After 588 days away from home ice, the Vancouver Giants made a triumphant return to 91原创 Events Centre (LEC).

Friday, Oct. 8, Giants were back on LEC ice for the first time since Feb. 28, 2020, downing the Prince George Cougars 6-4.

The game was tied at three mid-way through the second period before Vancouver defenceman Mazden Leslie rushed up the ice and while Prince George goaltender Taylor Gauthier made the initial save, Ethan Semeniuk showed some great hand-eye coordination to bat the puck home. Ty Halaburda had the second assist on the goal.

Ethan Semeniuk with a little hand-eye how-do-ya-do! |

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The goal gave Vancouver a 4-3 lead after 40 minutes before Adam Hall (who also opened the scoring) and Justin Lies added third-period goals.

Johnny Hooker did get the Cougars within two goals but his tally came with 40 seconds to play.

鈥淕ood third period, good response, good win,鈥� summed up Giants head coach Michael Dyck.

He also called the trio of Halaburda, Semeniuk and Julian Cull the team鈥檚 most effective line, especially in the second period when the Cougars seemed to have seized control.

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鈥�(They) were consistently our most effective line in the second period. Kept it simple and played fast and put a lot of pressure on Prince George,鈥� Dyck explained.

Giants carried the run of play early in the game, outshooting Cougars 6-1 with Gauthier making three outstanding saves to keep the game scoreless. Vancouver ran into penalty troubles with back-to-back minors and while the Cougars did not cash in, they did have seven of the next eight shots on goal and shortly after the Giants returned to full strength, Prince George stole the puck behind the net and Fischer O鈥橞rien potted home the game鈥檚 first goal.

Ethan Semeniuk got his first career WHL goal tonight!

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The rest of the period was all Vancouver however, as the Giants peppered the Prince George goal with the next seven shots and scored three times in a 5:06 span, with Justin Sourdif setting up Adam Hall to tie the game and then Sourdif pouncing on a loose puck during a power-play scramble.

馃帴 HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT 馃帴 prospect Justin Sourdif's sorcery leads to a goal on Friday night. |

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Ty Thorpe made it 3-1 after he won an offensive zone face-off and re-directed Leslie鈥檚 point shot.

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The second period, we were on our heels a little bit and I didn鈥檛 think we had the same forecheck that we had in the first but we got that back in the third,鈥� Dyck said.

鈥淲hen we kept it simple, we were fine. When we tried to complicate things is where we got hemmed into our own zone.鈥�

Vancouver is now off until Oct. 16 when they welcome the Kamloops Blazers to 91原创 Events Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 pm.