WHL Everett Silvertips

Hart Blanks Tri-City 5-0

Published on November 26, 2015 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


EVERETT, Wash. - Remi Laurencelle scored twice, eight other teammates hit the scoresheet and Carter Hart recorded his ninth career shutout in a 5-0 blowout victory for the Everett Silvertips over the visiting Tri-City Americans at XFINITY Arena on Wednesday night.

The Silvertips, who have outscored visiting teams 14-2 in the last three home games, snapped a three-game winless skid while Hart recorded his second straight shutout at home and over Tri-City (he made 21 saves in a 1-0 win, last meeting in March 2015). Hart outdueled United States World Junior prospect Evan Sarthou, who was shelled with four goals on 34 shots.

Everett improved to 12-2-0 over Tri-City since the beginning of the 2013-14 season, when Kevin Constantine returned behind the bench as head coach.

Laurencelle opened the scoring for the second straight game at 11:01 of the first period, finishing Carson Stadnyk's bank off the end boards at the left circle. Cole MacDonald buried his second goal of the season from the blueline with 17 seconds to play, set up by Patrick Bajkov (1g-1a) and Matt Fonteyne for a 2-0 cushion by the end of the period.

Bajkov sniped a goal off Matt Fonteyne, setting a screen at 10:35 of the second period for a 3-0 lead with Bajkov loading up from the left circle and beating Sarthou, glove side. Tri-City, outshot 25-10 in the first two periods, surrendered an empty net goal after pulling Sarthou for an extra attacker with less than nine minutes to play in regulation. Lucas Skrumeda feathered an outlet pass to Laurencelle, who buried the goal from the red line with 8:23 to play.

Hart, who faced a relatively light amount of workload throughout the game, provided his two toughest saves, back-to-back on Jordan Topping with six minutes remaining to preserve the shutout. Jake Christiansen then finished the game with his second goal of the season, from the left circle, with 2:44 to play on a set up from Connor Dewar.

SILVERTIPS LINES

Leedahl - Laurencelle - Stadnyk

Bajkov - Fonteyne - Millar

Dewar - Skoleski - Winkler

Ralph - Sutter - King

SILVERTIPS D-PAIRINGS

Skrumeda - Juulsen

MacDonald - Davis

Dwyer - Pfeifer

NOTES: The Silvertips scratched Sean Mallonee, Yan Khomenko, Mackenzie Dwyer and Spencer Gerth ... the Silvertips scored the first goal for the 13th time in the last 15 games ... their record against U.S. Division teams improved to 6-4-0 ... Laurencelle's multi-goal game was his third of the season and he has 11 points in the last 10 games ... Hart improved to 4-0, lifetime against the Americans.

The Silvertips return to play at XFINITY Arena for their next game, Friday at 7:35 p.m. (1380 AM/WHL Live) against the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Black Friday, which launches tomorrow with online ticket sales at 6:00 p.m., offers tickets as low as $5 for Friday's game along with select merchandise as low as 20% off. Friday's game, presenting another Hockey Happy Hour event, will host a concourse sale coinciding with Black Friday. The Silvertips Team Store will open 10:00 a.m. for purchases, offering in-store merchandise as low as 70% off.

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