Newly minted captain Ty Thorpe got the Vancouver Giants on the score board early in the third period, and scored another seven minutes later, but it wasn鈥檛 enough.

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The 91原创-based G-Men fell 6-3 to the Blazers in Kamloops on Wednesday night, despite the efforts of Thorpe and others, explained media relations director Jamison Derksen.

鈥淭he Giants found themselves in a deep hole, but got back into the game in the third period. Unfortunately it was too little, too late,鈥� he said.

Kamloops scored three in the first period, two more in the second, and one last one into an empty net with less than two minutes left in the game 鈥� to seal the their victory.

In addition to the Giants鈥� new captain scoring two of the team鈥檚 three goals, another Ty 鈥� Ty Halaburda, hit the back of the net for the G-Men 鈥� also in the third period.

Kamloops clearly outshot and out scored Vancouver. They had 42 shots on goal by the end of the game, compared to Vancouver鈥檚 22. Thirteen out of 17 of saves were made by netminder Jesper Vikman, while 23 of 24 shots were stopped by G-Men goalie Brett Mirwald.

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