RECAP: Everett Flies Out of Gate in Home Win over Giants

Category: ArticleDecember 6, 2025

Everett, WA – The Everett Silvertips scored three times in the first period and five times in the second in an 8-2 win over the Vancouver Giants at Angel of the Winds Arena on Saturday night.

Vancouver falls to 12-15-1-1 with the loss, while the Silvertips improve on their league-leading record, now sitting at 23-3-2-1.

Aaron Obobaifo and Tobias Tomik had the lone goals for the Giants, who at one point cut the Silvertips deficit to 4-2, before Everett pulled away with three goals in an 88-second span midway through the second.

Rylan Gould, Rhys Jamieson and Julius Miettinen each had a pair of goals for the Silvertips. Carter Bear and Nolan Chastko each found the back of the net once.

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GAME SUMMARY

Just 21 seconds into the game, Bear scored the Teddy Bear toss goal for Everett off a 3-on-2 rush.

Gould made it a 2-0 game at the 8:08 mark of the first.

Jamieson increased the Silvertips lead to 3-0 just a few minutes after that.

Obobaifo gave the Giants their first life of the game when he sniped from the high slot, making it 3-1 with his seventh goal of the season.

Let’s gooo!! 🍎: Domenichelli and Oreskovic!! pic.twitter.com/twcLmXnCPH

— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) December 7, 2025

Miettinen tipped in a point shot 5:01 into the second period to restore Everett’s lead to three goals, but Tomik got Vancouver back to within two when he went hard to the net and deposited a rebound off a Cameron Schmidt wrist shot.

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— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) December 7, 2025

Everett responded quickly, making it 5-2 less than a minute later off a Chastko goal.

Gould made it 6-2 just 45 seconds later, and Miettinen scored his second of the night 43 seconds after that.

Jamieson made the score 8-2 with 2:43 remaining in the second period, which held up as the final score.

STATISTICS

SOG: VAN —7/8/11 = 26 | EVT – 15/14/5 = 34
PP: VAN—0/2 | EVT — 1/1
Face-Offs: VAN — 26 | EVT — 25

3 STARS

1st: EVT – Carter Bear – 1G, 1A, 3 SOG, +1
2nd: EVT – Julius Miettinen – 2G, 1A, 3 SOG, +2
3rd: EVT – Rhys Jamieson – 2G, 4 SOG, +2

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Vancouver: LOSS – Burke Hood (16 saves / 22 shots) + Kelton Pyne (in relief; 10 saves / 12 shots)
Everett: WIN – Anders Miller (24 saves / 26 shots)

THEY SAID IT

“A tough start. We expected they were going to come and put their best foot forward against us with us winning the last one at home. Just..those little details within our structure that we just weren’t on and a team like that capitalizes.” – Giants Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson

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UPCOMING

The Giants travel to Portland to face them on Sunday afternoon.

Date	Opponent	Time	Location
Sunday, December 7	Portland	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	4:00 PM
Friday, December 12	Victoria	Save on Foods Memorial Centre	7:05 PM
Saturday, December 13	Victoria	Langley Events Centre	7:00 PM
Sunday, December 14	Spokane	Langley Events Centre	4:00 PM

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