Vancouver Giants suffered their sixth loss in a row Saturday night, Nov 23, falling 5-1 to the Spokane Chiefs in front of a hometown audience of 3,427 at the Langley Events Centre.
Ethan Mittelsteadt had the lone goal for Vancouver, his first goal as a Giant and third of the season.
Spokane got goals from five different players: Shea Van Olm, Mathis Preston, Rasmus Ekström, Berkly Catton and Sam Oremba.
Chiefs got on the board first, scoring on a power play 2:29 into the game.
Vancouver found the equalizer 2:31 later, when Mittelsteadt held the puck into the zone from the left point and beat Carter Esler on the blocker side.
After that, Chiefs dominated, going ahead by the 16:37 mark of the first period, and widening the gap in the second period, outshooting Vancouver 20-10 to push the score to 4-1 before adding another in the third.
Giants Head Coach Manny Viveiros said "we're not a very good team right now."
"We're certainly struggling," Viveiros commented.
"It seems like whatever we do right now, it takes a lot more effort than it should in a lot of ways. We're not seeing the plays. We're not making the plays. We got outworked tonight."
Viveiros said Spokane could sense Vancouver was off their game.
"Teams are going to come after you and Spokane did tonight. They smelled it tonight. They knew that we weren't at our best and they were relentless on us. We certainly are a better team than we showed tonight – there's no question about it."
Giants' record falls to 9-8-4 this season, while the Chiefs improve to 15-9.
Up next, Giants host Prince George Cougars at LEC this afternoon. Puck drop is 4 p.m.
