The Vancouver Giants defeated the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on Saturday night.
It was the biggest crowd of the season so far for the Langley Events Centre, but neither team could find the net during the first period.
Conner Bruggen-Cate finally opened scoring for the Rockets less than four minutes into the second period.
Vancouver fired back with two quick goals from Owen Hardy and Ty Ronning, taking a 2-1 lead into the third period.
Leif Mattson evened things out for the Rockets 3:49 into the third period.
A few minutes later, James Malm put the Giants back in the lead. They held onto the 3-2 score for the rest of the game.
Kelowna outshot Vancouver 30-26. Rockets goaltender James Porter stopped 23 of 26 shots fired his way. Giants goaltender Dave Tendeck stopped 28 of 30 shots.
Kelowna will host the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday.
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