Potent Giants offense puts Chiefs in 2-0 hole

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Jordan Martinook had a goal and three assists for Vancouver as the Giants beat the Spokane Chiefs 7-3 in Game 2 of their best-of-7 Western Hockey League Western Conference first-round playoff series Saturday night before 5,146 at the Pacific Coliseum.

It was the second straight game the Chiefs (38-27-5-4) allowed seven goals.

Game 3 is Tuesday night at 7:05 at the Spokane Arena.

Neil Manning opened the scoring in the first period for Vancouver. Martinook scored his third goal of the series on an assist from Cain Franson two minutes later to give the Giants a 2-0 lead.

Vancouver (42-26-2-4) scored three goals in the second period to extend the advantage to 5-0. Marek Tvrdon had two of the team's three goals.

Steve Kuhn put back a rebound for a power-play goal just over a minute into the third for Spokane. Mitch Holmberg scored a little over two minutes later on the power play to pull Spokane within 5-2.

Manning scored his second power-play goal at the 8:07 mark to give Vancouver a 6-2 lead.

Holmberg's second goal of the game on an assist from Jason Fram pulled Spokane within 6-3.

Adam Morrison had 38 saves for Vancouver.