Giants End 2022 on a High Note, Win 4-3 in Vic
December 31, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Victoria royals' Jake Poole and Vancouver Giants' Ty Thorpe in action
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: jay)
Victoria, BC - The Giants overcame a two-goal deficit, and three misconducts, to beat their island rivals 4-3 in a shootout at the provincial capital.
1st Period:
VIC: Kalem Parker opened the scoring with a power play goal 4:51 into the game.
VIC: Overage forward Jake Poole netted a second of the game for Victoria 8:25 later.
2nd Period:
VAN: Julian Cull buried his first of the year to get the Giants on the board on a 2-on-1 rush shortly after a disallowed goal.
VAN: Mazden Leslie tied the game on a bank shot with 0:23 remaining in the middle frame.
3rd Period:
VAN: Carson Haynes put the Giants ahead 3-2 13:15 into the third with a seeing-eye shot from the point.
VIC: Teydon Trembecky tied the game on a breakaway 0:55 later.
SO:
VAN: Halaburda - Goal
VIC: Patton - Miss
VAN: Lipinski - Goal
VIC: Poole - Miss
GAME SUMMARY
Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Victoria 3 (SO)
Final Shots:
Victoria: 31
Vancouver: 33
Jesper Vikman: 28/31 saves for Vancouver
Braden Holt: 30/33 saves for Victoria
Vancouver Power Play: 0/3
Victoria Power Play: 1/2
3 Stars:
1) Holt (VIC)
2) Cull (VAN)
3) Schuurman (VIC)
Images from this story
 Victoria Royals' Brayden Schuurman takes a shot (Jay Wallace) |
 Victoria royals' Jake Poole and Vancouver Giants' Ty Thorpe in action (jay) |
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