The 8-3-0 Victoria Grizzlies take on the the 4-6-0 Surrey Eagles. The Grizzlies are coming off a tight 5-3 win over the Cowichan Capitals thanks to a hat trick from Kalen Szeto. Who will come out on top? Pre-show starts at 6:45pm puck drop at 7:05pm. Come on down to the Q Centre and make […]
Massachusetts product Tim Delay will be in the Grizzlies den next season. Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist MARCH 10, 2021 09:57 PM When you get a recommendation from Alex Newhook, you don’t Delay. The Victoria Grizzlies didn’t. As a result, they have landed a player ranked for the 2021 NHL draft. Forward Timmy Delay from […]
Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist DECEMBER 28, 2020 09:57 PM What many in sports saw as a gap in logic has been rectified. Nineteen and 20-year-old junior hockey players are again allowed to practice with their younger teammates. The previous provincial ruling had set the cut-off at athletes 18-and-younger being allowed to train with a […]
Robin Wark / Virden Empire-Advance DECEMBER 23, 2020 04:36 PM Elkhorn’s Colby Joseph has seized an opportunity and taken his hockey skills west. The son of Dawn and Gord Joseph has earned a contributing role in his first season with the Victoria Grizzlies of the British Columbia Hockey League. Joseph, who turns 18 on Dec. […]
Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist NOVEMBER 23, 2020 10:00 PM The B.C. Hockey is giving the pandemic process a safe six extra days by pushing back the start date of its regular season from Dec. 2 to Dec. 8. All remaining exhibition games have been cancelled. The provincial health orders announced last week, extending to […]
Eddie Yan and the Grizzlies face the Nanaimo Clippers on Tuesday in the Island Cup final. Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist NOVEMBER 16, 2020 10:19 PM Darren Naylor nailed it when discussing the most unusual year in sports history. “Nobody ever thought they would see playoff hockey in November,” said the GM and head coach […]
Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist NOVEMBER 5, 2020 09:22 PM Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon says his team is rounding into form for a December start. The pandemic has hip-checked the B.C. Hockey League schedule and sent almost half of it flying over the boards. The league announced Thursday that teams […]
Victoria Grizzlies Kenny Johnson, left, and Riley Hughes get the puck on Alberni Valley Bulldogs goaltender John Hawthorne during their BCHL game at the Q Centre on Jan. 31, 2019. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 10:01 PM The new age of cohort competition has come to the B.C. […]
Cody Monds during the start of Victoria Grizzlies training at The Q Centre. Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 10:20 PM Cody Monds knew this year would be about building on his standout rookie season with the Victoria Grizzlies. What he didn’t know was it would be played wearing a full face shield, […]
Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 10:18 PM The Victoria Grizzlies will open training camp today in a changed world. “We had our temperatures taken and were issued our [mandatory] full shields with the spit catchers,” said returning defenceman Brady MacDonald, during Monday’s orientation at The Q Centre. “The safety issue is being […]
