The Vancouver Giants overcame a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Victoria Royals 7-6 in a shootout on Tuesday. Tyus Sparks scored the winning goal in the shootout, and Tyler Thorpe had two goals for the Giants.
VICTORIA — Tyus Sparks scored the only goal of a three-round shootout and the visiting Vancouver Giants rallied from a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Victoria Royals 7-6 in a Western Hockey League matchup on Tuesday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena. The teams will play again on Wednesday at Langley Events Centre, the home of the Giants.
Tyler Thorpe scored twice for the Giants (17-13-4-0) and Mazden Leslie chipped in with three assists as the visitors trailed 4-1 after the first period and 6-2 heading into the third. Brett Olson, Cameron Schmidt, Jaden Lipinski and Tyson Zimmer added singles for the Giants, who outshot the Royals 33-20, including 16-1 in the third period. Teydon Trembecky scored three goals for the Royals (17-11-3-4), while Markus Loponen had a pair. Logan Pickford netted a single and Brayden Boehm chipped in with three assists. Cole Reschny had two helpers. The Giants went 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Royals were 0-for-2. Elsewhere in the WHL on Tuesday: --- WARRIORS 4 PATS 2 MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Ethan Semeniuk and Pavel McKenzie each scored two power-play goals and the Moose Jaw Warriors beat the visiting Regina Pats 4-2. Netminder Josh Banini stopped 35 of 37 shots fired at him in the Warriors' (9-21-3-1) net. Brayden Schuurman and Aiden Ziprick each chipped in with two assists. Zach Moore and Caden Brown scored for the Pats (9-19-4-2), who outshot the hosts 37-24. The Warriors went 4-for-5 on the power play, while the Pats were 0-for-5. --- WILD 6 ROCKETS 1 WENATCHEE, Wash. — Kenta Isogai, Caelan Joudrey and Maddix McCagherty all had a goal and assist as the Wenatchee Wild grounded the visiting Kelowna Rockets 6-1. Eastyn Mannix, Dawson Seitz and Lukas McCloskey also scored for the Wild (13-17-3-1), who were outshot 30-26. Evan Friesen chipped in with two assists. Hiroki Gojsic scored for the Rockets (13-17-2-1). --- SILVERTIPS 7 WINTERHAWKS 3 PORTLAND, Or
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