Well, that was special. If you were the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. The visiting squad scored twice on the power play and added a late short-handed goal to record a 6-3 win over the Victoria Grizzlies to even the best-of-seven B.C. Hockey League Island Division semifinals at The Q Centre on Wednesday night. Unlike the opening […]

Goaltending can be a great equalizer, especially in the playoffs, and for much of the Victoria Grizzlies’ post-season opener on Tuesday night, it looked like Alberni Valley’s Connor LaCouvee could play a big factor in the opening round of the B.C. Hockey League extended season. Solid, but not spectacular, the Bulldogs’ netminder cracked twice in […]

Winning is contagious — the Victoria Grizzlies have proven that over the last two B.C. Hockey League regular seasons in which they have ridden very respectable 33-13-0-10 and 37-15-3-3 records to back-to-back Island Division titles. But it’s a league championship that the West Shore-based club wants, not just for the organization, but for the diehard […]

Playoff Round 1 Game Dates VS.   Alberni Valley Bulldogs   Tuesday, March 4th                        7:15 PM               W 3-0 Wednesday, March 5th                   7:15 PM                HOME   Thursday, March 6th                                ~~~ OFF ~~~ Friday, March 7th                           7:00 PM                AWAY Saturday, March 8th                       7:00 PM                AWAY Sunday, March […]

Bill Bestwick doesn’t exactly bring to mind Patty Duke, and he will never win an Oscar. But he may just be the 2012-13 B.C. Hockey League version of the Miracle Worker. The first-year head coach and GM of the Victoria Grizzlies has already matched last season’s entire team total of 21 victories. The 21st came […]

It’s fan appreciation night tonight for the Victoria Grizzlies, with plenty of prizes up for grabs. But the biggest gift the team could possibly give its fans — a first-place finish in the B.C. Hockey League — went floating out the window on Friday night in a disappointing 6-4 loss to the Cowichan Valley Capitals […]

The Victoria Grizzlies left it to the bitter end, but claimed their second straight Island Division championship on Saturday night at the Q Centre. With three of four Island Division playoff positions still to be determined on the final day of the B.C. Hockey League regular season, the Grizzlies — tied for first along with […]

The points have obviously added up in the standings for the Victoria Grizzlies, who continue to lead the Island Division of the B.C. Hockey League, and so, too, do the scholarship commitments. The Grizzlies— who lost 6-2 to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on the road on Saturday night — are soon expected to announce at […]

The Victoria Grizzlies went from the high of Wednesday’s series-clinching overtime win to a solid, all-around 3-2 victory in Game 1 of the Island Division final against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Friday night at Bear Mountain Arena. There was no sign of any letdown from the euphoric Game 5 overtime triumph just two nights […]

His eyes are on the main prize, that being a B.C. Hockey League championship, but there is a secondary award within the grasp of Myles Fitzgerald’s talented hands. The Victoria Grizzlies slick forward is also battling for the point-scoring lead in search of the Brett Hull trophy, handed out annually to the player who finishes […]