WHL Vancouver Giants

Giants Blanked by Wild

Published on October 20, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release


Wenatchee Wild's Briley Wood and Vancouver Giants' Brett Mirwald and Tyler Thorpe on game night
Wenatchee Wild's Briley Wood and Vancouver Giants' Brett Mirwald and Tyler Thorpe on game night
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Russ Alman)

Wenatchee, WA - The Vancouver Giants were on the wrong end of a 4-0 score on Friday night in Wenatchee.

With the loss, the Giants are now 2-4-1-0 this season.

The Giants generated some good looks throughout the game, but were unable to beat goaltender Daniel Hauser, who finished with 39 saves.

GAME SUMMARY:

The Giants had a very strong first period, outshooting the Wild 19-8 in their own barn. They also had a few good looks on two first period power plays, but could not solve Houser, going into the intermission with the score knotted 0-0.

The Wild scored on their first power play opportunity 3:07 into the second, when Conor Geekie roofed a shot from the bottom of the right circle.

Just a few minutes later, Briley Wood knocked the puck out of mid-air into the net off a rebound, making the score 2-0 for Wenatchee.

The Giants were unable to build any momentum after successfully killing off a double minor, and before the second period concluded, the Wild added to their lead, when Jonas Woo backhanded a pass to the slot to Kenta Isogai, who ripped a shot home for his fifth goal of the season and a 3-0 lead.

Wenatchee did a good job of shutting things down in the third, and they added an insurance marker with just 1:45 left, on Luka Shcherbyna's first WHL goal.

THEY SAID IT:

"I thought we started really well. I liked our first period. I think there were some costly puck decisions and at the end of the day it ends up in our net, but we did like our start. There's things we liked for sure, but we need to take advantage of good first periods like that and build momentum...I think we need to be a little quicker on our decisions. I think sometimes we hang on a little too long. It allows the goalies to get set and at the end of the day, we need to find some greasy goals. That's where we've got to start. We've got to start at the net, directing more pucks, getting in there and chipping away at this thing." - Associate Coach Adam Maglio post-game

STATISTICS

SOG: VAN - 19/11/9 = 39 | WEN - 8/16/13 = 37

PP: VAN - 0/4 | WEN - 1/5

Face-Offs: VAN - 31 | WEN - 30

3 STARS

1st: WEN - Daniel Hauser - 39 Saves on 39 Shots

2nd: WEN - Graham Sward - 2A, 2 SOG, +2

3rd: WEN - Kenta Isogai- 1G, 2A, 2 SOG, +2

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Vancouver: Loss - Brett Mirwald (33 saves / 37 shots)

Wenatchee: Win - Daniel Hauser (39 saves / 39 shots)

NOTEWORTHY:

The Giants 19 shots on goal in the first period were the most they've had in any period this season

NEXT GAME:

The Giants 3-in-3 hits the second leg on Saturday night, with a stop in Kelowna to battle the Rockets at 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver will wrap their busy weekend with their Referee Appreciation Night on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. vs. the Spokane Chiefs.

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Vancouver Giants' Adam Titlbach and Wenatchee Wild's Conor Geekie in action
Vancouver Giants' Adam Titlbach and Wenatchee Wild's Conor Geekie in action
(Russ Alman)		 Wenatchee Wild's Briley Wood and Vancouver Giants' Brett Mirwald and Tyler Thorpe on game night
Wenatchee Wild's Briley Wood and Vancouver Giants' Brett Mirwald and Tyler Thorpe on game night
(Russ Alman)		  



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