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Calgary, Alta. \u2013 <\/strong>The Vancouver Giants, in conjunction with the Western Hockey League, are pleased to announce that defenceman Ryan Lin<\/strong><\/a> (Richmond, B.C.) has been named to the 2026 Western Conference Second All-Star Team, as voted upon by WHL General Managers.<\/p>\n

SEE WHL SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lin, 17, led the Giants in scoring this season with 57 points in just 53 games (14G-43A). His 14 goals this season were nearly triple the five he scored in 2024-25. <\/span>Lin’s 1.08 points-per-game this season were the third-highest by a Giants defenceman in franchise history, trailing only Jonathon Blum (1.29 in 2008-09) and Mazden Leslie (1.09 in 2024-25). His 1.08 points-per-game this season ranked 7th amongst all defencemen in the WHL.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot, 177-pound right-shot rearguard ranked 4th amongst all WHL skaters in average ice-time per game (25:58),\u00a04th amongst WHL defencemen in controlled exits per game (5.58), 4th amongst WHL d-men in average puck possession per game (2:20) and 5th in successful pass completions per game (37.8).<\/span><\/p>\n

Without Lin in the lineup from January 16 until February 21, the Giants went 3-11-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lin also represented Team CHL at the 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge and was named to the roster for Team West for the 2026 WHL Prospects Game, but was unable to compete due to injury.<\/p>\n

Through just two WHL seasons, Lin already ranks 9th among all Giants defencemen in career points with 110 (19G-91A) in 114 career WHL regular season games. Eligible for the 2026 NHL Draft, Lin was ranked 13th among North American skaters in NHL Central Scouting\u2019s midterm rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 6-foot, 177-pound right-shot rearguard led the Giants in scoring this season with 57 points in just 53 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":442,"featured_media":88379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[{"term_id":1844,"name":"Conference All-Star","slug":"conference-all-star","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1844,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1"},{"term_id":1845,"name":"2nd Team All-Star","slug":"2nd-team-all-star","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1845,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2"},{"term_id":1553,"name":"Ryan Lin","slug":"ryan-lin","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1553,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":47,"filter":"raw","term_order":"291"},{"term_id":333,"name":"vancouver giants","slug":"vancouver-giants","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":334,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1423,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1778"},{"term_id":1155,"name":"WHL","slug":"whl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1158,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":166,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1801"}],"class_list":["post-88377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-conference-all-star","tag-2nd-team-all-star","tag-ryan-lin","tag-vancouver-giants","tag-whl","category-1488","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/03\/31110244\/Lin-2nd-Team-All-Star-Western-Conference.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":88373,"date":"2026-03-31T10:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/?p=88373"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:29:12","slug":"giants-alumnus-evander-kane-scores-in-1000th-nhl-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-giants\/article\/giants-alumnus-evander-kane-scores-in-1000th-nhl-game","title":{"rendered":"Giants Alumnus Evander Kane Scores in 1000th NHL Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013<\/strong> Vancouver Giants alumnus Evander Kane<\/strong><\/a> (Vancouver, B.C.) played in his 1000th career NHL game<\/a> on Monday night with the Vancouver Canucks, where he scored<\/a> his 339th career NHL goal.<\/p>\n

“It was nice to have the support of all the guys. They were excited for me, which made it special,” Kane said after Monday’s game. “Getting the first goal of the game was the little cherry on top.”<\/p>\n

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"It was nice to have the support of all the guys. They were excited for me which made it special. Getting the first goal of the game was a little cherry on top."<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Evander Kane speaks on his 1000th game and the team's effort against Vegas.#Canucks<\/a> | @theprovince<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GTrTlEHOis<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n