In three back-to-back games this weekend, the Vancouver Giants came away with one convincing win, and two defeats. 

Action started Friday night in Seattle, when they fell to the Thunderbirds by the score of 5-2. 

In this case, the Thunderbirds scored three of the goals on a power play, getting the puck past goalie Burke Hood. He did manage to make 31 saves. Teammates London Hoilett and Jaden Lipinski were credited with scoring for Vancouver. 

In this game, the G-Men took a larger than normal number of penalties, much to the surprise and disappointment of Giants鈥� associate coach Adam Maglio. 

鈥淒iscipline played a big part in the game tonight. The issue we have is it鈥檚 a lot of preventable penalties. If we鈥檙e using our legs, we鈥檙e not slashing, hooking, all that stuff, stick work, high sticks. We weren鈥檛 disciplined through our game and it just kills momentum,鈥� said Maglio. 

Head coach Manny Viveiros weighed in.

"Our group [Friday[ as a whole weren't pleased with our effort and how we lost the game more than anything that was a little disappointing for our group here. We had a meeting after the game last night and we had another long meeting here before today's game to talk about some things and you want exactly the response that we got tonight," Viveiros said.

The next two games for the G-Men were played at 91原创 Events Centre, before a home crowd. 

Before an audience of more than 4,000 people on Saturday night, they took down the Kamloops Blazers by the score of 9 to 2. 

Just five minutes into the opening period, Ryan Lin found the back of the Blazer's net, and the pressure didn't let up much through the rest of the night.

In this game, Ty Halaburda scored twice, as did Adam Titlbach. Other singles were recorded by Lin, Connor Levis, Cameron Schmidt, Tyler Thorpe, and Caden Cail. 

Vancouver had Brady Smith in net, stopping 28 of 30 shots on goal that evening. 

On Sunday afternoon, again before their hometown fans, the Giants were not as successful as the night before. 

This time, they dropped what promoters called a tight affair to the Spokane Chiefs, who broke a 2-2 deadlock midway through the third period and then added two empty net goals to defeat the Giants 5-2. 

In this case, Cameron Schmidt and Tyler Thorpe provided the Giants鈥� goals, while netminder Burke Hood stopped 41 or 44 shots on Vancouver鈥檚 crease. 

Despite the outcome of the last weekend game, Viveiros was pleased with his team鈥檚 performance on Sunday. 

鈥淚 thought we played excellent tonight. I thought our team game, we knew who we had to play against 鈥� certain guys on the opposition and I thought we did a really good job of eliminating a lot of the stuff that they create offensively,鈥� he said. 

鈥淥ur kids did an exceptional job鈥� I thought everyone did a really good job stepping up. I thought we deserved at least a point tonight. We had some chances that were 鈥榟ow did it not go in,鈥� so to speak. They鈥檙e a good team, arguably the best team in our league, and I thought we did a really good job.鈥� 

Sunday鈥檚 loss drops Vancouver鈥檚 record this season to 24-19-6, while Spokane improved to 33-16-0-0. 

Next up, the Giants host the Portland Winterhawks on Friday, Feb. 7 at 91原创 Events Centre, then the Everett Silvertips on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. for both games. 

During Friday鈥檚 game, the Vancouver Giants and Canadian Mental Health Association are teaming up to raise awareness about the importance of mental health.