WHL Roundup: Goncalves power-play goal lifts Silvertips over Giants

VANCOUBER, B.C. — Gage Goncalves scored twice to lift the Everett Silvertips to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Giants on Thursday in the Western Hockey League.

Goncalves’s first goal tied the game 11:56 into the first period and his second, on a power play, put Everett (30-11-4) ahead 1:44 into the third.

Alex Kannok Leipert had the lone goal for the Giants (19-20-4).

Silvertips goaltender Dustin Wolf stopped 27 shots. Vancouver’s David Tendeck made 29 saves.

Tendeck was given a delay of game penalty at 1:20 of the third period and Goncalves scored on the ensuing power play.

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