Giants Fall in Kelowna Saturday
January 29, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Kelowna Rockets' Carson Golder battles Vancouver Giants' Skyler Bruce
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Steve Dunsmoor)
Kelowna, BC - The Giants weren't able to continue their positive momentum in the series as the Rockets took Saturday night's game 5-1.
1st Period:
KEL: Marcus Pacheco opened the scoring for the Rockets 5:15 into the game on a one-timer from the side of the net.
VAN: Overage defender Dylan Anderson tied the game with a point shot on a power play 6:03 later.
2nd Period:
KEL: The Rockets went ahead 2-1 when captain Gabriel Szturc fired home a pass to the slot from behind the net 8:21 into the second.
3rd Period:
KEL: Carson Golder found a loose puck in the slot 4:32 into the third and backhanded it top corner to put Kelowna up 3-1.
KEL: Golder added another off a spin-o-rama pass from Szturc 2:21 later.
KEL: Golder completed the hat trick with an empty net goal with 2:27 left to ice it.
GAME SUMMARY
Final Score: Vancouver 1 - Kelowna 5
Final Shots:
Vancouver: 30
Kelowna: 32
Jesper Vikman: 27/31 saves for Vancouver
Jari Kykkanen: 29/30 saves for Kelowna
Vancouver Power Play: 1/4
Kelowna Power Play: 0/2
3 Stars:
1) Golder (KEL)
2) Kykkanen (KEL)
3) Szturc (KEL)
Images from this story
 Vancouver Giants in action (Steve Dunsmoor) |
 Kelowna Rockets' Grady Lenton in action (Steve Dunsmoor) |
 Kelowna Rockets' Carson Golder battles Vancouver Giants' Skyler Bruce (Steve Dunsmoor) |
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