Vancouver Giants extend straight win streak to six with comeback over Everett Silvertips

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The Kamloops Blazers and Everett Silvertips came into the weekend with three combined losses in regulation time and the Vancouver Giants quickly defeated them on consecutive nights.

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The Giants defeated the Silvertips, who ranked third in the national standings last week, by a 6-5 count on Saturday at Everett. The victory came on the heels of a 3-1 win over the No. 2 Blazers at Langley Events Center on Friday.

Vancouver (13-7-1-0) has won six in a row.

Against the Silvertips (18-2-1-1), Vancouver rallied from deficits of 3-1 in the first period and 4-3 in the second period.

Striker Zack Ostapchuk’s second goal of the night and the sixth of the season at 11:12 in the third period emerged as the game winner. Ostapchuk, the 2021 Ottawa Senators second round, has five goals in his last three games.

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2021 Boston Bruins first-round player Fabian Lysell scored one goal and two assists for the Giants, giving the winger five goals and 12 points in the last five games. He has nine goals in the year.

Defender Alex Cotton also posted his ninth and added two assists. The 2020 Detroit Red Wings fifth round has three goals and 10 points in its last six games. He is tied for the league lead in goals among defenders.

Centers Ty Thorpe and Ty Halaburda added their eighth and third goals, respectively.

2020 Florida Panthers third assailant Justin Sourdif had three assists in the victory. The forward starts the junior world championship of the Canadian team The team’s camp Thursday in Calgary and is not expected to play for the Giants when they visit Kamloops (17-4-0-0) on Wednesday. The Blazers followed up their loss to Vancouver with a 4-3 setback on Saturday against the Kelowna Rockets (11-6-0-2).

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The Rockets are 3-0-0-0 against the Blazers this season.

Jackson Berezowski scored two goals for Everett against the Giants.

Jesper Vikman, who is a 2020 Vegas Golden Knights fifth round player, rejected 43 shots at the Vancouver net. Koen MacInnes allowed six goals on 26 shots before being retired with just under nine minutes to play. Braden Holt stopped all three shots he faced with relief.

It was Teddy Bear Toss Night in Everett and Silvertip fans didn’t have to wait long to release their stuffed animals as Matthew Ng opened the score 1:54 in the game.

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