Portland Blanks Everett, 4-0
Published on January 3, 2009 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release
Everett, WA - Kurtis Mucha stopped all 38 Everett shots and Taylor Peters scored twice to lead the Winter Hawks to a 4-0 shutout of the 'Tips. Portland's win ended Everett's 13 game winning streak in the rivalry as well as Everett's 10 game road winning streak against Portland. The last Winter Hawks victory over the 'Tips came on October 5th,2007 when Mucha stop all 31 Everett shots; the last Winter Hawks victory at home over Everett came on March 16th, 2006 when Mucha stopped 17 of 18 shots in a 2-1 Portland triumph.
This brings the 'Tips record to 17-15-5-0 with 39 points in 37 games played standing eight points behind second place Spokane Chiefs in the U.S. Division. The Silvertips are now 3-5-2-0 in their last 10 games. Everett gets back to action this Saturday, January 3rd traveling to Kent, WA to take on the Seattle Thunderbirds at 7:05.
The Game was scoreless midway through the 2nd period when Shane Harper appeared to give Everett a 1-0 lead after he deflected a Kyle Beach slap shot past Mucha; the goal was disallowed however when Harper's stick was ruled to be above the crossbar. Shortly thereafter Cameron Abney got tangled up with Sawyer Mick along the boards in Portland's zone; Abney was called a five minute elbowing major. Portland capitalized as Peters and Chris Francis each scored on the man advantage. Peters scored again shortly after the penalty ended to give Portland a 3-0 lead after the second period.
Leading 3-0 heading into the 3rd period, the Winter Hawks increased their lead after Luke Walker scored his team leading 12th goal of the season, off of a deflection, to complete the scoring as Everett falls to 4-1 against Portland this season.
The Silvertips come back to Comcast Arena this Wednesday, January 7th at 7:05 pm to take on division rival Tri-City Americans! Tickets are on sale now at the new 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.
Western Hockey League Stories from January 3, 2009
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- Portland Blanks Everett, 4-0 - Everett Silvertips
- Rookies Lead Americans Past Cougars 5-2 - Tri-City Americans
- Giants Edge Rebels in OT - Vancouver Giants
- Oil Kings Snap Winless Skid At Home With Huge Win Over Kootenay - Edmonton Oil Kings
- Portland Shuts Out Everett 4-0 - Portland Winterhawks
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