Vancouver Giants 3 Prince George Cougars 4 (SO)

After building a 2-0 first period on goals from Mario Bliznak and Evander Kane the Vancouver Giants fell apart and the Prince George Cougars were more than happy to take advantage.

Kane opened the scoring with his seventh goal of the season coming just after a Cougars penalty had expired. The Giants outshot the Cougars 9-5 in the opening period and lead 1-0.

The Giants started the second period on the powerplay but were unable to generate any scoring chances or establish possession in the offensive zone. Bliznak's fifth goal of the year came at the 4:23 mark. From there however it was downhill.

Greg Gardner scored a powerplay goal for Prince George at 9:55 to bring the hometown squad to within one. In the final three minutes turnovers, combined with sloppy defensive zone play, lead to the Giants surrendering the lead. Jesse Dudas scored at 17:14 and only 57 seconds later Dana Tyrell put a slick move on Jon Blum before breaking in on Tyson Sexsmith who was beaten on the breakaway.

Blum would make up for his defensive misstep halfway through the third period when he scored the tying goal on a Giants powerplay with a blast from just above the face-off circle.

The 4-on-4 session solved nothing and the two teams went to a shootout were Alex Poulter and Ty Wishart scored on the Cougars' first two attempts while Casey Pierro-Zabotel and Mike Piluso were unable to beat Tommy Tartaglione. 

For the game the Giants outshot the Cougars 29-08 and finished the night 1-for-4 with the man advantage. The Giants will now wait until Saturday when they host the Everett Silvertips at the Pacific Coliseum.