The Northwest Giants are still looking for their first victory at the Mac’s AAA midget hockey tournament.
The B.C. major midget Giants led off the tournament with three goals in the first five minutes of the opening game against the Leduc Oil Kings, but were lucky to come away with a 5-5 draw against North Alberta club.
Leduc got out of the first period trailing 3-1, but counted four unanswered goals in the middle frame to appear to have the game well in hand.
The Giants recovered in the final 20 minutes with a goal from Tak Anholt from Justin Szeto and Colton Kerfoot midway through the third to draw within a goal.
Szeto tallied the game-tying counter with just 13 seconds left on the clock on a pass from Kerfoot to salvage a point in Pool 1.
The following day, the Giants played a Switzerland under-17 team goal-for-goal through the first two periods, before surrendering a 4-3 loss to the European visitors. Keyvan Mokhtari scored the first goal for the Giants. Tavin Grant made 33 stops in the loss.
The Giants take on the winless Calgary Northstars later on today.
