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VIDEO: Vancouver Giants face elimination following third loss in series against Kamloops Blazers

鈥楤acks against the wall鈥 coach says

Vancouver Giants Head Coach Michael Dyck described the situation as 鈥渂acks against the wall鈥 following the team鈥檚 third loss in a row, a 5-0 defeat by Kamloops Blazers before 2,417 at 91原创 Events Centre on Tuesday night, April 4.

Jesper Vikman returned to the net and stopped 41 of 45 shots, and Giants dominated in the face-offs, winning 62 per cent of the draws, but they couldn鈥檛 get one past Blazers netminder Dylan Ernst, who recorded his second shutout in the best-of-seven series.

Following the game, Dyck said the Blazers 鈥渃ame hard and took advantage of the opportunities they got.鈥

鈥淚 thought we were solid,鈥 Dyck maintained, 鈥渂ut as the game wore on, obviously we we had a hard time matching that energy because there鈥檚 been a lot of time on the road.鈥

With game 4 and the possibility of elimination looming, Dyck said 鈥渨e never quit. That鈥檚 not the m.o. of his group. They鈥檒l never quit.鈥

He talked about adjusting the Giants offence, saying 鈥渁 lot of it has to do with with quicker exits and generating a little more grind time in the offensive zone.鈥

Logan Stankoven opened the scoring for Kamloops at 7:37 into the game when he was left alone at the back door.

Emmitt Finnie made it 2-0 just 2:20 into the middle frame after getting a pass alone in front of the net.

In the third, Ryan Hofer scored on a wrap around 3:05 into the final frame.

Just 1:58 later, Caedan Bankier scored his first of the period to make it 4-0.

Then, Bankier dumped one into the empty net with 2:14 remaining.

Final Score: Vancouver 0 鈥 Kamloops 5

Including the empty net goal, Kamloops outshot Vancouver 46-17.

Vikman was named first star of the game, with Blazers Seminoff and Bankier second and third.

Game 4 is set for Thursday, April 6, at the LEC. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

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