Grizzlies set to Showcase talent

Cleve Dheensaw/ Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 10:04 PM There will be more than 200 NHL and NCAA scouts watching the annual B.C. Hockey League Bauer Showcase at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack this week, but it only takes one. Indeed, you can only play for one team at a time. “It only takes one scout and […]

Victoria Grizzlies flex their muscles in win over Vees

Grizzlies Cam Thompson cuts in close on Penticton Vees goaltender Derek Krall in BCJHL action at The Q Centre on Saturday. Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 10:00 PM The past and the present of the B.C. Hockey League collided Saturday night at the Q Centre. The Victoria […]

Grizzlies set to pay Benns ultimate honour

Jordie, left, and Jamie Benn will have their Grizzlies jerseys retired Saturday night at The Q Centre. Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw/ Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 10:16 PM These are heady times for the Victoria Grizzlies. That will be evident tonight when the projected best Grizzlies team in several years watches as the […]

Veteran Nolan looks to help Grizzlies get back on track

Veteran Ryan Nolan scored in last weekends opener and looks to do the same tonight in Port Alberni. Photograph By ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 10:26 PM The first week or two of regular-season hockey is often about addressing simmering resentments or settling old scores from the previous spring’s playoffs. […]

Victoria Grizzlies succumb to Powell River Kings’ revival

Brian Drewry / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 10:30 PM POWELL RIVER 5 VICTORIA 3 They weathered the initial storm, but the Victoria Grizzlies eventually succumbed to wave after wave of Powell River Kings attacks on Saturday night at Hap Parker Arena. In the B.C. Hockey League season opener for both teams, the Grizzlies jumped out to […]

Cam Thompson looks to spark Victoria Grizzlies’ high-powered offence

Grizzlies forward Cam Thompson is hoping to build off a strong playoff performance last spring. Photograph By ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Brian Drewry/ Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 10:34 PM Cam Thompson knows a thing or two about season openers. He should. He’ll take part in his third B.C. Hockey League one tonight when his […]

Victoria Grizzlies sharpen claws for run at title

Grizzlies GM and head coach Craig Didmon’s team opens the 2018-19 season on Saturday night in Powell River. Photograph By ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Brian Drewry / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 10:06 PM Solid, veteran goaltender: check. Mobile, skilled defencemen: check. Two high-powered offensive forward lines: check. An NHL draft pick: check. A future first-round […]

Be part of Grizzlies history at the Home Opener

Join us at 7PM on September 15th at The Q Centre as we usher in the 2018-19 season versus the Penticton Vees. Come to watch some of our returning stars such as Alex Newhook, Carter Berger, and Kurtis Chapman and welcome some of our new recruits to the Q; Alex and Charlie Campbell, Jeremie Bucheler, […]

Kurtis Chapman set to carry big load for Grizzlies

Veteran Kurtis Chapman appeared in nine playoff games last season for the Grizzlies and is looking for a fast start to the regular season. Photograph By ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Brian Drewry / Times Colonist AUGUST 30, 2018 10:26 PM It was supposed to be the most heated battle of the Victoria Grizzlies training camp and […]

Eddie Yan has Grizzlies hockey, Olympics on his mind

Grizzlies rookie Eddie Yan was born in China and moved to Toronto at age nine. Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist AUGUST 28, 2018 10:15 PM He was only eight years old, but Eddie Yan vividly remembers being taken to a soccer game and watching Lionel Messi score for Argentina in […]