WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

T-Birds Beat Silvertips with Dramatic Overtime Win

Published on March 12, 2012 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


Connor Honey scored with 4.6 seconds left in overtime Sunday night at ShoWare Center to give the Seattle Thunderbirds a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips and keep their playoff hopes alive.

Defenseman Shea Theodore passed the puck to Dave Sutter at the blue line. Sutter took a wrist shot towards the goal. Honey tipped the puck over Everett goalie Kent Simpson's right side securing Seattle's crucial win over Everett just before time expired.

The T-Birds started the game four points behind the eighth place Victoria Royals in the Western Conference playoff standings. With the win, Seattle (23-43-1-1) is now three points behind the Royals, who lost in overtime to the Vancouver Giants Sunday night. The T-Birds have two games in hand on the Royals having played 68 games to the Royals 70.

The T-Birds are four points behind the seventh place Silvertips, with a game in hand. These two teams will meet again on Saturday, March 17, at ShoWare Center at 7:05pm in the last regular season home game for the T-Birds.

Seattle (23-43-1-1) scored quickly in the first period with a goal from Seth Swenson at 1:20. Chance Lund took a shot on goal but it was stopped by Everett goalie Kent Simpson. Swenson got the rebound in traffic and beat Simpson with a wrist shot for his ninth goal of the season.

Kohl Bauml tied it 1-1for the Silvertips at 12:54 of the first. Cody Fowlie had the only assist.

Everett (21-38-1-8) and Seattle both had 13 shots on goal after the first period.

Branden Troock scored the T-Birds second goal of the night unassisted at 1:16. Troock intercepted the puck from an Everett defender behind the Silvertips net. Troock skated to the left side of Simpson and sent the puck over Simpson's right side with his a backhand for his 13th goal of the season.

Josh Winquist scored for the Silvertips at 5:01 of the second to tie it 2-2. Josh Birkholz and Brennan Yadlowski had the assists.

Seattle led Everett 25-24 in shots after two periods and finished the game with a 49-32 advantage in shots.

Calvin Pickard stopped 30 on 32 shots increasing his record to 23-35-1-1.

Simpson made 46 saves on 49 shots bringing his record to 19-29-2-5.

Seattle faces the Spokane Chiefs Tuesday, March 13, at the ShoWare Center at 7:05 p.m. The T-Birds travel Spokane Friday night at 7:05 p.m.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2011-12 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

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