Entering his third BCHL season, Michael Hoekstra has taken on a leadership role with the Grizzlies. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist OCTOBER 7, 2021 09:43 PM Swing a puck bag in The Q ­Centre during Victoria Grizzlies practice and you’re likely to hit an interesting player. It could be forward Jack […]

Forward Ellis Rickwood is coming off scoring 30 points in 20 games during the shortened BCHL season last spring. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 09:53 PM It’s a hockey conundrum. ­Leading scorers aren’t always the best leaders in other ways — a level of selfishness is inherent in […]

Defenceman Isack Bandu and forward Andrew Amousse, background, are back for their third year with the Grizzlies. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 09:38 PM The Victoria Grizzlies are re-awakening the echoes from the 1970s Buffalo Sabres with a French Connection of their own. Quebecers Isack Bandu from Notre-Dame-de-l’lle […]

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist APRIL 17, 2021 10:07 PM The American International College Yellow Jackets, who won the Atlantic conference champ-ionship and made the NCAA Division 1 tournament this year, have to be liking what they see in recruit Andrew Amousse. The imposing Victoria Grizzlies forward scored the winning and insurance goals in the […]

Brian Drewry / Times Colonist JULY 8, 2019 07:26 PM The Stanstead College hockey pipeline continues to flow to Vancouver Island. One year after the Campbell brothers — Alex and Charlie — came west from the private prep school in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, the Victoria Grizzlies have added another pair of high-end prospects for the […]