Blazers lose 4-3 to the Giants in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — The Blazers overcame a 3-0 deficit to earn a point, but couldn’t come all the way back as the Vancouver Giants won 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday night.
Kamloops got off on the wrong foot early in the game, as captain Matt Needham was given a major and a game misconduct for kneeing Giants’ defenseman Dmitry Osipov less than a minute into the first.
Trevor Cox opened the scoring for the Giants at 18:53 of the first period. The Giants added to their lead only 38 seconds into the second frame, as Chase Lang shot a puck that took an unlucky bounce over goalie Connor Ingram, who was getting the start after the night off on Saturday.
The Giants made it 3-0 exactly two minutes later on the powerplay, when Radovan Bondra wired a snapshot past the glove of Ingram.