Hey everyone. You might remember me from last season when I was providing semi-regular Justin Sourdif updates since I'm a Giants fan/ticket-holder and a big Sourdif fan.
Well, it was the team's home opener tonight so for the first time in like a year and a half I got to see him play live.
He finished the game with a goal and 2 assists on 4 shots and was 9/22 on faceoffs in a 6-4 Giants win over the Prince George Cougars.
WHL highlight of the night (his 2nd assist, which was originally credited as a goal to him before being changed upon review)
There aren't any other highlights on the Giants' twitter feed but honestly he was the best player on the ice for Vancouver all game. He had the 3 points but he also probably set up 4-6 other really solid scoring chances that couldn't find the back of the net. The biggest thing I noticed was that he was a) making a much more concerted effort to be a playmaker and b) he was actually pretty good at it, as several of those aforementioned scoring chances were shifty moves and slick passes to linemates who just couldn't finish the play.
He was also named 1st star of the game
Full highlight package:
Highlights: Cougars (4) at Giants (6) - Vancouver Giants
Unfortunately the archaic WHL website media player doesn't support external embedding for the highlights and while they upload the singular highlight of the night
play to their youtube channel they don't upload game highlight packs.
I may pop in from time to time after home games with thoughts. I don't have the streaming package this season so I won't be watching road games.
