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Giants Fall in Overtime, Drop Series vs Kamloops

April 7, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release


Vancouver Giants' netminder Jesper Vikman on game night
Vancouver Giants' netminder Jesper Vikman on game night
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Langley, BC- The Giants provided their best performance of the series in Game 4 on home ice, and put four goals in the Blazer net, but dropped a 5-4 decision in overtime Thursday night. Captain Ty Thorpe scored a hat trick, and goaltender Jesper Vikman made 62 saves, but eventually Kamloops converted in the extra period on a weird bounce to take the series.

1st Period:

VAN: Giants captain Ty Thorpe opened the scoring with his first of the series, just 5:06 into the game for Vancouver's first lead of the series.

KAM: Ryan Hofer tied the game 1:45 later with a deflection in front of Giants goaltender Jesper Vikman.

KAM: Hofer put the Blazers ahead 9:34 later when he batted in a bouncing puck in the slot.

VAN: Thorpe sniped home his second of the night with a shorthanded goal with 0:31 remaining in the first.

KAM: Connor Levis scored with 1.7 seconds left in the period to make it 3-2 Kamloops.

2nd Period:

No Scoring.

3rd Period:

VAN: Just 0:52 into the third period, Thorpe completed the hat trick with his third of the night on the powerplay in his final Western Hockey League game.

KAM: Olen Zellweger put in a rebound with 16:15 left to bring Kamloops ahead once again.

VAN: Skyler Bruce tied the game with a power play goal with 5:00 left in regulation time.

OT:

KAM: Zellweger scored the series winner with a point shot that was deflected twice on the way to the net with 1.5 seconds left.

GAME SUMMARY

Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Kamloops 5 (OT)

Final Shots:

Vancouver: 35

Kamloops: 67

Jesper Vikman: 62/67 saves for Vancouver

Dylan Ernst: 31/35 saves for Kamloops

Vancouver Power Play: 2/6

Kamloops Power Play: 2/5

3 Stars:

Thorpe

Vikman

Anderson

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Images from this story

Vancouver Giants' Samuel Honzek on the ice
Vancouver Giants' Samuel Honzek on the ice
(Rob Wilton)		 Vancouver Giants' Ty Thorpe congratulates Kamloops Blazers' Ryan Hofer
Vancouver Giants' Ty Thorpe congratulates Kamloops Blazers' Ryan Hofer
(Rob Wilton)		 Vancouver Giants' netminder Jesper Vikman on game night
Vancouver Giants' netminder Jesper Vikman on game night



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