Vancouver Giants surrendered six second period goals to the Rockets Friday night, Nov. 23 in Kelowna, who posted an 8-3 win.
Cameron Schmidt tallied a goal and an assist – his league-leading 23rd tally of the year – while Adam Titlbach and Tyler Thorpe also scored.
Kelowna was led by Andrew Cristall, who tallied a goal and four assists. Cristall now has 38 points in just 14 games. The Rockets got goals from seven different players: Cristall, Jakub Stancl, Michael Cicek, Hiroki Gojsic, Max Graham, Nate Corbet and Kayden Longley, who had two.
Giants Associate Coach Adam Maglio said after a good start, with the Giants scoring first, "the wheels fell off in the second."
"I thought we were a little careless with the puck," Maglio commented.
"Unfortunately you're not going to rebound from a second period like that. I don't know if we felt too good about our first, coming out in the second, but certainly careless mistakes cost us. Obviously you can't play 20 minutes of hockey and win a game."
The Giants' record falls to 9-7-4 this season, while the Rockets improve to 9-9-1-1.
Giants are back home at Langley Events Centre today, Saturday, Nov. 23, to host the Spokane Chiefs at 7 p.m.
