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Silvertips Goaltender Carter Hart Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers

Published on June 25, 2016 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


EVERETT, Wash. - Everett Silvertips goaltender Carter Hart was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round (48th overall) of the 2016 National Hockey League Entry Draft at First Niagara Center in Buffalo today.

Everett has now produced 19 players selected in the NHL Entry Draft, since the Silvertips began play in 2003-04.

Hart, 17, was the first goalie selected in the Draft and listed as the #2 goaltender (North American) by NHL Central Scouting in the final rankings prior to the Draft. This season, his second full year as Silvertips goaltender, Hart earned the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Year award and Del Wilson Memorial Trophy as WHL Goaltender of the Year.

The 6-foot-1, 170-pound goaltender was named Silvertips Most Valuable Player in 2015-16, earning a WHL best 35 wins and was second in goals against average (2.14), tied for second in shutouts (6), and second in minutes (3,693), en route to a 35-23-1-3 record and First Team All-Star selection in the Western Conference of the WHL. He suited up in the CHL/NHL Prospects Game in Vancouver and last summer earned a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.

Hart will skate with teammate and defenseman Noah Juulsen (selected last year in the first round by the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL Entry Draft) in the Hockey Canada Summer Showcase for the second straight year, were selected among 41 players to join Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp in Toronto, July 30-Aug. 2 and play in a four-game series from Aug. 3-6 against the United States, Sweden, and Finland in Plymouth, Mich.

The National Junior Team camp will be monitored as part of a selection process for 22 players chosen to represent Canada at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2016 to Jan. 5, 2017 in Toronto and Montreal.

Currently on the Flyers roster is defenseman Radko Gudas, a former Silvertips defenseman (2009-10) who signed a multi-year extension with Philadelphia on Thursday.

2016-17 SCHEDULE, TICKET INFORMATION

The Silvertips will announce their 2016-17 full regular season schedule soon, offering full season tickets, 22-game, and 14-game plans for as little as $200 total per seat. Priority for seats to the Silvertips 2016-17 home opener, Sept. 24 against the Vancouver Giants at XFINITY Arena, can be secured by locking in a deposit of $50 for Silvertips full season tickets or mini-plans (14-game or 22-game). Seats can be secured by visiting www.everettsilvertips.com/tickets or calling the Silvertips offices at (425) 252-5100.

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