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SLIDESHOW: Giants ground Rockets in first-place showdown

Photos from the Vancouver Giants-Kelowna Rockets Western Hockey League clash at the Langley Events Centre
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Vancouver’s Kaleb Bulych wraps up Kelowna’s Leif Mattson. Gary Ahuja Langley Times

James Malm broke a 2-2 in the third period, sending the Vancouver Giants to a 3-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets.

The Giants were hosting the Rockets in Western Hockey League action at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday night.

The victory improved Vancouver to 25-14-4-2 and their 56 points pull them to within one of the Rockets (27-13-2-1) for top spot in the B.C. Division.



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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Vancouver Giants’ Davis Koch slips past the check of Kelowna’s Nolan Foote. Gary Ahuja Langley Times
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Vancouver’s Cyle McNabb and Kelowna’s Gordie Ballhorn in a race for the puck. Gary Ahuja Langley Times
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Kelowna’s Connor Bruggen-Cate holds off Vancouver’s Brennan Riddle. Gary Ahuja Langley Times
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Gary Ahuja Langley Times
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Kelowna’s Kole Lind and Vancouver’s David Tendeck. Gary Ahuja Langley Times
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Kelowna Rockets vs Vancouver Giants, WHL at Langley Events Centre, Jan. 13 Vancouver’s Brayden Watts moves in on Kelowna’s Braydyn Chizen. Gary Ahuja Langley Times