RECAP: Hood, Preston Help G-Men Top T-Birds for 3rd Time in a Row
Kent, WA – Burke Hood stopped 39 of 40 shots he faced on Tuesday night to lead the Vancouver Giants past the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-1 at accesso ShoWare Center.
Vancouver’s win was their third in a row over Seattle, who they also beat 6-3 on Friday and 4-1 on Saturday. The Giants improve to 5-2-1-1 on the season, while Seattle falls to 2-4-0-0.
Mathis Preston led the way offensively on Tuesday with two goals and an assist. New addition Cam Parr scored in the first period of his first game as a Giant and added two assists. Blake Chorney and Brogan McNeil rounded out the scoring.
The Giants’ power play went 2-for-8 on the night, while their penalty kill was busy, going 6-for-7.
Reko Alanko provided the lone goal for Seattle.
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GAME SUMMARY
Parr scored the only goal of the first period, after Dennis Emesibe made a heads up play to feed him a cross-ice pass from the left circle. Parr wasted no time, snapping it past the blocker of Grayson Malinoski to open the scoring at 14:45 of the opening frame.
CAMERON PARR STRIKES HIS WITH HIS FIRST GOAL AS A GIANT 🚨
🍎: Emesibe and Chorney! pic.twitter.com/EsMV8y3vH3
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 14, 2026
Hood was tested in a big way in the second period, both at even strength and on the Seattle power play, but he wouldn’t budge, making 17 saves in the middle frame alone.
The Giants rewarded their goaltender with an insurance marker late in the period, when Preston snapped a one-timer on the power play over the glove of Malinoski to extend Vancouver’s lead to 2-0 after 40 minutes.
@AnaheimDucks prospect Mathis Preston doubles it for the G-Men!!🚨
🍎: Parr and Thurston! pic.twitter.com/uCpwmyw6mq
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 14, 2026
Just before the halfway mark of the third, Preston came flying through the neutral zone and took a short pass from Emesibe, then proceeded to cut past Seattle defender Grayson Tash and tuck in a backhand shot for his second goal of the evening.
MATHIS PRESTON TUCKS IN HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE NIGHT 🚨
🍎: Hartmann and Humeniuk@AnaheimDucks pic.twitter.com/TqmeGoeg20
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 14, 2026
Chorney hit the empty net with 2:58 left in regulation to make the score 4-0.
Chorney fires one in the empty net! 🔥
🍎: Parr and Thurston pic.twitter.com/lUMUMeAoBT
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 14, 2026
Alanko broke the shut out bid on a power play just a minute later, before McNeil notched his third of the season by batting in the puck on a late power play to make the final score 5-1.
McNeil bats one in to make it 5-1 Giants🚨
🍎: Preston and Armstrong! pic.twitter.com/tKlGyxeDpz
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 14, 2026
STATISTICS
SOG: VAN —11/8/15 = 34 | SEA – 11/17/12 = 40
PP: VAN—2/8 | SEA— 1/7
Face-Offs: VAN —32 | SEA — 42
3 STARS
1st: VAN – Burke Hood – 39 Saves on 40 Shots
2nd: SEA – Sawyer Mayes – 3 SOG
3rd: VAN – Mathis Preston – 2G, 1A, 6 SOG, +2
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Vancouver: Burke Hood (WIN – 39 saves / 40 shots)
Seattle: Grayson Malinoski (LOSS – 29 saves / 33 shots)
FAST FACTS
- Burke Hood is T-3rd in the WHL with a .939 save percentage (154 saves on 164 shots)
- Mathis Preston has four goals and one assist for five points in his last three games
- the Giants have scored 15 goals in their last three games (5.0/game) after scoring 12 times in their first six games (2.0/game)
- four Giants had multi-point nights on Tuesday: Preston (2G-1A), Parr (1G-2A), Emesibe (2A), Thurston (2A)
- over the last three games, 10 different Giants have recorded a multi-point game: Armstrong (Saturday), Chorney (Friday), Emesibe (Tuesday), Hartmann (Friday), Iginla (Friday), McNeil (Friday), Parr (Tuesday), Oreskovic (Friday & Saturday), Preston (Tuesday) and Thurston (Friday & Tuesday)
UPCOMING
The Giants only game of the upcoming weekend is on Saturday on the road in Penticton against the Vees at 6:05 p.m. PT. Saturday will be the second of six straight road games.
The Giants are back at home to face Victoria on Friday, October 30 for the annual Trick or Suite night.
