RECAP: Giants Double Up Ams 6-3 on Home Ice
Langley, B.C. – The Vancouver Giants made the most of their opportunities on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre, scoring twice in each period en route to a 6-3 win over the Tri-City Americans.
The win improves Vancouver’s record this season to 21-16-5, while the Ams fall to 21-15-3-1. Vancouver has hopped Tri-City for sixth place in the Western Conference. The G-Men are 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.
The Giants surrendered the first goal, but quickly came back with two of their own. They extended their lead from 2-1 to 4-1 in the second period, before putting the game out of reach with two more goals in the final stanza.
Cameron Schmidt led the way offensively for Vancouver with two goals – his 30th and 31st tallies of the season – with four other teammates finding the back of the net: Maxim Muranov (12th), Mazden Leslie (10th), Brett Olson (4th) and Ty Halaburda (16th). Giants defenceman Ryan Lin had three assists, giving him the Giants franchise record for points by a 16-year-old defenceman at 33. Goaltender Burke Hood improved to 9-6-4 on the season with a 36-save performance.
Tri-City got a pair of goals from Carter MacAdams and a first period goal from Max Curran.
THIS AND THAT
- With his 46th career goal, captain Mazden Leslie is now three goals away from tying Jonathon Blum for 1st all-time in goals amongst Giants defencemen. Blum had 49 in 248 games. Leslie also has 16 points in his last 10 games (3G-13A) and has more points (45) than he had all of last season in 27 fewer games
- With three assists, 16-year-old defenceman Ryan Lin now has 33 points this season, which is the most ever by a Giants 16-year-old defenceman. Lin surpasses David Musil, whose 32 points in 2009-10 were the previous high
- With two goals, draft-eligible forward Cameron Schmidt equalled his goal total from last year (31) in 23 fewer games. He is the first Giant to surpass 50 points this season (51 in 36 GP) and increased his point streak to 6 games (4G-7A). Schmidt is the first Giant to record back-to-back 30-goal seasons since Brendan Gallagher did it three years in a row from 2009-12
- Halaburda’s three points give him 14 points in his last 10 games (7G-7A)
- With two assists, Calgary Flames draft pick Jaden Lipinski increased his point streak to 11 games (4G-14A)
UPCOMING
Date | Opponent | Time | Location |
Sunday, January 19 | Brandon | 2:00 PM PST | Langley Events Centre |
Tuesday, January 21 | Seattle | 7:05 PM PST | Accesso Showare Center |
Saturday, January 25 | Kelowna | 6:05 PM PST | Prospera Place |