RECAP: Giants Erase 3-1 Deficit With 3 Goals in 81 Seconds for 6th Straight Win
Prince George, B.C. – Trailing by two goals midway through the third period, the Vancouver Giants stormed back with four unanswered goals Wednesday night to beat the Prince George Cougars 5-3 at CN Centre for their sixth win in a row.
The Giants have outscored the opposition 30-11 during the win streak and remain in first place in the B.C. Division with an 8-2-1-1 record. Prince George’s record drops to 3-5-0-1.
Blake Chorney led the way offensively on Wednesday with two goals and an assist. Chorney, Tobias Tomik and Jakob Oreskovic each scored 81 seconds apart to change a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead. Chorney’s goal and Tomik’s game-tying goal were scored 17 seconds apart. Sixty-four seconds later, Oreskovic scored the eventual game-winner.
Cam Parr hit the empty net with 13.6 seconds left to put the game to bed. The Giants outshot the Cougars 12-1 in the third period.
Vancouver goaltender Oliver Bryks picked up his third win of the season with 18 saves. Mathis Preston and Kaleb Hartmann each recorded a pair of assists.
Tre Peck scored twice for the Cougars, while Cole Hajt also found the back of the net for the home side.
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GAME SUMMARY
Hajt opened the scoring for the Cougars when he found a loose puck in front of the Giants net and tucked in his first of the season at 5:55 of the opening frame.
The Giants tied it late in the period when Hartmann drove the net off an offensive zone face-off, with Chorney finding the rebound and lifting it past Shore to tie the score 1-1.
Blake Chorney quick on the rebound with the assist from Kaleb Hartmann! 💪🎯 pic.twitter.com/8gOjl55SHn
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 22, 2026
Prince George re-took the lead when Peck sniped a shot right from the slot for his fifth goal of the season midway through the middle frame. The Cougars held the Giants to just two shots on net in the second period, taking a 2-1 lead into the third.
Peck extended his team’s lead with his second of the night off the rush, making it 3-1 at 7:50 of the third period.
Less than three minutes later, Preston got the puck to Chorney in the right circle, where he quickly fired a shot that beat Shore on the blocker side.
& ORESKOVIC MAKES IT 3 UNANSWERED FOR THE GIANTS ONE MINUTE LATER 💪
🍎: Charko & Hartmann pic.twitter.com/9Dbr4ei5Gg
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 22, 2026
A Cougars forward fell in his own zone off the ensuing face-off and Chorney took advantage when the puck came his way. Chorney immediately saw he had a teammate with him, and fed Tomik a one-timer from the right circle to tie the contest 3-3 just 17 seconds after his own goal.
TOMIK TIES THE GAME 17 SECONDS LATER 🤯
🍎: Chorney pic.twitter.com/OCPPoEFLwh
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 22, 2026
Oreskovic beat Shore 64 seconds later from the right circle also on the blocker side to give the Giants their first lead of the night at 4-3.
& ORESKOVIC MAKES IT 3 UNANSWERED FOR THE GIANTS ONE MINUTE LATER 💪
🍎: Charko & Hartmann pic.twitter.com/9Dbr4ei5Gg
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 22, 2026
Parr hit the empty-net to ice the game.
STATISTICS
SOG: VAN —16/2/12 = 30 | PG – 12/8/1 = 21
PP: VAN—0/1 | PG— 0/2
Face-Offs: VAN —24 | PG — 33
3 STARS
1st: VAN – Blake Chorney – 2G, 1A, 2 SOG, +3
2nd: PG – Tre Peck – 2G, 3 SOG
3rd: VAN – Kaleb Hartmann – 2A, 3 SOG
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Vancouver: Oliver Bryks (WIN – 18 saves / 21 shots)
Prince George: Peyton Shore (LOSS – 25 saves / 29 shots)
THEY SAID IT
“I thought we did a pretty good job of getting inside and creating offence early and it didn’t go for us, but we found a way to get it late…Chorney was really buzzing. He came in and created two plays there: stripped some pucks and then found some openings and used his ability. Oreskovic, same thing as well. I think we had looks throughout the game. It just maybe didn’t go in: it got blocked or it missed the net. Then there was a lull where they came at us, but that’s going to happen in any game. It’s the same story, you try to stay even keel in the middle and just keep playing your game and hopefully you get the results.” – Giants Assistant Coach Simon Ferguson
“He’s a player who is mature beyond his years. He’s got great ability. He’s cleaned up a little bit some of his details from the start of the year to now. Now he’s starting to take over and you’re seeing the results of that take place tonight with an excellent performance.” – Giants Assistant Coach Simon Ferguson on Chorney
“He’s a direct player and he’s playing to the best of his ability, which is straight forward, not hoping for plays and using his shot, which is a really good shot. He wins board battles. He does a lot of really good things that can translate to the next level. Usually you see that as a player’s career moves on from 16 to 19, they go through those roles and they figure out who they are and once you do that, then he can be a dominant player.” – Giants Assistant Coach Simon Ferguson on Oreskovic
FAST FACTS
- The Giants have scored 30 goals in their last six games (5.0 goals per game), after scoring just 12 goals in their first six games (2.0 goals per game)
- Chorney has nine points in his last six games (3G-6A)
- Defenceman Kaleb Hartmann has 2G-6A-8P in his last seven games with a +10 rating
- Preston has 7G-4A-11P in his last seven games.
- Parr has 3G-4A-7P in four games with the Giants since being acquired via trade on Oct. 9. He is also +6 in the three games.
UPCOMING
The Giants travel to Kamloops on Thursday to face the Blazers Friday night.
Vancouver’s next home game is on Friday, October 30 against Victoria in the annual Trick or Suite night.
