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02-04-2010, 01:44 AM
Well - sorry to the Hurricanes for being on the receiving end of that game (especially for the second night in a row), but the Giants really needed to put together a complete game, 60 minute focused effort and we saw that tonight. Kudos to Sean Raphael and Jeff Ingram for calling a great game, not getting in the way of the players or the game and calling it consistently without throwing in a whole bunch of added penalties just because. Four good fights and no instigator calls. There was some pushing and shoving after the whistles which did not garner coincidental minors either. A very solid outing for the officials. Also missed it in my recap but Fenske and Tot had a pretty good bout as well.
Wright had three points, as did Musil and Henry had the hat trick, players like Breitkreuz, Connor and Kytnar finding the twine and oddly enough an 11 goal game where Gallagher didn't get a point, but it wasn't for lack of trying. The boys can't get too high though as their next two are going to be tough contests against teams that have had their number this season. A couple of wins would really give the guys a huge lift and confidence going on their next long roadsie.
Giants Snap 'Canes
Vancouver 11 Lethbridge 1
Don Robinson
The Giants took advantage of a young team still in a bit of shell-shock from last night’s drubbing in Chilliwack. The Giants played a great game from pole to pole allowing only one against on the PP. Most of the goals came even strength, with one on the PP and one SH. The Giants opened the scoring off of a very tenacious shift early in the game. They padded that lead a couple of minutes later on the PP. Scoring one more by the end of the first, the Giants kept shots against low and pressure in the Hurricane end of the ice intense. A few nice fights in the first added to the energy in the building. The Giants scored five more in the second, allowing one against. Two of those goals came in the last forty seconds of the period. The scoring tonight was spread around the line-up and the Giants played a very good team game, coming in wave after wave versus the over-whelmed Hurricanes. Adding three more in the third the Giants ended up playing their most complete game of the season. It was the kind of game this team needed to put together. They needed a dominating game were they did not take their foot of the accelerator, kept up the pressure and did not sit back and tonight they did. They worked for their goals, but the Hurricanes were also not up to the task of taking out a determined Giants squad. The G’s have allowed too many games slip this season so to see this kind of focus for the full game was heartening.
Lance Bouma opened the scoring going hard to the net, being thwarted and then hustling into the open ice to put the puck home. James Wright and Luke Fenske got the helpers on the play. James Henry scored his first of three on the night, one on the PP, one SH and one even-strength, with this one being his PP marker. Dustin Donaghy fought his first of two bouts in the period, tangling with Connauton. Both players hung in there, throwing some good punches starting out on the back of the net and migrating to the boards before going down. Brett Breitkreuz got the G’s third of the period going hard to the net. Dillon Scholten got the only assist on the play. Donaghy’s second combatant came as the period was winding down as he tried to give his team a lift. Scholten got the better of Donaghy in this one though, getting overhands to the connect and getting the take-down.
The ‘canes got one back early in the second on the PP before the Giants pushed back, not willing to let another game slip from their grasp. Two minutes later Henry turned a Lethbridge advantage into a back-breaker as he rushed the puck up ice SH. He tenaciously kept on the puck until it was behind Brandon Anderson, a Langley native, who was probably not savouring his home-coming so much anymore. David Musil scored an unassisted tally a few minutes later. Craig Cunningham padded his league leading stats with two more back-to-back goals. His first coming off Wright and Musil and his second coming in the last minute of the period off of Connauton, who did some great work along the boards to get back his own rebound and get it out to Cunner. Connor Redmond found the twine 22 seconds later right off of a centre-ice face-off. Fourth line fellows Fenske and Brett Lyon contributing.
Milan Kytnar scored his 6th of the season early in the third to really put the coffin nail home. Breitkreuz put together some nice work getting the puck to Kytnar who found the twine, putting it past Ville Kolppanen who had replaced Anderson to start the third. Lyon dropped the mitts with Spencer’s little bro Cason in a fairly lively bout, which was dominated handily by Lyon a pretty good middle-weight battler. Henry got his hat-trick goal, one which originally was earmarked as Musil’s at first glance, mid-period pushing the score to double digits. James Wright got his first of the season as a Giant less than a minute later going hard to the net with Kytnar and Brent Henke, a former Hurricane who was dealt to the Giants for a fifth round pick at the trade deadline. Henke has fit very nicely into the Giants line-up, adding some toughness and a solid physical presence with a bit of skill and a great work ethic.
The Giants out shot the ‘canes 50-17, dominated at all ends of the ice, rolled all of their lines and got contributions from players who needed to get some offense. The Giants went 1 for 5 on the PP, while the Hurricanes went 1 for 4. The G-Men have a couple of tough ones coming up. Taking on two teams that have given them fits this season and really need to bring the same effort and focus to those games. The Silvertips finally lost one Spokane after going on a 14 game winning streak and the Americans are the best in the West and have proven to be a big challenge for the Giants. They are also the team against which the Giants had a bit of a watershed game when they gave up a two goal lead allowing four in the third against, to lose 5-3 on October 17th. The Giants dominated the first 40 minutes, left the door open and got it slammed in their faces in the final 20. Both of these games will take place in their adopted home for the Olympics, the Langley Event Centre. Puck drops at 7:30pm on Friday versus Everett and 7pm on Saturday versus Tri-Cities.
