Giants Fall in Tri City Sunday, 5-2
Published on March 19, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Vancouver Giants' Ty Halaburda on game night
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: John Keller)
Kennewick, WA- The Giants scored first, but the Americans scored three times before the first period was over, and cruised to a 5-2 victory in Kennewick Sunday afternoon.
1st Period:
VAN: Skyler Bruce opened the scoring on the powerplay with a rebound goal 4:00 into the game.
TC: Jake Sloan responded 2:51 later, capitalizing on a turnover in the defensive zone.
TC: Exactly 1:01 later, Ethan Ernst got in on the action with a deflection goal to make it 2-1 Tri City.
TC: Adam Mechura scooped up a loose puck and deked out Giants goaltender Jesper Vikman to make it 3-1 with 8:11 left in the opening frame.
2nd Period:
TC: Sloan netted his second of the game 1:59 into the middle frame with a shortside shot beside the net.
TC: Mechura also got on the board for a second time with a deflection 8:48 into the period.
VAN: Ty Thorpe netted his 37th of the campaign to get the Giants within three with 7:21 left in the second.
3rd Period:
No Scoring.
GAME SUMMARY
Final Score: Vancouver 2 - Tri City 5
Final Shots:
Vancouver: 18
Tri City: 20
Jesper Vikman: 15/20 saves for Vancouver
Nick Avakyan: 16/18 saves for Tri City
Vancouver Power Play: 1/4
Tri City Power Play: 0/3
Images from this story
 Vancouver Giants' Colton Alain on the ice (John Keller) |
 Vancouver Giants' Jaden Lipinski in action (John Keller) |
 Vancouver Giants' Ty Halaburda on game night (John Keller) |
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