Giants First Season Road Trip

Seth Bafaro opened the scoring with his second goal in as many games at the 3:43 mark while both Justin Sourdif and Kaleb Bulych grabbed assisted that saw him hammer the shot from the left-wing point.

Giants Jackson Shepard increased the lead on the PP at 5:44 that saw him (Shepard) knock in a Bafaro rebound with the helpers going Alex Kannok Leipert drew the second assist.

Justin Sourdif sent Cougars starter Taylor Gauthier to the bench at 8:02 that saw Seth Bafaro and Jackson Shepard get the helpers on the play.

The one and only goal of the game was courtesy of Mitchell Kohner at 17:38. Kohner finished off a back-door feed from Tyson Upper off the rush to move the Cougars back within two.

Shots: 10-5 Vancouver

2^nd Period:

No Scoring

Shots: 14-5 Prince George

3^rd Period:

Jackson Shepard and Justin Sourdif combined for the final goal of the night at 2:55 off a two-on-one. Shepard finished off a backhand pass from Sourdif from the right-wing.

Shots: 8-5 Prince George

GAME SUMMARY

Final Score: Vancouver 4 – Prince George 1

Final Shots: 27-20 Prince George

David Tendeck: 26/27 saves for Vancouver (1-0)

Taylor Gauthier: 4/7 saves for Prince George (0-2)

Tyler Brennan: 12/13 saves for Prince George

Vancouver: 1/4 on the Power Play

Prince George: 0/5 on the Power Play

3 Stars:

1. Jackson Shepard (VAN – 2G, 1A)
2. Justin Sourdif (VAN – 1G, 2A)
3. Mitchell Kohner (PG – 1G)

Up Next: The Giants host the Portland Winterhawks on Friday, September 27^th marking the start of Banner Weekend at the Langley Events Centre.

NOTES:

• Seth Bafaro’s five points through two games ranks him tops in the WHL for scoring amongst defencemen. Only Everett’s Bryce Kindopp (six points) has recorded more points overall so far.
• Seth Bafaro and Jackson Shepard each recorded three points in a game for the first time in their careers.
• The Giants finished their weekend three-for-seven on the power play and killed off 11 of their 12 penalties.

Forward Milos Roman suited up in his 100^th career WHL game for the Giants on Saturday. The Calgary Flames prospect was a +2 and had five shots on goal.

Thanks to Dan O’Connor Director of Media Relations/Play-By-Play Broadcaster for the press release