Make it nine periods and counting for Trent Miner without surrendering a goal against for the 91原创-based Vancouver Giants.
Monday night, in Kamloops, Miner turned aside all 30 shots he faced to secure his third straight shutout as the Vancouver Giants defeated the Kamloops Blazers 4-0.
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At 10:14 into the game, 2021 NHL draft hopeful Zack Ostapchuk forced a turnover at the Kamloops blueline, raced wide on the Kamloops defender on the right-wing and wired a low shot through the legs of Dylan Garand to stake the G-Men to a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, Justin Sourdif recorded his 50th career WHL goal off a turnover near the Kamloops goal. Rookie defenceman Nicco Camazzola pushed a puck free to Sourdif in the slot, and from there, the Florida Panthers draft pick did the rest, tucking a backhand deke home to give Vancouver a 2-0 lead.
Sourdif said he didn鈥檛 realize it was number 50 until after the game.
鈥淚t was awesome,鈥 Sourdif remarked.
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With 1:55 left in the period, Justin Lies pounced on a loose puck off a Kadyn Chabot faceoff victory and he wired home a high shot from the slot to make it a 3-0 lead for the Giants.
Adam Hall knocked home the game鈥檚 final goal off a redirect in front of the Kamloops net. Sourdif and Tristen Nielsen both earned assists on Hall鈥檚 fourth goal of the season.
RECAP: prospect stopped all 30 shots fired his way to earn his third straight shutout as the Giants downed the Blazers 4-0. Justin Sourdif and Tristen Nielsen each added two points.
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Miner becomes the second Giants goaltender to ever record three straight shutouts.
The other was Ryan Kubic who accomplished that feat in 2015 from November 28 through December 4th.
鈥淭he score didn鈥檛 reflect how close the game was,鈥 Miner said.
鈥淲e battled right to the end. Our team was rock solid all the way through.鈥
Associate Giants coach Keith McCambridge was pleased with the entire team.
鈥淚 think we did a really good job of trying to slow them down,鈥 McCambridge remarked.
鈥淔rom top to bottom I thought our group was real strong. 鈥
McCambridge credited Miner for being a 鈥渃alming prescence鈥 for his temmates, who have 鈥渃onfidence that if a breakdown does place, he鈥檚 there to make that save.鈥
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Sourdif, who posted a goal and an assist, said there were no 鈥渨eak links鈥 on the team that evening, and that鈥檚 why they won.
鈥淲e played our best hockey, and that鈥檚 what it鈥檚 going to take to beat Kamloops,鈥 Sourdif commented.
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Nicco Camazzola and Kadyn Chabot both recorded their first career WHL points.
Nielsen has now recorded four multi-point games so far this season.
Next Giants game goes Wednesday evening at 7:05 PM against the Victoria Royals in Kelowna, followed by a Saturday, April 10 game against Prince George and on Monday, April 12, Giants will play Prince George.
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