Vancouver Giants General Manager Barclay Parneta announced today that the Giants have hired long-time Edmonton Oilers amateur Scout Bob Brown to be the team’s new Senior Advisor.
Giants GM Barclay Parneta mentions “Bob Brown is one of the most highly respected, knowledgeable hockey minds in the business and he will be a welcomed addition to our hockey operations staff.”
He continued “Over the course of his career in hockey, Bob Brown has experienced so much success and his experience will be a huge asset for us as we continue our pursuit of a championship.”
Brown joins the Giants after spending each of the past 16 seasons with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers as an amateur scout. Prior to joining the Oilers, Brown experienced historic success in the Western Hockey League working five seasons with the Tri-City Americans as General Manager and Vice President and 10 seasons as General Manager of the Kamloops Blazers from 1986 to 1995.
Under Brown’s leadership the Kamloops Blazers experienced their best success in franchise history and during his reign the Blazers won 435 games, captured seven WHL division titles, five WHL championships and appeared in five Memorial Cup tournaments.
While with the Blazers they won three (3) Memorial Cup championships between 1992-1995.
Notable coaches to succeed under Brown’s leadership include: Ken Hitchcock, Tom Renney and the winningest head coach in WHL history, Don Hay.
“I’m extremely excited by the opportunity to join the Vancouver Giants Hockey Club as a senior Advisor to their hockey operations department,” added Bob Brown. “The Giants have established an impressive record in their short tenure in the WHL – Winning a league championship and winning the prestigious Memorial Cup. I’m looking forward to working with General Manager Barclay Parneta and Head Coach Michael Dyck.”
Vancouver Giants General Manager Barclay Parneta announced today that the Giants have signed 2001-born forward Lukas Svejkovsky (Point Roberts, WA) to a Standard WHL Player Agreement.
Giants GM Barclay Parneta mentions “We are extremely excited to have Lukas signed and committed to the Vancouver Giants organization and he’s an incredibly skilled and dynamic player who we feel will develop into a high-end point producer in the WHL.”
Parneta adds, “Lukas and his family had no shortage of options when it came to his junior hockey future, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome Lukas and the Svejkovsky family to the Vancouver Giants organization.”
Originally selected by the Giants in the second round (36th overall) of the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft, the 5’9” Svejkovsky is coming off a strong 16-year-old season with the BCHL champion Wenatchee Wild. In 16 regular season games he scored five goals and added six assists for 11 points and added a goal during their run to the Fred Page Cup.
He added four assists for Wenatchee in the Royal Bank Cup tournament. Earlier this summer Lukas Svejkovsky attended Team USA’s Select 17 Summer Development Camp where he was named to one of the two all-star teams. He finished the tournament with two goals and three assists.
The season prior, he compiled 17 goals and 27 assists for 44 points in 22 games with the Delta Hockey Academy’s Elite 15’s.
Lukas Svejkovsky.“It’s an honor to sign with the Vancouver Giants and it’s been a dream of mine since I was a kid and to have it happen is unbelievable. I can’t wait to get started and I’m excited for what lies ahead for my teammates and I.”
Lukas Svejkovsky is eligible for the 2020 NHL Draft.
