GRIZZLIES PUNISH CAPITALS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN

Friday, November 6, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist It’s parents’ weekend for the Victoria Grizzlies, who handed out roses to their moms pre-game on Friday night, then delivered the two points in a 2-1 win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals in yet another one-goal outcome against the Island Division rivals. Captain […]

GRIZZLIES HALT SKID AGAINST KINGS

Thursday, October 29, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist After a gut-wrenching loss the night previous, Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon was hoping for a bounce-back performance on Thursday at The Q Centre, returning home after four straight on the road. He got it by way of a […]

SALMON ARM SILVERBACKS CLAW GRIZZLIES

Friday, October 23, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist The highest-scoring team in the B.C. Hockey League taught the Victoria Grizzlies a lesson on Friday as the Salmon Arm Silverbacks peppered the visitors 5-1 at the Shaw Centre. The Grizzlies are back at it tonight in Vernon before moving on to West […]

GRIZZLIES WIN OVER KINGS SNAP 6 GAME LOSING STREAK

Saturday, October 17, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist The snake-bitten Victoria Grizzlies finally found a way to break through on Friday night. Down 2-1 early in the third period, the low-scoring B.C. Hockey League club received three goals 1:52 apart from Cole Pickup, Chuck Bennis and Kevin Massy to record just […]

NEEDING SPARK- GRIZZLIES ADD PAIR OF FORWARDS

Saturday, October 17, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist The much anticipated changes to the Victoria Grizzlies’ lineup finally appear to be arriving this week. General manager and head coach Craig Didmon was ironing out the final details Tuesday night of officially adding former Prince George Spruce Kings’ forward Luc Soares to […]

5 HOLE FOR FOOD CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY FIRST WESTERN CREDIT UNION

Thursday, October 15, 2015 – Submitted by BCHL The BCHL is pleased to announce the 2015-16 campaign of the BCHL – Five Hole for Food Challenge will be presented by First West Credit Union. It gets going this weekend as the league tries to top its total for a third-straight year. Once again, each BCHL […]

GRIZZLIES LOOKING FOR HOST FAMILIES

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 – Submitted by VICTORIA GRIZZLIES The Victoria Grizzlies Jr. A Hockey Clubs are in desperate need of host billet families for their players. Players are aged 17-20 yrs. old, come from all over the province and from the US for a opportunity to play Junior hockey and are looking for families to welcome […]

GRIZZLIES SUFFER OVERTIME AGONY

Saturday, October 10, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist The Victoria Grizzlies still have little to give thanks for — at least hockey wise — after losing their sixth straight B.C. Hockey League outing on Saturday night at The Q Centre. Virtually one-fifth of the way through the season, they still have […]

GRIZZLIES LATE SURGE COMES UP JUST SHORT

Friday, October 9, 2015 – Submitted by Mario Annicchiarico / Times Colonist The shuffling of lines continued for the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, but so too did the losses. Victoria surrendered the first goal of the game for the seventh time in 10 outings in posting a tight 3-2 setback to the host Cowichan Valley […]

BCHL PLAYERS IN THE NHL

Thursday, October 8, 2015 – Submitted by BCHL With the new season now underway, BCHL alums are again found all across the best league in the world. Currently, there are 28 former BCHLers in the NHL with 22 NHL franchises beginning the season with at least one BCHL alum on the roster. There will be […]