Giants Drop a 3-1 Decision Wednesday in Portland
November 21, 2019 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Vancouver Giants defenceman Bowen Byram takes a shot against the Portland Winterhawks
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Matthew Wolfe)
Portland, OR - Wednesday night in Portland, OR the Vancouver Giants (11-10-1-1) fell 3-1 to the Portland Winterhawks (13-5-1-2). Jake Gricius paced the Winterhawks with two goals while goaltender Joel Hofer made 27 saves in the Portland net. Bowen Byram supplied the Giants with their lone goal in the second period. In the Vancouver net, David Tendeck stopped 18 of Portland's 21 shots.
1st Period:
POR - Kishaun Gervais opened the scoring for the Winterhawks at 14:31 off a shot from the high slot. Mason Mannek had the lone assist.
POR - 41 seconds later, the Winterhawks struck again off a miscue near the Giants goal. Cross Hanas picked off the puck, and slid a pass across to Jake Gricius who converted into the open net. For Gricius it was his eighth.
Shots: 9-5 Vancouver
2nd Period:
VAN - Bowen Byram moved the Giants back within a goal at 6:29 on a forehand deke. Byram took a pass from Cole Shepard, beat the Portland defender wide down the right-wing before tucking home his third goal of the season.
Shots: 12 - 9 Vancouver
3rd Period:
POR - Jake Gricius ended the Giants comeback bid with his second goal of the game at 19:39 on a power play. Jaydon Dureau had the lone assist on the play.
Shots: 7-7
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Final Score: Portland 3 - Vancouver 1
Final Shots: 28 - 21 Vancouver
David Tendeck: 18/21 saves for Vancouver (6-5)
Joel Hofer: 27/28 saves for Portland (13-3-1-1)
Portland Power Play: 1/3
Vancouver Power Play: 0/0
3 Stars:
Joel Hofer (POR - 27 saves)
Jake Gricius (POR - 2 goals)
Bowen Byram (VAN - 1 goal)
Next Game: Saturday night at home against the Edmonton Oil Kings.
NOTES:
The G-Men went 1-2-0-1 against Portland this season.
The Giants road record now sits at 6-6-0-1
Over their past three games, the Vancouver have had 42 total seconds of power play time. They have now gone two full games without a power play opportunity.
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