Vancouver Giants Look to Make History Against Everett Silvertips

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The Vancouver Giants are looking to close out their series against the Everett Silvertips tonight to become the first 8th seed team in Western Hockey League history to win a playoff series against the number 1 team.

 

As Vancouver finished the season 47 points back of their first-round matchup with a 24-39-5-0 record, Giants coach Michael Dyck had this to say before going into Game 6. “I think the key for us, very simply, is understanding that we’re going to have to play our best game of the series to close this out. The fourth win is always the hardest. And Everett is a very good team.”

And by a very good team, Everett had 100 points in the regular season that won them the U.S Divisional Title, along with the Western Conference banner. The Silvertips also finished the season with an unbelievable 45-12-5-5 record.

The Giants have not had the best run this year after high expectations coming into the 2021-22 season, with four NHL draft picks in their lineup at the start of the season. The team also ended the season poorly, only winning one of their last 12 games.

But after being down 2-1 in the series, the Giants have shown they can play with the best of the best as they’ve come back to win two in a row, outscoring their opponent 14 to 6 over the past two games.

This all wouldn’t mean anything without the help of 20-year-old Swede, Jesper Vikman in the net, stopping all 50 shots faced last game in Everett to shut out the home team to give Vancouver the series lead.

Game 6 will be held at the Langley Events Centre and the puck will drop at 7 pm on Monday, May 2nd as the Vancouver Giants will look to move on to the second round of the playoffs.

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