Alex Cotton maintains his scoring streak, the Vancouver Giants wrap up the perfect three-game trip to the USA.

Cotton’s goal in a 3-1 win over Spokane gives him eight so far this year and evokes thoughts on Bowen Byram’s team defense record of 26 in 2018-19 and Kevin Connauton’s 24 in 2009-10. .

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Defender Alex Cotton scored his eighth goal of the season in the Vancouver Giants’ 3-1 win over host Spokane Chiefs on Saturday night, and it’s getting easier to ponder the final score Cotton could end up with. this season.

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Cotton has scored four times in seven games with Vancouver since coming from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a trade. His four goals for Lethbridge came in eight games and their combined record gives him a Western Hockey League lead among the rear. Moose Jaw’s Denton Mateychuk (21 games), Edmonton’s Simon Kubicek (22 games) and Moose Jaw’s Daemon Hunt (17 games) have seven.

Cotton has 14 points on the season, including four assists with Vancouver. The 20-year-old Langley, who was selected in the fifth round of the Detroit Red Wings in 2020, has 50 more games for this season with the Giants (10-7-1-0).

Bowen Byram set the team standard for goals in a season by a defender when he scored 26 in 67 games in 2018-19. The best previous one belonged to Kevin Connauton, who had 24 in 69 games in 2009-10.

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Cotton had seven goals, to go with 26 points, in 24 games last spring with Lethbridge. In 2019-20, Cotton had 20 goals and 67 points in 63 games for Lethbridge. He led all of the league’s rear in points that season and was second in goals behind Everett’s Jake Christiansen, who scored 22 in just 38 games.

Vancouver got Cotton from Lethbridge for four WHL Draft picks and one unsigned prospect.

Boston Bruins winger Fabian Lysell with his sixth goal of the season and linemate Ty Thorpe with his seventh also scored for Vancouver against Spokane. Center Justin Sourdif, who is a Florida Panthers prospect, extended his points streak to five games with one assist (3-5-8).

Will Gurski made 22 saves to help the Giants wrap up a perfect 3-0 trip through the United States.

Reference-theprovince.com

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