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Silvertips Pepper Mirwald with 57 Shots in 4-1 Win

April 6, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release


Vancouver Giants' Jaden Lipinski versus Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown and Austin Roest
Vancouver Giants' Jaden Lipinski versus Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown and Austin Roest
(Vancouver Giants, Credit: Rob Wilton)

Langley, B.C. - The Everett Silvertips fired 57 shots on goal in a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Giants in Game 4 of the opening round series on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre, giving them a 3-1 series lead.

The Silvertips power play went 2-for-6 for the second straight game, but they were pressuring all night long at 5-on-5 as well, spending much of the night in the Giants zone, out-shooting Vancouver 57-25.

With his second 53-save performance of the series, Giants netminder Brett Mirwald has now made 176 saves in just four playoff games on 189 shots. That's an average of 44 saves per game and a .931 save percentage.

Everett got goals from Kaden Hammell, Jesse Heslop, Austin Roest and Parker Berge.

The Giants tally on Friday came from Sam Honzek, who tied the game shorthanded near the end of the second period.

Game 5 of the best-of-7 series goes Sunday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. in Everett.

GAME SUMMARY

The Giants had two first period power plays, but couldn't convert on either, and as the period wore on, the Silvertips began to get more and more comfortable, eventually drawing a power play and converting off the stick of defenceman Kaden Hammell. It was Hammell's second power play goal of the series, giving Everett a 1-0 lead in the final minute of the opening frame.

Everett fired 21 shots on goal in that first period and took the one-goal lead into the intermission.

Brett Mirwald continued to keep the Giants in the game in the second period, making his 30th save of the game before the halfway mark, and with 3:22 left in the period, the Giants got the equalizer while shorthanded.

Kyren Gronick made a great defensive play, poking the puck past the defenceman at the left point and leading a 2-on-1 with Honzek, who he fed a perfect pass to for the game-tying goal.

Unfortunately for Vancouver, Everett kept coming, and they re-gained the lead just 2:21 later. Heslop scored off the rush on a 2-on-1, finishing from the slot over the glove to make it 2-1 Silvertips after 40 minutes of play.

After 40 minutes, the Giants were within a goal but trailing in shots on goal 42-16.

Thirty-six seconds into the third period, Austin Roest extended Everett's lead to 3-1 on a wrap-around and just under nine minutes later, Berge scored on a power play to put the game out of reach at 4-1.

THEY SAID IT

"They were good. They came in, they had a game plan, they stuck to it. When things got tough, they stuck to the game plan. When things got tough for us, we panicked, bailed, took some dumb penalties. It wasn't our best evening as a group, that's for sure. Sometimes when things for our group get really hard, sometimes unfortunately we fold in some situations and we did tonight, but Everett was good...We had some guys that came tonight that worked real hard [and] we had some other guys that have a bit of a history sometimes that when it gets hard, when push comes to shove, we get pushed out and that's what happened tonight. But again, we're at the stage of the season here where we're going to have to put this behind us. We're going to get ready for tomorrow. We're going to get together again. We're going to talk. We're going to go through it again. For me, this isn't about x's and o's. This is about competing for the Vancouver Giants. That's the biggest thing for me." - Head Coach Manny Viveiros on the game overall

STATISTICS

SOG: VAN - 21/21/15 = 31 | EVT - 7/9/9 = 35

PP: VAN- 0/5 | EVT - 2/6

Face-Offs: VAN - 37 | EVT - 30

3 STARS

1st: EVT - Kaden Hammell - 1G, 1A, 4 SOG, +2

2nd: VAN - Brett Mirwald - 53 Saves on 57 Shots

3rd: EVT - Jesse Heslop - 1G, 5 SOG

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Vancouver: Loss - Brett Mirwald (53 saves / 57 shots)

Everett: WIN - Tyler Palmer (24 saves / 25 shots)

NEXT GAME:

Game five will be played on Sunday, April 7 in Everett at 4:05 p.m. If the Giants win on Sunday, Game 6 will be played at the Langley Events Centre on Tuesday, April 9 at 7 p.m.

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Vancouver Giants' Jaden Lipinski versus Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown and Austin Roest
Vancouver Giants' Jaden Lipinski versus Everett Silvertips' Caden Brown and Austin Roest
(Rob Wilton)		   



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