Vancouver Giants goaltender Burke Hood had another impressive outing Sunday afternoon at the 91原创 Events Centre, making 36 saves in a 3-1 win over Prince George Cougars.

The win is Vancouver's 20th on home ice this season and also their third victory in a row, moving them past the Tri-City Americans and into sixth place in the Western Conference, just two points back of Portland for fifth.

Cameron Schmidt (36th), Connor Levis (23rd) and Mazden Leslie (20th, ENG) provided the goals for the G-Men, while Hood was named the first star yet again and now holds a 7-2-1 record over his last 10 starts.

Borya Valis had the lone Cougars tally.

Giants head coach Manny Viveiros said the rival team "came out pretty hard."

"Part of our game plan is we said we've got to get after these guys. What we do in the first and second period is going to pay off in the third period by being heavy on them and make them stop in their d-zone and defend. There's no better way of tiring out an opposition than when they have to defend quite a bit and I thought we did a pretty good job."

Viveiros said Cameron Schmidt's game "was the best game he's played in two years. And I'm not talking about points. I'm talking about how he was around the net, how he was coming back into our zone, he was in position, he was defending hard and then he had that separation speed."

Cougars opened the scoring when Valis struck just 3:36 into the game after he got in behind the Giants defence and put home his 33rd of the season.

Less than a minute into period two, the Giants got the equalizer on the power play off the stick of Schmidt, who took a cross-ice pass in the neutral zone from Leslie and flew past everyone, finishing top corner past Ravensbergen to tie the game.

Early in the third period, Giants forward Ty Halaburda worked the puck down low and got it to Schmidt in the left corner, who saw an open Levis heading to the slot. Levis' quick shot just had enough to squeak through Ravensbergen to give Vancouver a 2-1 lead.

Cougars pulled the goaltender for the extra attacker with 1:40 to go and just three seconds later, Leslie scored from his own zone with a shot that went right down main street. Leslie becomes just the third defenceman in franchise history to reach the 20-goal mark in a single season.

Hood, with 36 saves on 37 shots, was named first star of the game.

Next, Giants head to Victoria on Friday before hosting them on Saturday at the LEC at 7 p.m.