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Spencer Machacek notched a goal and
assisted on the winner as the Vancouver Giants rallied to defeat
the Saskatoon Blades 2-1 in Western Hockey League action Saturday
night.
Despite trailing for two periods, the defending WHL champion
Giants posted their 12th victory in their first 13 games. The Blades
dropped to 4-6-0-1.
Milan Lucic scored the winning goal for Vancouver at 13:35 of the
third period while Colton Gillies was the lone Saskatoon marksman.
Saskatoon led 1-0 after the ...
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Tim Kraus scored a goal and added an
assist to lead the Vancouver Giants to a 3-0 Western Hockey League
victory over the Spokane Chiefs on Friday night.
It was the defending WHL champion Giants' 10th victory in 11
games this season. The Giants, listed No. 1 overall in the Canadian
Hockey League rankings for the third straight week, atoned for
their first loss of the regular season, an overtime setback last
Saturday in Seattle.
Jonathan Blum and ...
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Chris Durand scored a fortunate short-handed goal
in overtime to deny the Vancouver Giants a chance to make Western
Hockey League history.
Durand's goal, which took a strange bounce off the wall and into
an empty net when goalie Dustin Slade left to crease to play the
puck.
The loss was the first of the season for Vancouver, 10-0-1-0.
Vancouver was 22 seconds away from breaking the WHL record for
consecutive victories to start the season when Aaron ...
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It was not pretty, but the Vancouver Giants beat
the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-0 Friday night in Western Hockey League
action.
Fans were treated to a snoozer but everyone likes a winner, so
the 6,841 faithful left satisfied.
Perhaps the only stand out player in the game was the young
Seattle netminder Jacob De Serres (0-1-1), making just his second
start of the season. The 16-year-old goalie made 37 saves in the
loss.
Tyson Sexsmith (5-0-0) had to make just ...
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Michal Repik, Jason Reese, Milan Lucic and J.D. Watt also scored for Vancouver, which won its franchise-record ninth straight game to start the season.
Ken Petkau and Mark Santorelli, with two each, responded for Chilliwack (1-7-0), which has lost seven games in a row since opening the season with a victory over Kelowna.
After a valiant comeback from Chilliwack that saw Santorelli tie the game with 2:10 remaining, Czibere burst ...
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Michael Repik, Mario Bliznak and Jonathan Blum scored for the
Giants, who improved to 8-0.
Jeremy Schenderling scored for Swift Current as the Broncos
dropped to 4-3. Swift Current goaltender Kyle Moir's excellent work
kept the score respectable as the Giants outshot the Broncos
(4-3-0-0) by a whopping 40-14 count.
The Broncos led 1-0 after the first period, but the Giants scored
three unanswered goals in the second period u including two on the
power play _ to ...
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J.D. Watt collected his first Western Hockey League hat trick,
scoring his third goal with less than a second left in the game, to
lift the unbeaten Vancouver Giants to a 6-0 win over the Prince
George Cougars on Friday.
Watt took a face-off pass from centre Jason Reese and ripped a
shot high into the net behind Cougars goalie Real Cyr to cap the
scoring.
Elsewhere in Western Hockey League action Friday, it was:
Kootenay 8, Calgary ...
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J.D. Watt collected his first Western
Hockey League hat trick, scoring his third goal with less than a
second left in the game to lift the Vancouver Giants to a 6-0 win
over the Prince George Cougars Friday.
Watt, a 19-year-old winger from Cremona, Alta., took a face-off
pass from centre Jason Reese and ripped a shot high into the net
behind Cougars goalie Real Cyr to cap the scoring.
The win improved the Giants' WHL-leading record ...
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J.D. Watt scored the winning goal to help the Vancouver Giants defeated the Prince George Cougars 5-4 Wednesday in a shootout.
The Giants scored three power-play goals in a 2:37 span late in the third period to rebound from a 4-1 deficit.
Mario Bliznak, Tim Kraus, Cody Franson and Kyle Lamb had the Vancouver goals, and Tyson Sexsmith faced 17 shots for the Giants (6-0-0-0).
Brett Robertson, Eric Hunter, Lance ...
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Jason Reese scored twice as the Vancouver Giants remained undefeated in the Western Hockey League with a 4-1 win over the Prince George Cougars on Sunday night.
Mario Bliznak and Michael Repik also scored as the defending WHL champion Giants improved to 5-0. Vancouver defenceman Cody Franson added three assists.
Prab Rai replied for the Cougars, who dropped to 2-2. Power plays proved to be the difference as Vancouver was ...
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Michael Repik scored the only goal in a shootout to lead the Vancouver Giants to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds in Western Hockey League action Saturday.
Repik was the fourth shooter and Vancouver goaltender Tyson Sexsmith stopped all four Seattle attempts.
Kyle Lamb opened the scoring for Vancouver at 13:18 of the first period when his pass bounced off a defenceman and into the net on a power ...
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