Giants take Game 4 11-6. Wait, What?

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It certainly wasn’t a great night for the goaltenders at the LEC on Friday Night.

Have you ever played one of the EA Sports NHL video games with a younger sibling, and beat them so bad that they complain to mom and dad?  Well, that’s basically what happened at the Langley Events Centre tonight, as the Vancouver Giants evened their best of seven series with the Everett Silvertips at two games a piece after a massive 11-6 victory on Saturday night.

Vancouver came into Game 4 having been outplayed and embarrassed in the previous two games of the series.  If games 2 and 3 were statement games for the Silvertips, then Game 4 might be the biggest statement game the Vancouver Giants have had since the 2007 Memorial Cup tournament.

It was like a ride on the wooden roller coaster at the PNE for Game 4.  Adam Hall opened the scoring for Vancouver less than four minutes in, before Everett responded with three quick goals.  Before the end of the 1st period, Captain Zack Ostapchuk got his Giants within one on the powerplay.  After the intermission, Ty Thorpe tied the game 1:03 into the 2nd period on a breakaway.

Alex Cotton would give the Giants the lead, the ‘Tips would tie, before Cotton would get his second of the period to give Vancouver a 5-4 lead.  Bruins prospect Fabian Lysell added another goal before the period expired.

After Everett tied the game with two quick goals to start the third period, Zack Ostapchuk tallied his second goal and fifth point in the game to make in 7-6. Colton Langkow, Fabian Lysell, and Evan Toth all scored goals in the third, as well. The final goal of the night belonged to Kyle Bocheck, who scored his first WHL goal with 15.9 seconds remaining in the third period.

Game five goes down Saturday night in Everett, as the series shift to a best of three.

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