Three Stars
1. James Wright
2. James Henry
3. David Musil
Wright had three points, as did Musil and Henry had the hat trick, players like Breitkreuz, Connor and Kytnar finding the twine and oddly enough an 11 goal game where Gallagher didn't get a point, but it wasn't for lack of trying. The boys can't get too high though as their next two are going to be tough contests against teams that have had their number this season. A couple of wins would really give the guys a huge lift and confidence going on their next long roadsie.
Giants Snap 'Canes
Vancouver 11 Lethbridge 1
Don Robinson
The Giants took advantage of a young team still in a bit of shell-shock from last night’s drubbing in Chilliwack. The Giants played a great game from pole to pole allowing only one against on the PP. Most of the goals came even strength, with one on the PP and one SH. The Giants opened the scoring off of a very tenacious shift early in the game. They padded that lead a couple of minutes later on the PP. Scoring one more by the end of the first, the Giants kept shots against low and pressure in the Hurricane end of the ice intense. A few nice fights in the first added to the energy in the building. The Giants scored five more in the second, allowing one against. Two of those goals came in the last forty seconds of the period. The scoring tonight was spread around the line-up and the Giants played a very good team game, coming in wave after wave versus the over-whelmed Hurricanes. Adding three more in the third the Giants ended up playing their most complete game of the season. It was the kind of game this team needed to put together. They needed a dominating game were they did not take their foot of the accelerator, kept up the pressure and did not sit back and tonight they did. They worked for their goals, but the Hurricanes were also not up to the task of taking out a determined Giants squad. The G’s have allowed too many games slip this season so to see this kind of focus for the full game was heartening.
Lance Bouma opened the scoring going hard to the net, being thwarted and then hustling into the open ice to put the puck home. James Wright and Luke Fenske got the helpers on the play. James Henry scored his first of three on the night, one on the PP, one SH and one even-strength, with this one being his PP marker. Dustin Donaghy fought his first of two bouts in the period, tangling with Connauton. Both players hung in there, throwing some good punches starting out on the back of the net and migrating to the boards before going down. Brett Breitkreuz got the G’s third of the period going hard to the net. Dillon Scholten got the only assist on the play. Donaghy’s second combatant came as the period was winding down as he tried to give his team a lift. Scholten got the better of Donaghy in this one though, getting overhands to the connect and getting the take-down.
The ‘canes got one back early in the second on the PP before the Giants pushed back, not willing to let another game slip from their grasp. Two minutes later Henry turned a Lethbridge advantage into a back-breaker as he rushed the puck up ice SH. He tenaciously kept on the puck until it was behind Brandon Anderson, a Langley native, who was probably not savouring his home-coming so much anymore. David Musil scored an unassisted tally a few minutes later. Craig Cunningham padded his league leading stats with two more back-to-back goals. His first coming off Wright and Musil and his second coming in the last minute of the period off of Connauton, who did some great work along the boards to get back his own rebound and get it out to Cunner. Connor Redmond found the twine 22 seconds later right off of a centre-ice face-off. Fourth line fellows Fenske and Brett Lyon contributing.
Milan Kytnar scored his 6th of the season early in the third to really put the coffin nail home. Breitkreuz put together some nice work getting the puck to Kytnar who found the twine, putting it past Ville Kolppanen who had replaced Anderson to start the third. Lyon dropped the mitts with Spencer’s little bro Cason in a fairly lively bout, which was dominated handily by Lyon a pretty good middle-weight battler. Henry got his hat-trick goal, one which originally was earmarked as Musil’s at first glance, mid-period pushing the score to double digits. James Wright got his first of the season as a Giant less than a minute later going hard to the net with Kytnar and Brent Henke, a former Hurricane who was dealt to the Giants for a fifth round pick at the trade deadline. Henke has fit very nicely into the Giants line-up, adding some toughness and a solid physical presence with a bit of skill and a great work ethic.
The Giants out shot the ‘canes 50-17, dominated at all ends of the ice, rolled all of their lines and got contributions from players who needed to get some offense. The Giants went 1 for 5 on the PP, while the Hurricanes went 1 for 4. The G-Men have a couple of tough ones coming up. Taking on two teams that have given them fits this season and really need to bring the same effort and focus to those games. The Silvertips finally lost one Spokane after going on a 14 game winning streak and the Americans are the best in the West and have proven to be a big challenge for the Giants. They are also the team against which the Giants had a bit of a watershed game when they gave up a two goal lead allowing four in the third against, to lose 5-3 on October 17th. The Giants dominated the first 40 minutes, left the door open and got it slammed in their faces in the final 20. Both of these games will take place in their adopted home for the Olympics, the Langley Event Centre. Puck drops at 7:30pm on Friday versus Everett and 7pm on Saturday versus Tri-Cities.
Three Stars
1. James Wright
2. James Henry
3. David Musil