There was a lot of celebrating from the men in stripes on Sunday, as the Vancouver Giants defeated the Spokane Chiefs 5-3 in the team’s first ever Referee Appreciation Night at the Langley Events Centre.
With the win, the Giants snapped a five-game slide and improved to 3-5-1 this season.
For the second straight game, five different G-Men found the back of the net. This time, the goal scorers were Colton Roberts, Cameron Schmidt, Ty Halaburda, Patrik Kral and Tyler Thorpe.
Brett Mirwald made 34 saves to pick up his third win of the season.
On the other side, Connor Roulette potted a pair of goals and Layton Feist also scored for Spokane.
Head Coach Manny Viveiros said the team “battled hard.”
“Fatigue was a factor for both teams, but I like the way we grinded out that win here and did a lot of things really well,” Viveiros said.
“This whole weekend I thought we did really well, how we played and I saw a lot of positives. Even though we only got one win, it was a good weekend for us.”
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Vancouver now has 10 goals in their last two games, after scoring just seven in the previous three
Cameron Schmidt was the first star thanks to the first multi-point game of his career, while also tying his career-high of five shots on goal.
Colton Roberts’ two-point performance was the third multi-point game of his career, and Tyler Thorpe scored his ninth goal of the season into an empty net, giving him nine goals and zero assists through nine games. He also had a team-high six shots on goal.
Next, Giants will have another 3-in-3 weekend, starting with a home contest on Friday, Oct. 27 against the Victoria Royals at 7 p.m. Saturday, they’ll travel to Victoria, before heading home for a Sunday matchup with Kamloops for the annual Trick or Suite night at 4 p.m.
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