The Vancouver Giants have achieved quite the unthinkable, clinching a playoff spot after their 4-2 victory against the Victoria Royals on Saturday night.
Your Giants secured a spot in the 2023 @TheWHL playoffs! pic.twitter.com/ijqaadQGcV
— X – Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) March 5, 2023
Despite the Giants’ losing record of 24-28-5, they’ve been able to persevere and defy all odds to clinch their spot in the playoffs, and what better team to clinch your playoff spot against than your rivals of the Victoria Royals? The Giants’ Twitter account was filled with jokes and memes targeted toward the Royals after the Giants clinched their spot.
It all started with the Victoria Royals releasing T-Shirts that said “Beat Vancouver” on them. Naturally, if you’re going take a shot like that, you have to live up to it, or else it’ll look even worse for you. For the Royals, they lost to the Giants in back-to-back games and have a record that’s worse than theirs. I guess those shirts were bad luck and shows what happens when you get too cocky.
BEAT *by VANCOUVER https://t.co/h0KJKkCA5u
— X – Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) March 5, 2023
To be fair, the Giants have every right to be posting these jokes taunting the Royals for their post since they just clinched a spot and the Royals will surely not make the playoffs this year with a 15-39-6 record. The Giants’ new posts have them scratching out the “a-t” in “beat”, so now the shirt says “Be Vancouver,” likely trying to imply to the Royals to be more like the Giants, because if they were, they would be in a playoff spot right now. That’s how I interpreted it as least.
@victoriaroyals you too, can be a Giant too 🫶 #BeVancouver#IslandWho @vanfootballclub pic.twitter.com/cJEms7tVu9
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) March 5, 2023
Giants Associate Coach, Adam Maglio, met with the media the next day to talk about how he is “very proud of his group” and how he felt the “energy was great despite the tough schedule.”
📻"Proud of the group, I thought our energy was great considering our tough schedule this week, credit to the group for grinding it out.
Associate Coach Adam Maglio post game with @EddieGregory81 and @BillFairway post game on @Sportsnet650 following a 6-2 win over the Royals. pic.twitter.com/Yg2Ox009u7
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) March 5, 2023
The Giants play 9 more games until their regular season ends. Of those 9, none are against the Royals, meaning the Royals have nothing to hit back with when it comes to all the jokes made by the Giants. Must feel good for the Giants to walk away from this rivalry with back-to-back wins.