Portland Winterhawks 3, Vancouver Giants 1
Vancouver Giants at Portland Winterhawks: Gameday, October 28, 2026
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1st :26 POR Jordin St. Louis (Kyle McDonough, Stevie Grumley) 1-0
1st 1:15 VAN Cam Parr (Roughing) 2min PP
1st 4:31 VAN Cash Koch (Roughing) 2min PP
1st 4:31 VAN Cash Koch (Roughing) 2min
1st 4:31 POR Cameron Jacobson (Roughing) 2min
1st 5:39 POR (PP) Jordan Duguay (Kyle McDonough) 2-0
1st 13:24 VAN Joe Iginla (Brett Olson) 2-1
1st 19:42 VAN Brogan McNeil (Major-Fighting) 5min
1st 19:42 VAN Brogan McNeil (Unsportsmanlike Cnd.) 2min
1st 19:42 POR Reed Brown (Major-Fighting) 5min
1st 19:42 POR Reed Brown (Unsportsmanlike Cnd.) 2min
2nd 1:07 POR Easton Dozark (Tripping) 2min PP
3rd 6:10 POR Stevie Grumley (Jordan Duguay) 3-1
3rd 13:27 VAN Blake Chorney (Face off Violation) 2min PP
3rd 19:36 VAN Blake Chorney (Roughing) 2min PP
3rd 19:36 VAN Blake Chorney (10-Minute Misconduct) 10min
3rd 19:36 VAN Cam Parr (Major-Fighting) 5min
3rd 19:36 POR Avery Laliberte (Major-Fighting) 5min
Burke Hood VAN 38 saves-41 shots
Ondřej Štěbeták POR 22 saves-23 shots
POR leads by 2+: 21:35
POR leads by 1: 37:59
tied: 0:26
POR trails by 1: 0:00
POR trails by 2+: 0:00
Talking points
Was this the Winterhawks’ best win of the season? It probably was. The Giants came in leading the division and were in the top 10 in the CHL. And Portland, while not as dominant as the shot totals would indicate, did outshoot them 41-23 and were clearly the better team. Including 17-7 in the 3rd period.
Giants goalie Burke Hood, who came into the game with a .940 save percentage, gave up two early howlers that put the Giants in a hole: a tip on the rush by Jordin St. Louis that he never moved on, and a shot from the goal line by Jordan Duguay that banked in off him. He also played a puck that might have been icing in the 3rd period, leading to a turnover resulting in Portland’s third goal. He ended up stopping 38 of 41, but those goals really hurt the Giants.
Portland’s defense put together another strong performance, incredibly again without Max Pšenička. Vancouver came in with a number of hot players, including Mathis Preston, Cam Parr, and Blake Chorney, and Portland held them all scoreless. It was actually Parr’s first scoreless game since he joined the Giants. It’s probably sacrificing some offense, but the Winterhawks are now 3rd-best in goals allowed per game, impressive given their experience. Will McLaughlin isn’t scoring a ton, but he’s doing a lot of good work moving the puck up ice. Stevie Grumley and Avery Laliberte, lacking WHL but not junior experience, were solid, and Grumley had 2 points.
On the Giants’ postgame show, both announcers and coaches singled out the Winterhawks forecheck as a big part of Portland’s win, especially in the 2nd period. Nathan Brown, Jake Gustafson, and Luke Wilfley get kudos even thought they went scoreless.
When not playing Spokane, the Winterhawks are now 6-0-1-1.
Best
1 Stevie Grumley POR 1 goal, 1 assist
2 Will McLaughlin POR
3 Avery Laliberte POR
4 Jordan Duguay POR 1 goal, 1 assist
5 Ondřej Štěbeták POR 22 saves-23 shots
6 Kyle McDonough POR 2 assists
7 Jake Gustafson POR
9 Jordin St. Louis POR 1 goal
9 Nathan Brown POR
10 Joe Iginla VAN 1 goal
Four players for the Winterhawks who had no points but played very well.
Grumley’s first WHL goal. And he now has a 3-game point streak. McLaughlin lost his 3-game streak but played well.
Iginla broke a 5-game scoring drought, on a night where his brother scored his first pro goal.
Vancouver pregame lines
Jakob Oreskovic-Cam Parr-Mathis Preston
Tobias Tomik-Blake Chorney-Brogan McNeil
Cash Koch-Brett Olson-Joe Iginla
Jaxson Pawlenchuk-Sam Charko-Dennis Emesibe
Derek Thurston-Ethan Armstrong
Kaleb Hartmann-Sullivan Humeniuk
David Byrne-Lance McCloskey
Portland pregame lines
Reed Brown-Jordin St. Louis-Kyle McDonough
Nathan Brown-Luke Wilfley-Jake Gustafson
Trevor Toyne-Sam Spehar-Jordan Duguay
David Hoy-Sam Auld-Alessandro Domenichelli
Stevie Grumley-Will McLaughlin
Avery Laliberte-Easton Dozark
Cameron Jacobson-Luke Christopherson
Shots
Vancouver 23
5: M Preston
3: J Iginla
2: B Chorney, E Armstrong, B McNeil
1: S Humeniuk, D Byrne, L McCloskey, K Hartmann, D Thurston, B Olson, T Tomik, C Parr, J Oreskovic
0: C Koch, J Pawlenchuk, S Charko, D Emesibe
Portland 41
4: K McDonough, L Christopherson, W McLaughlin, J Gustafson
3: S Grumley, S Spehar, J Duguay, J St. Louis, N Brown, L Wilfley
2: A Laliberte, A Domenichelli
1: C Jacobson, E Dozark, R Brown
0: S Auld, D Hoy, T Toyne
Plus-minus
1-0: D Thurston, C Koch, E Armstrong
0-0: C Parr, J Oreskovic, M Preston, J Pawlenchuk, S Charko, D Emesibe
1-1: B Olson, J Iginla
0-1: S Humeniuk, D Byrne, L McCloskey, K Hartmann, T Tomik, B Chorney
0-2: B McNeil
2-0: S Grumley, W McLaughlin
1-0: K McDonough, J St. Louis, R Brown
0-0: A Laliberte, S Auld, E Dozark, J Gustafson, N Brown, D Hoy, A Domenichelli, L Wilfley
1-1: S Spehar, J Duguay, T Toyne
0-1: C Jacobson, L Christopherson
Parr lost a 5-game point streak, Tomic 4, Oreskovic and Preston 3. Preston, the Giants’ leading scorer, had 5 shots but was only a little bit dangerous.
