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Pucklandia WHL Unfiltered & Pucklandia are moving 00:00 / 43:47 First, we’d like to thank everyone at DUBNetwork – past and present – for the opportunity to have these two podcasts on the network over the years. WHL Unfiltered was actually Paul Figler’s idea, recruiting Jeff Hollick & myself to host. Best of luck to Darren Dupont moving forward, as we see what’s next for DUBNetwork. Attached is the 1st episode of the new version of the show, featuring Oil Kings GM Kirt Hill.

The number 700 represents the number of Western Hockey League games that Dan O’Connor had called by March 4, 2022. That number would become so much more than that and so would the broadcaster to one particular Giants fan. Dan O’Connor joined the Vancouver Giants on August 17, 2017, replacing Brendan Batchelor who occupied the seat for four seasons. O’Connor came to Vancouver after spending the previous six years with the Prince George Cougars.

The Vancouver Giants made history in the playoffs becoming the first eighth-seeded team to take down the first-seeded team in round 1 of the post-season and with the selection of Chloe Primerano it appears that the Giants plan to continue making history won’t be coming to an end anytime soon. Vancouver had many selections in this year’s draft, but none have created more buzz than the team’s decision to draft Primerano.

The Giants broke the May 13 playoff curse on Friday, two years after losing to the Prince Albert Raiders in the WHL Finals, and now get set for Game 6 against the Blazers. Vancouver avoided elimination on Friday with a 5-2 triumph over Kamloops earning the opportunity to return home once again to host the Blazers with a chance to send this second-round series to a Game 7. If the G-men do indeed win tonight Game 7 would be on Tuesday.

Vikman made 34 saves for Vancouver and Garand stopped 29 shots with this marquee battle of WJC goaltenders selections playing a great game of puck in Game 3. It was the silky swede, Fabian Lysell, who outdueled the crafty Canadian, Logan Stankhoven, in the first home game of round 2 for Vancouver. The hometown boy became the hometown hero as Alex Cotton scored his 6th goal of the Chynoweth cup tournament at 56:36 to seal the deal.

Tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre the Vancouver Giants are looking for their first victory in the second round as the G-men are currently down 2-0 over the Kamloops Blazers. A win for Vancouver cuts the deficit in half and extends their home playoff win streak to 3 games. The Blazers are one of three teams who remain undefeated in the post-season, Portland and Edmonton make up the other two teams. Here are the keys to Game 3 for the Giants.

Round 2 is here, and the Vancouver Giants will get a taste of it tonight! Friday, May 6 marks the first game of a best of seven series against the B.C. Division leaders in the Kamloops Blazers (48-17-3-0, 99PTS). It will also be the first time Vancouver will have played a post-season game against Kamloops since the 2010 WHL Playoffs when the Giants swept the Blazers in the first round.

Pucklandia #SEAvsPOR 2nd round preview w/Thom Beuning 00:00 / 28:22 Longtime PXP voice of the Thunderbirds, Thom Beuning, joined us looking at the upcoming Seattle vs Portland series, and how we got here.

The Vancouver Giants are moving on to the second round of the WHL playoffs thanks to a 6-3 triumph over the Everett Silvertips. Vancouver picked up victories in Games 1,4,5 and 6 to advance to the second round and beat the Silvertips in the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The G-men have playoff experience with Everett dating back to the 2004 WHL Playoffs when the two clubs met in the second round.

WHL Unfiltered 2nd round Winnipeg ICE preview w/ Mike Sawatzky 00:00 / 35:12 Mike Sawatzky covers the ICE for the Winnipeg Free Press, and he gave us some of his time looking at the ICE and their 1st round triumph over PA, as well as looking forward to the Moose Jaw series. We spoke about how a 16 is leading the ICE in playoff scoring, the impact of adding of Jack Finley, the coaching philosophy of James Patrick, the atmosphere in Wayne Flemming, 15 year old D-man Jonas Woo, and much more