Ty Thorpe has been named 20th captain of the Vancouver Giants.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an honour to be named captain to such a prestigious organization鈥擨鈥檓 following in the footsteps of a long line of exceptional people,鈥� said Thorpe. 鈥淲e have an amazing group of guys and a locker room full of leaders. We鈥檙e excited to see what we can do and continue our success into the second half.鈥�

鈥淲e have been fortunate to have good leadership groups while I鈥檝e been here, they have embodied our identity and played an integral part in building our culture,鈥� added Head Coach Michael Dyck.

鈥淲hen we traded our captain last year, Zack Ostapchuk was the obvious choice to be our leader and he did an outstanding job leading us into the playoffs and beyond. Once Zack was traded, it was an easy choice to give the captaincy to Ty. He has earned it by having so many qualities that we value in our leaders on and off the ice. He鈥檚 our hardest worker and makes those around him better.鈥�

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Acquired via trade from the Brandon Wheat Kings in the offseason prior to the 2021-22 season, the 2002-born 6鈥�0鈥� 180lb forward has appeared in 235 career regular season games in the Western Hockey League and has posted 45 goals and 71 assists for 116 points along with 193 penalty minutes.

In 37 games this season, Thorpe has registered 19 goals and 23 assists for 42 points. He also leads the team with 9 powerplay goals and 125 shots on goal.

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