With Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, in attendance, the ‘Canes trailed early in the game before tying it late in regulation at 4-4 and eventually losing in a shootout.

After giving up the first goal of the contest, ‘Canes forward Mitch Maxwell would respond, snapping home a juicy rebound off of Giants netminder Mark Segal.

A continual theme for most of the evening saw Vancouver take back their lead. After back-to-back power play goals, the Giants found themselves with a commanding 3-1 lead in the second period.

With a near capacity crowd on hand, the ‘Canes clawed their way back into the game, closing the gap to 3-2 with a power play goal by defenceman Reid Jackson. 

The buzz in the building was short-lived however as the Giants would capitalize on their chances to go in front 4-2 and reestablish a two-goal lead.

Using his size and strength in the offensive end, Canes forward Brody Sutter would put the team back to within one goal by putting one home off another rebound by Segal.

In the third period, ‘Canes defenceman Mike Reddington would complete the comeback for his team by firing a shot from the point that made its way through a crowd and into the net.

The game went into overtime where, upon leaving the penalty box, the ‘Canes Mitch Maxwell found himself on a breakaway, but failed to beat Segal for the game-winner.

After the final whistle, it was off to the shootout where Segal would stand tall for the Giants stopping both of the shooters he would face. The Giants would score on their first two attempts to walk away with the 5-4 shootout victory.

It was more bad news for the Hurricanes over the weekend as they dropped their Friday night game 4-3 against Prince Albert and Saturday night 5-0 against Saskatoon.

The ‘Canes play host to the Regina Pats tonight at the Enmax Centre.