WHL Everett Silvertips

Heemskerk, Silvertips Blank Rockets, 4-0

Published on February 11, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


Everett, WA -Everett snapped Kelowna's nine game winning streak and won their 10th straight at home with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night. First star of the night Thomas Heemskerk stopped 36 shots to earn his 18th win of the year. For Heemskerk it was his third shutout of the season and his first shutout since January 8th, 2010 where the Everett netminder collected a 3-0 victory over Seattle. Byron Froese, Zack Dailey and Tyler Maxwell had a goal and an assist while Kellan Tochkin and Shane Harper collected two assists Wednesday night. Chris Langkow rounded out the scoring for Everett.

Froese started the scoring for the Silvertips Wednesday night with his 22ndgoal of the season on the power play at 10:15. Everett took advantage of a Lucas Bloodoff interference call when Tochkin, behind the net, made a great pass to Froese coming down the slot before beating Adam Brown glove side for a 1-0 Silvertip lead. Dailey increased Everett's lead to two with his eighth goal of the year at 17:28. Harper delayed at the low right circle and found Dailey left alone in the slot before beating Brown blocker side.

Maxwell added to Everett's lead at 14:54 of the second period for his 27thgoal of the season. Tochkin kept the puck in Kelowna's zone as Brown tried to clear the puck near the crease. Tochkin then fired the puck on net where Froese tipped the puck backdoor to Maxwell for an open net and a 3-0 lead.

Langkow made the score 4-0 Everett at 6:28 of the third period with his 18thgoal of the season. The Silvertips forward collected the puck in the slot and stickhandled past Brown beating the Kelowna goaltender. Heemskerk stopped all 11 shots faced in the third period to claim his 18th win of the year

This brings the 'Tips record to 35-18-2-1 with 73 points in 56 games played. Comcast Arena goes live on Fox Sports Northwest this Friday for a U.S. Division rival game against the Spokane Chiefs at 7:30 pm.

The Silvertips continue the 2009-2010 season at Comcast Arena on Friday, February 12th taking on the Spokane Chiefs at 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now at everettsilvertips.com and at the Comcast Arena Box Office. For ticket information, including season seats and ticket packages, please call the Silvertips' front office at (425) 252-5100.

As always, radio coverage of Silvertips hockey will be provided by North Sound 1380 KRKO, while highlights of audio broadcast, video packages and relevant multimedia will be provided by the Western Hockey League's website, www.whl.ca.

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