Veteran defenceman lost a tooth and chipped another in series clinching win over Victoria
Being on the ice for one of the final shifts of the Vancouver Giants’ second-round sweep of the Victoria Royals will be memorable for all the wrong reasons for Dallas Hines.
This is the deepest Vancouver has gone in the playoffs since 2009-10, when the Giants lost in the Western Conference final in six games to the Tri-City Americans. The Giants hadn’t won a playoff series since that season until they defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds in six games in the first round of this current postseason.
Vancouver general manager Barclay Parneta wasn’t ready to spend big this year, what with the Giants finally climbing back to contender status and looking like they will be a factor in the WHL postseason picture the next two seasons at least.
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