The Victoria Grizzlies might be down, but they’re not out. After Tuesday night’s 6-3 loss to the Coquitlam Express, the Grizzlies have gone winless in their first two games of their B.C. Hockey League round-robin semifinal series against the Interior champion Vernon Vipers and the Mainland Division’s Express. For the Grizzlies, however, it’s familiar territory. […]
COQUITLAM 6 VICTORIA 3 The Victoria Grizzlies’ season will dangle precariously Thursday night at The Q Centre in Colwood as they face elimination against the Coquitlam Express. The Express ripped open a 2-2 game in the third period to stun Victoria 6-3 in the B.C. Hockey League playoff semifinal round-robin triangular series Tuesday night on […]
The Victoria Grizzlies now need to become road warriors if they want to play their way back into a position to advance to the Fred Page Cup championship. The overly hospitable hosts suffered a disheartening 5-4 loss to the Vernon Vipers in Game 1 of the B.C. Hockey League’s round-robin in Round 3 of the […]
Round 3 of the BCHL playoffs is a six-game, round-robin format between the respective division champions the Victoria Grizzlies, Vernon Vipers and Coquitlam Express. Victoria is the #1 seed for Round 3 as they had the highest total of regular-season points in the standings. Vernon is the #2 seed and Coquitlam #3. To assist fans […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have advanced to Round 3 of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs defeating the Powell River Kings 4-2 in Game 6 of the Island Division final series at Hap Parker Arena late Friday night. Victoria wins the best-of-seven series 4-2, successfully managing the first road victory of the matchup after grabbing a one-game […]
Over 920 CJHL Alumni Playing Professional and Major Junior Hockey in North America CALGARY, Alberta (March 18th, 2014) – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) is proud to report that over 920 CJHL alumni are currently playing in the National Hockey League (NHL), minor professional leagues and Canadian Hockey League (CHL). An impressive 20% of all […]
Victoria Grizzlies’ head coach Craig Didmon surprised a lot of people — possibly including his own team — as he made a goalie change for Game 3 on Monday night. After easily defeating the Powell River Kings 4-1 and 5-0 in the opening two outings of the best-of-seven B.C. Hockey League Island Division final, Didmon […]
Momentum has swung in favour of the Powell River Kings, who earned their second straight victory over the Victoria Grizzlies on Tuesday night, this time by a lopsided 8-3 count. The win at Hap Parker Arena in Powell River leaves the Kings tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven B.C. Hockey League Island Division final series with […]
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 […]
