Vancouver Giants regular season wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a win on home ice, scoring four goals in the first period to defeat the Kelowna Rockets 5-1 in front of 4,615 fans at the 91原创 Events Centre.
Giants finish their 2024-25 regular season with 34 wins, the most since the 2018-19 season, when the club recorded 48 victories and went all the way to Game 7 of the WHL Championship final.
Five different Giants found the back of the net on Sunday: Jaden Lipinski, Tyus Sparks, Adam Titlbach, Colton Roberts and Ty Halaburda. Brady Smith made 32 saves on 33 shots to secure his 14th win of the season.
Jakub Stancl had the lone goal for Kelowna.
Giants head coach Manny Viveiros said the crowd was "outstanding."
"The place was packed. The atmosphere was unbelievable and that got our kids going."
All three stars of the game were Giants graduating players appearing in their final home game.
1st: Jaden Lipinski 鈥� 190 career points in 260 career games, all with Vancouver
2nd: Connor Levis 鈥� 233 career points in 286 career games, split between Vancouver and Kamloops
3rd: Maxim Muranov 鈥� 128 career points in 237 career games, split between Vancouver and Calgary
Mazden Leslie did not record a point on Sunday but still finished tied with Kevin Connauton for the highest scoring single season by a defenceman in franchise history with 72 points.
Cameron Schmidt finished the season with 78 points, the fourth-highest total by a 17-year-old player in franchise history.
Sixth-seeded Giants will face off with the third-ranked Spokane Chiefs in the first round of the WHL playoffs, beginning on Friday at home at 7 p.m. Vancouver will start the series at the LEC because Spokane does not have building availability during the first weekend of the playoffs, due to Spokane Arena hosting the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds of the NCAA Women鈥檚 Basketball Tournament.
