Of the 11 returning Victoria Grizzlies from last season, four of them are defensemen. Isack Bandu, Brady MacDonald, Reid Lindsay, and Jake Veilleux were part of last year’s Grizzlies team that finished fifth in the Island Division. They will be joined by three rookies and two reserve defensemen. Andrew […]
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Youth movement underway for the Victoria Grizzlies
The Victoria Grizzlies management team has the difficult job this offseason of constructing a competitive hockey team to bounce back after a disappointing 2019-20 season. The Grizzlies last season finished with a record of 22-33-1 and were swept in round one of the playoffs by the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. […]
The Victoria Grizzlies are a team in transition
March 3, 2020, was the day the Victoria Grizzlies 2019-20 season ended after they were swept in round one of the playoffs at the hand of an unfamiliar playoff opponent in Salmon Arm. It was a strange season not just for the Grizzlies but for the entire BCHL as well, […]
Victoria Grizzlies: Graduating players and eligible returnees
The Victoria Grizzlies have a chip on their shoulder coming into the 2020-21 season after being swept in the first round of the playoffs against Salmon Arm. With eight players from the 2019-20 roster not returning, the Grizzlies look to have the horses to make some noise in the newly […]
Grizzlies sweep home and home with Rivermen
After delivering an absolute beating to the Langley Rivermen on Sunday, the Victoria Grizzlies were hungry for more. The two teams reunited in Victoria for the second leg of a home-and-home series on Tuesday where the Grizz were looking for their sixth win in the last seven games. The home […]
Capitals Smother Grizzlies in Home Opener
The goals came early and often for the Cowichan Valley Capitals as they defeated the Victoria Grizzlies 8-2 in front of 1002 fans in the home opener at the Island Savings Center in Duncan on Saturday night. Fresh off a 2-0 win against the Nanaimo Clippers the night before, the […]
Victoria Grizzlies Sign a Trio of Players
The Victoria Grizzlies announced that they have signed American Forward Benjamin Biester from the Anaheim Junior Ducks out of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League. The Danville, California product spent the last two seasons playing for the organization. He put up 27 points in 37 games for the U16 team […]