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 […]
The plan, or hope, for the Victoria Grizzlies was to silence the Dog Pound. Quieting the rabid Alberni Valley Bulldogs fans has been a specialty for Port Alberni natives, the Fitzgerald triplets — Myles, Gerry and Leo — as the Grizzlies’ No. 1 forward line has been a thorn in the paws of their Island […]
They say that home is where the heart is and it’s also where the Victoria Grizzlies are racking up valuable points. On Friday, the league-leading B.C. Hockey League club improved its record at Bear Mountain Arena to a solid 14-4-0-1 courtesy of a 4-2 victory over the Cowichan Valley Capitals. They did it without Turner […]
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 […]
