Silvertips Slip Past T-Birds
February 25, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
KENT, February 24, 2018 - The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 Saturday night at accesso ShoWare Center in front of 5,452 fans.
The T-Birds next game is Tuesday against the Vancouver Giants at 7:05pm at accesso ShoWare Center on a Director's Mortgage 2-for-Tuesday.
Seattle (28-24-7-2) is in the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. They are six points ahead of the Kamloops Blazers with two games in hand. The T-Birds are seven points behind the Tri-City Americans, the second place wild card team.
The T-Birds opened the scoring at 14:18 of the first period. Noah Philp had the puck behind the Everett net and centered it to Nolan Volcan. Volcan put the puck over a Everett goalie Carter Hart as he lunged to make the save. Donovan Neuls had the second assist.
Everett (41-17-2-3) tied the game 1-1 at 11:35 of the second period on a goal by Conner Dewar. The goal came just after Neuls' stick was broken in half by a slash that was not called a penalty. The uncalled slash happened in the neutral zone along the right boards as he was heading up ice with the puck.
The Silvertips took a 2-1 lead at 2:24 of the third period on a goal by Garrett Pilon.
Everett outshot Seattle 39-24 in the game.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2017-18 season are currently on sale online on the T-Birds website and at the accesso ShoWare Center box office.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period - 1, Seattle, Volcan 26 (Philp, Neuls), 14:18. Penalties - Lee, Sea (high-sticking), 11:11.
Second period - 2, Everett, Dewar 32 (Bajkov, Fonteyne), 11:35. Penalties - Lee, Sea (interference), 8:17. Wedman, Sea (slashing), 12:53. Richards, Evt (roughing), 17:26. Sutter, Evt (roughing), 17:26. Walker, Evt (roughing), 17:26. Andrusiak, Sea (roughing), 17:26. Ottenbreit, Sea (roughing), 17:26. Philp, Sea (roughing), 17:26.
Third period - 3, Everett, Pilon 31 (Dewar), 2:44. Penalties - Tyszka, Sea (delay of game), 5:53. Bajkov, Evt (slashing), 8:49. Dewar, Evt (roughing), 18:10. Strand, Sea (roughing), 18:10.
Shots on goal - Seattle 8-3-13 24, Tri-City 14-13-12 39. Goalies - Seattle, Hughes 39 shots-37 saves (10-10-4-1); Everett, Hart 24-23 (25-4-1-3). Power plays - Seattle 0-1; Everett 0-4. A - 5,452. Referees - Ward Pateman, Derek Zalaski. Linesmen - Brett Mackey, Michael McGowan.
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