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Giants chase elite tourneys
 Posted 6/11/2010 11:46:00 AM
The Vancouver Giants are gearing up to celebrate their tenth
season in the Western Hockey League, and as a result, are chasing some of those
memorable tournaments, which has made their franchise successful over the years.
Newly appointed Chief Operating Officer Stu Ballantyne, who
worked with the Giants in hosting the 2006 World Junior Championships and 2007
Memorial Cup, spoke about the team’s future plans at a press conference Friday
morning.
“We want to bring big junior hockey events to Vancouver,”
said Ballantyne, who made himself a household name for his work on the Molson
Indy in Vancouver. “We want to look at them all.
“The Memorial Cup is a tougher one to get, it only comes by
every three years to the WHL and then there’s 20 groups that want to have a
chance at it so that’s a tougher one, but Hockey Canada’s got a bunch of World
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Commemorative patch leaked
Posted 6/2/2010 11:42:00 PM
A patch commemorating the Vancouver Canucks 40th season in the NHL has been leaked on Twitter (via @).
Have a look for yourself:
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