GAME SUMMARY

Moose Jaw opened the scoring off the rush just past the halfway point of the first period, when Nagel went to the net and put home a rebound off Hood’s left pad.

Oreskovic then drew a penalty that led to a Halaburda power play goal less than two minutes later.

Lakovic scored on a breakaway 32 seconds after Halaburda tied the game, giving the Warriors a 2-1 lead at the 12:49 mark of the first period.

Another Moose Jaw penalty a few minutes later resulted in another Giants power play goal, and yet again it was courtesy of Halaburda. His first was a shot from the bottom of the right circle that caught former teammate Matthew Hutchison off guard, but this time he slammed home a rebound after Cameron Schmidt drew all the attention to him before firing the puck on goal from the top of the left circle.

When the first period came to a close, the score was 2-2.

Oreskovic gave the Giants their first lead of the game 3:40 into the second period, after a great net drive from Aaron Obobaifo. Rookie Richard Wonyeneh picked up his first career WHL point with a secondary assist.

Late in the period, Chorney extended Vancouver’s lead to 4-2 after getting a stretch pass at the offensive blue line from Lin. Chorney had just enough for a partial break, and did well to protect the puck from the defenceman who caught him, before shovelling the puck past Hutchison along the ice.

Carter got the Warriors to within a goal with a power play marker midway through the third period, but that was as close as they’d come.

Tomik scored into the empty net with 11 seconds remaining to make the final score 5-3.