Burke Hood was unbeatable in goal as the Vancouver Giants shut out the Kamloops Blazers 1-0 on Friday night at the Sandman Centre thanks to a formidable 30-save performance from the rookie netminder.

It's the first time this season the Giants have won a game when scoring two or fewer goals.

Hood is 9-3-1 in his last 13 starts with a .939 save percentage and now has three shutouts in his rookie season (all in the second half).

Giants associate coach Adam Maglio called Hood "outstanding."

"Hood kept us in it," Maglio commented.

"It probably wasn't our best game, that's for sure. We had some good performances by certain guys for sure. Second [period] I thought was our best. I thought the third was better than the first, but I wish we had a little more push back there at the end."

Giants improve to 33-26-8-0 on the year and remain in sixth place in the Western Conference standings with one game remaining. Vancouver doesn't know its playoff opponent quite yet because the Tri-City Americans remain three points back with two games remaining. If the Giants finish in sixth they will face Spokane; if they finish in seventh they will face Victoria, who clinched the B.C. Division with a win over Prince George on Friday.

Seventeen year-old Giants forward Cameron Schmidt scored the only goal from either side on Friday, becoming the first Giants player since 2017-18 to score 40 or more goals in a single season. The last to do so was Ty Ronning, who set the Giants franchise record with a 61-goal campaign as a 20-year-old that season. Schmidt leads the Giants in scoring with 40 goals and 77 points in 60 games.

Giants' final home game of the regular season is Sunday, March 23 against the Kelowna Rockets at 4 p.m. at 91原创 Events Centre.