Byram Sets Another Record in the Giants 4-3 Overtime Win
March 10, 2019 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Vancouver Giants goaltender David Tendeck with a glove save vs. the Tri-City Americans
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Doug Love)
Kennewick, WA - The Vancouver Giants (46-15-2-2) are heading into the final week of the regular season tied for first place in the Western Conference standings thanks to the latest heroics from top 2019 NHL Draft prospect Bowen Byram. Saturday night in Kennewick, WA the Vancouver Giants defeated the Tri-City Americans (34-26-4-1) 4-3 in overtime. Bowen Byram notched his sixth overtime winner of the season for the Giants, setting a new WHL single-season record in the process. Rookie Justin Sourdif added a goal and an assist for the Giants while goaltender David Tendeck made 30 saves in goal. Parker AuCoin scored twice in response for Tri-City who erased a 3-0 deficit to earn a single point.
1st Period:
VAN - 4:59 into the game, Tristen Nielsen (14) opened the scoring for the G-Men when he tucked a Lukas Svejkovsky rebound past Tri-City goaltender Beck Warm. Jadon Joseph drew the second assist on Nielsen's marker extending his point-streak to six games.
VAN - Davis Koch (28) extended the Giants lead to 2-0 at 18:32 of the period off a slick feed from Justin Sourdif. Sourdif won a puck battle behind the Tri-City goal, curled the net to find Koch who did the rest, sliding a backhander past Warm.
Shots: 14-12 Vancouver
2nd Period:
VAN - Justin Sourdif (21) moved the Giants lead to 3-0 at 6:22 of the second when he knocked home his own rebound. His initial shot from the high slot rang right off the post, but he won a race to the loose puck and snapped it home. Jared Dmytriw and Dallas Hines helped set up the goal.
TC - Parker AuCoin (39) put Tri-City on the board at 16:39 when he jammed home a Kyle Olson rebound at the right side of the Giants goal.
Shots: 10-10
3rd Period:
TC - Parker AuCoin wasn't done. At the 7:00 mark of the third, he snapped his 40th goal of the season past David Tendeck off a shot from the slot off a Nolan Yaremko feed to make it a 3-2 game.
TC - With under two minutes remaining in the game at their net empty, Tri-City evened the score at 3-3 when Krystof Hrabik took a pass inside the left-wing circle, spun to his backhand and snuck a shot through the legs of a Giants defenceman and David Tendeck. For Hrabik it was his 19th goal of the season and was assisted by Sasha Mutala and Kyle Olson.
Shots: 16-11 Vancouver
Overtime:
VAN - With a delayed penalty on the way to Tri-City the Giants went to work. Bowen Byram started with the puck at the Tri-City blueline and dished the puck to Davis Koch along the left-wing. Koch then fed a pass back to Byram who skated into the left-wing circle and one-timed it up and over the glove of Beck Warm to give the G-Men the victory. Byram's WHL-leading sixth overtime winning goal set a new single-season WHL record.
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Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Tri-City 3 (Overtime)
Shots: 42-33 Vancouver
David Tendeck: 30/33 saves for Vancouver (23-10-1-1)
Beck Warm 38/42 saves for Tri-City (32-23-4-1)
Vancouver: 0/1 on Power Play
Tri-City: 0/4 on Power Play
3 Stars:
1. Parker AuCoin (TC - 2G)
2. David Tendeck (VAN - 30 saves)
3. Beck Warm (TC - 38 saves)
Next Giants Game: Tuesday night in Seattle against the Thunderbirds at 7:05 PM.
NOTES:
- Bowen Byram's sixth overtime winning goal surpasses a single-season overtime goal record that had previously been held by Eric Fehr (Brandon, 2004-05), Deven Sideroff (Kamloops, 2016-17) and Byram.
- The Giants win coupled with the Everett Silvertips 2-1 loss to Seattle moves the G-Men back into a share of first place overall in the Western Conference standings. Both the Giants and Silvertips hold an identical record of 46-15-2-2 and have three games remaining.
- The Giants finish their season series against Tri-City with a 4-0 record.
- The Giants improved their road record to 21-9-1-1.
- The Giants improved their overtime record to 8-2.
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