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GAME SUMMARY

The Silvertips opened the scoring halfway through the first period, when Maze stripped the puck off a Giants defender behind the net and quickly centered a pass to former Medicine Hat Tiger MacKenzie in the slot, who made no mistake.

The Giants responded less than two minutes later, when Gronick was the first one to a loose puck in the right corner and saw Obobaifo open at the right dot. Gronick got him the puck quickly, where Obobaifo had time to pick his spot, which he did, firing it home for his second of the season.

With 2:29 left in the first period, the Giants got their first lead of the game when Schmidt sniped one glove side past Jesse Sanche just seven seconds into a power play. It was a pretty finish, where Schmidt took a pass from Ryan Lin and stickhandled his way into the high slot, maneuvering his way around around the block of defenceman Rylan Pearce.

Just 1:21 into the second period, the Silvertips tied the game, after a long stretch pass from Landon Dupont connected with Bear, who went in on a breakaway and deked out Hood for his first of the season. Dupont – who is just the second ever WHL player to receive exceptional status to play in the league full-time at 15-years-old – picked up his first WHL point on the play, as he was making his WHL debut on Saturday.

At the 9:19 mark of the second, Vancouver got the lead back, after another primary assist from Gronick, after he found Oreskovic at the left circle, who quickly shot it glove side on Sanche, making the score 3-2 for the G-Men.

Before the second period was done, Schmidt extended the Giants lead to 4-2 after Tyler Thorpe intercepted a pass behind the net and found him uncontested in the slot.

The @WHLGiants know they are in good hands when Cameron Schmidt has the puck.

Just ask Jakob Oreskovic and his way-to-early celebration!#WHLOpeningWeek pic.twitter.com/saomC2fbfJ

— The WHL (@TheWHL) September 22, 2024

Maze would get one back for Everett at the 9:56 mark of the third period on the power play, but that was as close as they would get, despite firing 14 shots on goal in the third period.