it to heart in the must-win scenario, playing the role of the Heartbreakers and handing […]
For immediate release: The British Columbia Hockey League is pleased to announce its all-stars for the 2013-14 season. The winners were chosen from a survey of BCHL coaches and broadcasters. The BCHL all-star game was done away with after the 2009-10 campaign; the league is recognizing its all-stars this season with all-BCHL first team, second team and […]
ALBERNI VALLEY 3 VICTORIA 1 The Victoria Grizzlies are staring straight at elimination after Saturday night’s 3-1 loss to the host Alberni Valley Bulldogs at Weyerhaeuser Arena. The defeat leaves the Grizzlies down 3-1 in the best-of-seven Island Division semifinal series of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. They could be eliminated in Monday’s Game 5 […]
