Vancouver Giants were down 3-1 against Portland Winterhawks after the first period Friday night, and every time they got to within a goal, the visitors would respond

The 6-5 loss drops the Giants’ overall record to 5-7-0-1, while the Winterhawks improve to 6-5-0-0.

Vancouver got goals on Friday from Ty Halaburda, Cameron Schmidt, Adam Titlbach, Aaron Obobaifo and Tobias Tobik.

Nathan Free had two goals for Portland, while Alex Weiermair, Sam Spehar, Reed Brown and Jordan Duguay each scored once.

Giants Head Coach Parker Burgess saw “a lot of positives.”

“We were right there at the end,” Burgess commented.

“We didn’t quit. We found ways. Even with 20 seconds left, I thought we were going to be able to tie it up and send it to overtime. But any time you score five goals in a game, you’

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