Vancouver Giants just announced a pre-season schedule that will see them play the Kamloops Blazers in Maple Ridge on Saturday Sept. 16, at Cam Neely Arena. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

It’s one of three pre-season games at various Lower Mainland rinks for the G-Men, who will also play against the Prince George Cougars in Port Coquitlam on Sept. 8, and the Victoria Royals in Ladner on Sept. 10.

Vancouver Giants will also make a road trip to Kelowna to play the Rockets.

The Vancouver Giants is a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL), that practise in Ladner and play out of home ice at the Langley Events Centre.

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This week, they also announced their full regular season schedule that starts with them playing Sept. 22 at home.

The Vancouver Giants announced they’ll be playing 68 games for the 2023-24 WHL season.

This season, all Friday home games will begin at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m. like in years past.

The Giants will begin its 23rd season on home ice against the Victoria Royals on Friday, Sept. 22 at the Langley Events Centre. It’s the only game they will play during opening weekend.

The team’s first road contest will be against last year’s Memorial Cup hosts, as they travel to face the Kamloops Blazers on Friday, Sept. 29.

The regular season will wrap up with a home-and-home against the Kelowna Rockets in late March. The Giants host the Rockets on Friday, March 22 in what will be their final home game, before closing out the 2023-24 campaign at Prospera Place in Kelowna on Saturday, March 23.

Every two years, the Giants make the long journey to the Prairies for their longest road trip of the season, and this year that will occur in January.

What used to be a six-game trek is now five, thanks to Winnipeg’s move to Wenatchee. The G-Men start in Brandon on Saturday, Jan. 6, and then head to Prince Albert (Jan. 9), Saskatoon (Jan. 10), Regina (Jan. 12), and Moose Jaw (Jan. 13).

The longest homestand for the Giants will be four games in December, when they have back-to-back home games Dec. 16 (Prince George) and 17 (Seattle), and then return from the holiday break to play at the LEC on Dec. 27 (Victoria) and 29 (Edmonton).

As always, most Giants home contests this season will be played on weekends, with 13 Friday games, nine Saturday games, and six Sunday games taking place at the LEC. There will be one Monday home game (Family Day), one Tuesday home game, and four Wednesday home games.

Full schedule and ticket details available online.

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