In the Star Wars universe, storm troopers are notoriously bad shots, especially when they are trying to hit the good guys.

But when the Vancouver Giants donned special storm trooper-inspired uniforms on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29, their aim was considerably better.

Ty Halaburda was very much on target, leading the team with  a two-goal, three-point performance as the Giants marched to a 3-1 win over the Kelowna Rockets  in front of 4,615 fans at the 91Ô­´´ Events Centre.

Jaden Lipinski also scored for the G-Men. Giants goaltender Matthew Hutchison won his third straight start. The win was Vancouver's third in a row.

Rockets captain Max Graham had the lone goal for Kelowna.

Giants Head Coach Manny Viveiros called it "another tough game."

"I thought we played well in all areas of the game. [Hutchison] was really good again tonight. He gave us a chance – he made some big saves at the right times for us. Some big efforts from some players, but really pleased with everyone: they played really well."

Viveiros said the team was looking forward to the Star Wars theme night.

"Our kids looked forward to it and we like [special jerseys] too. And I thought these were outstanding. They looked really good tonight – the way the jerseys looked on the ice"

Giants Forward Ty Halaburda said it was "really cool."

"It was a pretty crazy atmosphere too. It was a good night. The [uniforms] were insane."

"I think we're coming together," Halaburda added.

"We just can't get too high or too low right now. We've just got to stay even and just keep working every day..." 

Giants scored on their very first power play opportunity, after Cameron Schmidt hit Mazden Leslie with a cross-seam pass in the right circle, who then threw the puck along the ice to the front of the net looking for a tip from Halaburda. The puck went off Halaburda's stick to the slot, where Lipinski was there to pot it home less than three minutes in.

Just a few minutes later, the Rockets responded with a power play goal of their own, when Graham stuffed home a rebound after an Andrew Cristall shot was stopped from the right circle.

Halaburda would score the only goal of the second period, giving the G-Men a 2-1 lead with his fourth career shorthanded goal, sniping on a 2-on-1 rush from the right circle 12:08 into the middle frame.

His goal would stand up as the game-winner, as the only other tally was an empty-net marker from Halaburda to put the icing on the cake with 34 seconds remaining.

The Giants held Kelowna to just 14 shots in the final two periods. In fact, all eight of their third period shots came in the first half of the third.

Next, a road trip to Victoria for back-to-back games Tuesday, Dec. 31 and Wednesday, Jan. 1.