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Throwback Thursday: Vancouver Giants, baby!

Hockey season is here, yo.

The Vancouver Giants are just two days away from their first pre-season game. Puck drops Saturday vs the dirty, rotten, stinkin’ scoundrels that are the Kamloops Blazers at 7pm at the Ladner Leisure Centre.

Tyler Benson of the Vancouver Giants wheels into the offensive zone, eyed up by defenseman Alexey Sleptsov. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
Tyler Benson of the Vancouver Giants wheels into the offensive zone, eyed up by defenseman Alexey Sleptsov. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

Here’s a bit of Throwback Thursday for you: Tyler Benson wheeling into the offensive zone during WHL action at the Pacific Coliseum. Benson is largely predicted to go in the first round of the 2016 NHL Draft, assuming the mysterious, undisclosed injury that’s kept him out of contact drills and scrimmages through training camp is as minor as team officials are claiming.