T-Birds Fall to Tips But Remain in Wild Card Playoff Spot
January 19, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
KENT - The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-0 Sunday night at accesso ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds travel to Kelowna to face the Rockets on Friday at 7:05pm. They host the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday at accesso ShoWare Center at 6:05pm. Single game tickets are on sale online on the T-Birds website and at the accesso ShoWare Center box office.
The T-Birds are now 18-22-2-1 and are in the second Wild Card playoff spot in the Western Conference, six points ahead of the Tri-City Americans who are 14-22-4-1. Vancouver, with a record of 19-19-2-2, is in the first Wild Card playoff spot, three points ahead of the T-Birds with a game in hand.
Everett took a 1-0 lead at 7:26 of the third period on a penalty shot goal from Michael Gut and then made it 2-0 on a power-play goal by Wyatte Wylie at 15:13.
Seattle pulled goalie Roddy Ross with 2:28 left in the third period for an extra attacker. The T-Birds pressured and forced Everett goalie Dustin Wolf to make several saves.
Everett iced the puck with 41 seconds left in the game and the T-Birds called a timeout to set up a play. Seattle kept the pressure on out of the timeout but were not able to find the back of the net.
The T-Birds are now taking orders for Flex-24 Ticket packages. Fans that purchase the 24-Flex Ticket Package will be able to select any available premium seat for any game, in any ticket combination, during the 2019-20 season.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period - No scoring. Penalties - Bauer, Sea (holding opponent's stick), 19:50. Gut, Evt (roughing), 19:50.
Second period - No scoring. Penalties - Kukuca, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 6:46. Kolle, Evt (unsportsmanlike conduct), 6:46. Bauer, Sea (interference), 16:43. Kolle, Evt (hooking),18:43.
Third period - 1, Everett, Gut 9, 7:26 (pen). 2, Everett, Wylie 11 (Fonstad, Berezowski), 15:13 (pp). Penalties - Patterson, Sea (delay of game), 14:13.
Shots on goal - Seattle 7-12-10 29, Everett 16-12-14 42. Goalies - Seattle, Ross 42 shots-40 saves (14-16-2-1); Everett, Wolf 29-29 (20-8-1-0). Power plays - Seattle 0-1; Everett 1-2. Referees - Chris Crich, Brett Iverson. Linesmen - Michael Bean, Trevor Beaton.
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