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Giants Secure a 3-2 Road Victory Friday in the Tri-Cities

March 12, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release


Vancouver Giants goaltender Will Gurski vs. the Tri-City Americans
Vancouver Giants goaltender Will Gurski vs. the Tri-City Americans
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Doug Love)

Kennewick, WA - Friday night in Kennewick, WA the Vancouver Giants (21-29-3-0) secured a 3-2 victory over the Tri-City Americans (15-34-5-0). Jaden Lipinski struck twice for the Giants and Fabian Lysell broke up a 2-2 tie with his team-leading 19th goal of the season with 1:52 remaining in the third period. Samuel Huo had both goals in response for Tri-City. Giants goaltender Will Gurski made 26 saves to earn the win while Tomas Suchanek stopped 38 for Tri-City.

1st Period:

VAN - Jaden Lipinski opened the scoring off a Cole Shepard rebound at 5:23. For Lipinski it was his third goal in a span of four games. Ethan Semeniuk earned the second assist.

TC - Sam Huo tied the score on a power play for Tri-City with 1.7 seconds left in the period. Will Gurski made a sequence of saves but the third rebound popped to Huo who made no mistake. Rhett Melnyk and Marc Lajoie both factored in with assists.

Shots: 15-9 Vancouver

2nd Period:

TC - Sam Huo struck again for Tri-City at 3:05 off the rush. Huo's initial shot was stopped by Will Gurski but the rebound bounced off a Giants defender and into the net. Huo's 24th was set up by Parker Bell.

VAN - At 17:04, Jaden Lipinski struck for his second goal of the night. Kaden Kohle forced a turnover at the Tri-City blueilne, and Lipinski took the pass, spun off a check and fired his shot up high and in.

Shots: 13-12 Tri-City

3rd Period:

VAN - With only 1:52 left on the clock the Vancouver Giants nabbed the game's final goal. Fabian Lysell skated onto an Adam Hall pass in the slot, skated in close and tucked his team-leading 19th goal of the season by Tomas Suchanek to give the Giants the lead and ultimately the victory.

Shots: 14-3 Vancouver

GAME SUMMARY

Final Score: Vancouver 3 - Tri-City 2

Final Shots: 41-28 Vancouver

Will Gurski: 26/28 saves for Vancouver

Thomas Suchanek: 38/41 saves for Tri-City

Vancouver Power Play: 0/4

Tri-City Power Play: 1/4

3 Stars:

1) Samuel Huo (TC - 2G)

2) Jaden Lipinski (VAN - 2G)

3) Thomas Suchanek (TC - 38 Saves)

Next Giants Game: Saturday evening in Portland at 5:00 PM.

NOTES

- The Giants improved their road record to 12-15-1-0 with Friday's win.

- Friday's victory moved the Giants four points clear of both Spokane and Prince George for sixth place in the Western Conference playoff standings.

- Jaden Lipinski recorded the first multi-goal game of his young WHL career.

- Lipinski has now scored four goals in his past four games.

- Cole Shepard extended his point streak to six straight games. In that span he's got three goals and four assists.

- Fabian Lysell notched his third game-winning goal of the season.

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Images from this story

Vancouver Giants defenceman Evan Toth (right) vs. the Tri-City Americans
Vancouver Giants defenceman Evan Toth (right) vs. the Tri-City Americans
(Doug Love)		 Vancouver Giants left wing Adam Hall (right) vs. the Tri-City Americans
Vancouver Giants left wing Adam Hall (right) vs. the Tri-City Americans
(Doug Love)		 Vancouver Giants goaltender Will Gurski vs. the Tri-City Americans
Vancouver Giants goaltender Will Gurski vs. the Tri-City Americans
(Doug Love)



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