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Giants Grab Point in OT Loss to Hurricanes
November 19, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Langley, B.C. - The Vancouver Giants fell 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Langley Events Centre.
The Giants' record falls to 8-12-2-0 this season.
Vancouver got a pair of goals from rookie Cameron Schmidt, plus a third period tally from Tyler Thorpe to go ahead 3-1, but the Hurricanes came back to tie the game before winning it 47 seconds into overtime.
The visitors got two goals from Kooper Gizowski, one from Leo Braillard, and the OT winner from defenceman Noah Chadwick.
GAME SUMMARY:
The Hurricanes opened the scoring after Kooper Gizowski was open in the slot and rifled a shot top corner 5:19 into the first.
Just 40 seconds later, the Giants responded to even the score, after Mazden Leslie fed a perfect cross-ice pass to Schmidt, who was waiting just outside the crease and roofed it make the game 1-1.
Schmidt potted his second of the game less than a minute into the second period, after Ty Halaburda's shot missed the net, and Schmidt was able to quickly throw the puck on goal, where it hit the skate of goaltender Harrison Meneghin and into the Hurricanes net.
Vancouver took their 2-1 lead into the second intermission, though they trailed on the shot clock 23-16.
Lethbridge came out hungry in the third period.
The Giants weathered the storm for the first half of the period, getting an insurance marker from Tyler Thorpe at the 11:03 mark of the third to make the score 3-1 on his 10th goal of the season, but Lethbridge wouldn't go away.
With 4:59 left in the game, Braillard scored an unassisted goal to get Lethbridge to within a goal.
Then, with the goaltender pulled for the extra attacker, Gizowski banged home his second of the game following a bounce off the end boards to force overtime.
In the extra frame, Chadwick got free in the slot and fired a shot on the blocker side to end the game, burying his sixth goal of the season.
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THEY SAID IT
"We liked our compete level, we liked how we stuck in there and hung in there with a tough four in five here and obviously lapses in the last three minutes. The kids played hard. They competed hard. They're a pretty resilient group considering how tired they were...We need to find results and [get] two points, especially with where we are in the standings, so obviously games like that sting." - Associate Coach Adam Maglio Post-Game
STATISTICS
SOG: VAN - 10/6/5 = 21 | LET - 13/10/16/2 = 41
PP: VAN - 0/0 | LET - 0/2
Face-Offs: VAN - 29 | LET - 32
3 STARS
1st: LET - Kooper Gizowski - 2G, 3 SOG
2nd: VAN - Cameron Schmidt - 2G, 4 SOG
3rd: LET - Noah Chadwick - OT Winning Goal, 5 SOG
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Vancouver: Loss - Matthew Hutchison (37 saves / 41 shots)
Lethbridge: Win - Harrison Meneghin (18 saves / 21 shots)
NEXT GAME:
Vancouver hits the road next week, with contests against Spokane (Wednesday) and Kamloops (Friday), before returning home Saturday for a date with the Tri-City Americans.
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