Giants Win 4-2 at Home Friday
Published on March 4, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release
Vancouver Giants' Skyler Bruce in action against Victoria Royals' Austin Zemlak, Nate Misskey and Teydon Trembecky
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Rob Wilton)
Langley, BC - The Giants, powered by a pair of gaols from Samuel Honzek, continued their momentum from Wednesday and topped the Victoria Royals at the LEC Friday night.
1st Period:
No Scoring.
2nd Period:
VAN: Kyren Gronick opened the scoring with his 4th of the year 1:31 into the second period.
VAN: Ty Halaburda made it 2-0 just 0:57 later off a pass that was redirected off the end boards.
VIC: With 14:01 left in the second, Teague Patton got Victoria back into the game with his 13th of the season.
VAN: Samuel Honzek shoveled home a rebound with 2:12 left in the middle frame to make it 3-1 Giants.
3rd Period:
VIC: With 2:21 left in the game, Carter Dereniwsky scored on a bank shot while Victoria had the goalie pulled.
VAN: Honzek responded almost immediately, 0:24 seconds later he scored on a terrific individual effort for his 2nd of the night.
GAME SUMMARY
Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Victoria 2
Final Shots:
Vancouver: 33
Victoria: 32
Jesper Vikman: 30/32 saves for Vancouver
Braden Holt: 29/33 saves for Victoria
Vancouver Power Play: 0/4
Victoria Power Play: 0/1
3 Stars:
1) Thorpe (VAN)
2) Patton (VIC)
3) Leslie (VAN)
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