Junior hockey back on the Island for the first time since March

Forward Eddie Yan runs through drills during Victoria Grizzlies practice at the Q Centre back in January, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 10:07 PM “We’re just happy to have hockey back and are making the most of it,” said third-year ­Grizzlies forward Eddie […]

B.C. Hockey League set to push back start of season

Blake Wood and the Victoria Grizzlies may have to wait until Dec. 1 to start their season. Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist JULY 16, 2020 09:43 PM The B.C. Hockey League is expected to announce today that the 2020-21 season will be delayed to Dec. 1 due to the […]

Canada Day Flash Sale!

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Victoria Grizzlies trade for rights to WHL blue-liner Longo

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist JUNE 15, 2020 09:31 PM The Victoria Grizzlies of the B.C. Hockey League have acquired the playing rights of Trevor Longo from the Drumheller Dragons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The six-foot-three defenceman from North Vancouver has spent most of his junior career in the Western Hockey League. The […]

Grizzlies captain Westhaver’s NCAA dream back on track

Brian Drewry/ Times Colonist MAY 29, 2020 07:59 PM Marty Westhaver has a new lease on his hockey life. One week after being told the NCAA Div. 1 school the graduating Victoria Grizzlies captain had earned a scholarship to this fall was folding its men’s hockey program in a cost-cutting measure, news came down Friday […]

Prairie playmaker Joseph joins Victoria Grizzlies’ den

Brian Drewry / Times Colonist APRIL 2, 2020 08:59 PM An early exit from the Manitoba U-18 AAA Hockey League combined with the recent COVID-19 pandemic-induced social distancing has forced Colby Joseph to become creative in his workouts as he prepares to make the jump to the B.C. Hockey League and the Victoria Grizzlies next […]

Young Grizzlies eager to win playoff battle with Silverbacks

Brian Drewry / Times Colonist FEBRUARY 27, 2020 09:59 PM   When it comes to playoff hockey in the B.C. Hockey League, Marty Westhaver has seen it all. The 20-year-old captain of the Victoria Grizzlies has played 25 post-season games in the past two seasons. And it would have been more had he not injured […]

Series Preview – Victoria Grizzlies Vs. Salmon Arm Silverbacks

Grizzlies set to play Salmon Arm in round 1 The Grizzlies (6) are set to clash with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (3) in a best of 7 series starting Friday, February 28th in Salmon Arm. The third seeded Silverbacks will have home ice advantage, giving them the luxury to choose the series format and will […]