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A championship contender at Rogers Arena? The Vancouver Warriors look that kind of capable
The Vancouver Canucks brought Curt Malawsky in to run their lacrosse team. This is when he might be his most valuable to them. Malawksy has key to the turnaround of the Vancouver Warriors. That’s true. They made a three-win jump in his second year with the National Lacrosse League club last season, finishing 11-7. They…
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VANCOUVER WARRIORS BRING NLL PLAYOFFS TO ROGERS ARENA SATURDAY AND THEY’RE COMING IN HOT
The Vancouver Warriors play their first-ever National Lacrosse League playoff game in six years as a Vancouver Canucks’ property on Saturday night at Rogers Arena, and they come into that on a raucous roll, with a six-game winning streak that has seen them trailing on the scoreboard for all of three minutes, 22 seconds during…
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Vancouver Warriors make playoffs for first time in seven years and look poised to make noise there
It’s easy to suggest the Christian Del Bianco trade is working out just fine for the Vancouver Warriors. The Warriors’ 12-10 triumph over the host Toronto Rock Friday night marked their fifth straight win since landing the Del Bianco from the Calgary Roughnecks in a trade deadline blockbuster and clinched the Vancouver franchise just its…
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Fourth straight win strengthens Vancouver Warriors’ grip on playoff spot – could a home postseason game be in the cards?
The Vancouver Warriors are playing playoff style lacrosse and trending to toward just their second postseason appearance in 11 years, but don’t expect Curt Malawsky to get caught up in any future surfing. Malawsky is Vancouver’s general manager and head coach and he has stressed focussing on the moment all season, with one of his…
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Weirdest Vancouver Giants’ game ever? The 7-5 loss to the Spokane Chiefs Sunday has to be up there
The events you’re about to read really happened, no matter how illogical it may all seem. The Spokane Chiefs beat the Vancouver Giants 7-5 Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarterfinal. And this is where things get messy. Vancouver allowed 33 shots in the second period alone. Spokane…
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Scoring champion Andrew Cristall pots pair before large crowd of family and friends, Spokane Chiefs take 1-0 lead on Vancouver Giants to open up WHL playoffs
The Vancouver Giants broke a couple of trends in their playoff opener. One was a positive for them. The Giants went 0-for-12 on the power play in their four regular season meetings with the Spokane Chiefs. On Friday at the Langley Events Centre, the Giants scored on their first man advantage of their best-of-seven Western…
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Could the Vancouver Warriors be the team that brings playoffs to Rogers Arena this season?
A postseason appearance could do wonders for the Vancouver Warriors’ brand, and they helped their chances of achieving that this season with a playoff-style win Saturday. The Warriors hung on against a late push from the Georgia Swarm to nab a 15-13 win over before an announced crowd of 9,435 at Rogers Arena. The win…
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“The hype makes sense” — Vancouver Warriors beat Toronto Rock behind strong Christian Del Bianco debut
Christian Del Bianco is apparently rust proof. Playing his first National Lacrosse League game in 328 days, Del Bianco stopped 48 shots and looked completely in synch spearheading the Vancouver Warriors’ transition game in a 13-8 win over the Toronto Rock at Rogers Arena Friday night. The Warriors landed the 27-year-old netminder from Coquitlam in…
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