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Silvertips Spread Scoring to Upend Cougars

January 5, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - Saturdays are a great day to be a Silvertip as the Everett Silvertips defeated the Prince George Cougars 5-2 in front of 2,267 people at the CN Centre. It's the Silvertips fourth straight win on a Saturday, including three of those victories coming on the road. Five different Silvertips got goals tonight while rookie netminder Braden Holt stopped 19 of Prince George's 21 shots to get his first career WHL victory.

UP NEXT: Everett's returns to Washington state with a battle against the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent next Saturday, 6:05 p.m. (KRKO / Tips App). They return to the Angel of the Winds Arena on January 12th for their only meeting of the season against the Regina Pats, 4:05 p.m. It's Beanie Hat Giveaway presented by BECU so be sure to get there early as puck drop is 4:05 pm.

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The first period was one of Everett's best on the road trip. Ronan Seeley started the scoring for the Tips as he scored his first goal since November 30, just 1:03 into the game.

His goal was quickly followed up by a long-distance Jake Christiansen tally a minute later. With the two Silvertips d-man goals, Everett had a 2-0 lead that would last through the first period. Making his second straight start, Tips netminder Braden Holt made eight saves in the opening frame.

Prince George scored first in the second period as Nikita Krivokrasov got his sixth of the season at the 4:14 mark of the period. That cut the Silvertips lead down to one, but Cole Fonstad changed that as he scored Everett's third of the night with 11:46 in the middle period to make it 3-1. A little over two minutes later, Jackson Berezowski made it a three-goal game as he tipped a pass in front from Wyatte Wylie that would get past Cougars goalie Tyler Brennan.

In the final twenty minutes, Conrad Mitchell tipped a Ronan Seeley shot past Brennan to put the Tips up 5-1. It was Mitchell's fourth goal of the 2019-20 campaign and his first since he scored against Swift Current on December 6th. Prince George would get another goal on the powerplay thanks to Jack Sander, but it was too little to late as the Silvertips finished the night with a 5-2 win.

Cole Fonstad wound up finishing as the first star as he scored a goal and assist in his third straight multi-point game. Getting the second star was Ronan Seeley as he also finished with a goal and an assist, as well as a +2. Between the pipes, Braden Holt would finish with 19 saves and earned his first WHL win.

SOG: EVT 35, PG 21

PP: EVT 0/4, PG 1/6

FOW: EVT 38, PG 20

THREE STARS:

1. Cole Fonstad (EVT)

2. Ronan Seeley (EVT)

3. Nikita Krivokrasov (PG)

NOTES: Scratched from the lineup were Dustin Wolf, Brendan Lee, and Tyson Phare... This Everett's first win since December 28th ... in three games played this year, Braden Holt is 1-2 with 0.911 SV% and 2.62 GAA ... Bryce Kindopp earned the third straight multi point outing ... Fonstad's assist extended his road streak to nine straight games.

2019-20 SCHEDULE, TICKET INFORMATION

The Tips full regular season schedule offers ticket plans for as little as $215 total per seat, available at www.everettsilvertips.com/season or by calling (425) 252-5100 during normal business hours. Seven game packs are now on sale.

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