Blazers vs Giants May 7 (Image Credit: Allen Douglas / Kamloops Blazers)

By Connor Gunn

BLAZERS 4 GIANTS 3

Blazers win thriller 4-3 over Giants Saturday

May 8, 2022 | 12:36 PM

KAMLOOPS — In game two of their second-round playoff series, the Kamloops Blazers squeaked out a win against the visiting Vancouver Giants 4-3 Saturday (May 7) night.

With 4,192 fans in attendance at the Sandman Centre, the Blazers held on to the lead throughout the final period to win the game.

As time was ticking down at the end of the game, Blazers goalie Dylan Garand was able to stop every shot after the Giants pulled their goalie.

Blazers’ Logan Stankoven added two more points to his playoff tally. He now has 16 points in six playoff games in 2022, which is equivalent to 2.6 points per game.

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Giants goalie Jesper Vikman on the other hand seemed to make stop after stop in crunch time but it wasn’t enough to win the game. Vikman saved 35 of the Blazers’ 39 shots on the night.

The Blazers are now up 2-0 in the second-round series against Vancouver. Game three of their series goes on Tuesday as Kamloops hits the road toward Langley.

Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.

Score summary:

First period

1-0, Blazers, Drew Englot from Reese Belton, Dylan Sydor, 11:04

1-1 Giants, Alex Cotton from Ethan Semeniuk, 12:49

2-1, Giants, Evan Toth from Ty Thorpe, 19:53

Second period

2-2, Blazers, Connor Levis from Fraser Minten, Matthew Seminoff, 1:21

3-2, Blazers, Caedan Bankier from Logan Stankoven, 6:41

4-2, Blazers, Dylan Kuefler from Logan Stankoven, Fraser Minten, 14:21

3-4, Giants, Ethan Semeniuk from Jaden Lipinski, 15:13

No scoring in the Third period

Goaltending

Dylan Garand (W), Blazers, 23 saves on 26 shots in 60 minutes played.

Jesper Vikman (L), Giants, 35 saves on 39 shots in 58 minutes played.