Vancouver Giants

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Vancouver Giants
founding 2001
history Vancouver Giants
since 2001
Stadion Pacific Coliseum
Location Vancouver , British Columbia
Team colors black, red & silver
league Western Hockey League
Conference Western Conference
division BC Division
Head coach Troy G. Ward
General manager Scott Bonner
Memorial Cups 2007
Ed Chynoweth Cups 2005/06

The Vancouver Giants are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Vancouver , Canada that plays in the WHL Junior League . In 2007 the Giants won the Memorial Cup and thus the world's most important trophy in junior ice hockey. The franchise plays its home games in the Pacific Coliseum , the second largest stadium in the entire WHL.

Team owners include Ron Toigo , Hockey Hall of Fame member Gordie Howe, and Pat Quinn , a former coach and general manager for the National Hockey League . The Canadian singer Michael Bublé has been co-owner of the team since December 2008 .

history

Giants players in the 2007 play-offs

In the 2001/02 season, the team started playing, but the Giants' first season was extremely unsuccessful, with 49 defeats facing only 13 wins and six draws. In 2003, however, the team from Vancouver reached the play-offs for the first time, but then failed in the first round at the Kelowna Rockets . In 2004 the play-offs were reached again after defeating the Kamloops Blazers in the first round, but lost in the second round to the Everett Silvertips .

Despite the moderate success in the following season, the Giants quickly developed into an extremely popular team in the region, which sometimes attracted over 16,000 fans to the home stadium. In the 2005/06 season the Giants played the best preliminary round in their club history, in the playoffs they reached the final of the President's Cup , the championship of the WHL, after victories over the Prince George Cougars , the Portland Winter Hawks and the Everett Silvertips against the Moose Jaw Warriors was won. In addition, striker Gilbert Brulé was voted Most Valuable Player of the play-offs.

In the final series for the Memorial Cup 2006 , the championship of the umbrella organization CHL , which is played annually between the champions of the three Canadian top junior leagues WHL, OHL and QMJHL , the Giants reached the semi-finals, but then lost to the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Although the Vancouver Giants failed in the 2007 WHL final at the Medicine Hat Tigers , they took part as host in the 2007 Memorial Cup , which they finally won after a 3-1 win over the Tigers.

Playing times

season SP S. N U ON P GF GA placement Play-offs
2001/02 72 13 49 6th 4th 198 365 36 5th BC Division not qualified
2002/03 72 26th 37 5 4th 217 292 61 4th BC Division Conference quarterfinals
2003/04 72 33 24 9 6th 215 196 81 2nd BC Division Conference semifinals
2004/05 72 34 30th 4th 4th 212 205 76 3rd BC Division Conference quarterfinals
2005/06 72 47 19th 0 6th 252 156 100 1st BC Division Master WHL
2006/07 72 45 17th 3 7th 245 143 100 1st BC Division WHL runner-up, Memorial Cup winner
2007/08 72 49 15th 2 6th 250 155 106 1st BC Division Conference semifinals
2008/09 72 57 10 2 3 319 151 119 1st BC Division Conference finals
2009/10 72 41 25th 3 3 267 211 88 1st BC Division Conference finals
2010/11 72 35 32 1 4th 236 251 75 2nd BC Division Conference quarterfinals
2011/12 72 40 26th 2 4th 255 234 86 2nd BC Division Conference quarterfinals
2012/13 72 21st 49 0 2 197 299 44 5th BC Division not qualified
2013/14 72 32 29 4th 7th 234 248 75 3rd BC Division Conference quarterfinals

Former players

The following players who were active for the Vancouver Giants played in the National Hockey League or in the German Ice Hockey League during their career :

Team records

Career records

Games: 310 Neil ManningCanadaCanada
Goals: 136 Brendan GallagherCanadaCanada
Assists: 155 Jonathon BlumUnited StatesUnited States
Points: 280 Brendan GallagherCanadaCanada
Penalty Minutes: 713 Triston GrantCanadaCanada

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Buble joins Vancouver Giants ownership

Web links

Commons : Vancouver Giants  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files