Different Data and Number Crunching

• The Giants had 10 more wins and 21 more points than the Rockets during the regular season.
• The Rockets top two point getter's (Long and Benn) combined for 173 points this season. Long and Benn were in on 65 % of the teams goals this season. The Giants top two point producers (Pierro-Zabotel and Kane) combined for 211 points. Those two were in on 66% of the Giants goals.
• The Giants scored 52 more goals and allowed 27 fewer goals against during the regular season.
• The Giants scored 17 more power play goals during the regular season, and also had 13 more chances.
• The Rockets gave up 5 more power play goals than the Giants during the regular season.
• The Giants had 13 players with 30 or more points. The Rockets had 10.
• The oldest player on the ice in this series is Rockets forward Ryley Grantham. Grantham turned 21 January 7th. All three of the Giants overage players are still 20. Craig Schira will be the first to turn 21 on April 21st. The youngest player is Rockets 16 year-old Shane McColgan. Giants 16 year-old forward JT Barrett is just over 3 months older than McColgan.
• The city of Victoria is well represented with four players taking part in the Western Conference final. Jamie Benn and Tyson Barrie are from the Victoria, while Giants forward Gary Nunn and Jamie Tucker called the Island home.
• It should be pointed out that the community of Trail has two players in this series. Kyle St. Denis of the Rockets and Craig Cunningham of the Giants hail from that BC city of just 72 hundred.
• Nineteen of the 48 players (40%) on the two teams rosters are from the province of BC. Eleven hail from Alberta with ten from the U-S-A. It's interesting to note that the province of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have just two players represented.
• Thirty one of the 48 players (65%) in this series shoot left. The top four scoring forwards in this series shoot left. They include Jamie Benn, Cody Almond, Evander Kane and Casey Pierro-Zabotel. That said, the top two scoring defenceman for their respective teams, Tyler Myers and Jon Blum, shoot right.