Royals Drop Preseason Contest 4-2 in Everett
Everett WA, – The Victoria Royals met the Silvertips tonight the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett.
Royals’ right winger Drayden Uhrina opened the scoring with his first goal of the preseason at 2:18 from Cruz Waltze and Ashton Brown. Silvertips responded with an equalizer goal from Reid Brown. The score remained knotted at one heading into the second with the Royals leading in shots on net 9/7.
After a scoreless first half of the second period, Lukas Kaplan pulls Everett ahead by one. The Silvertips doubled down with an insurance marker from Atte Vuori and the score remained 3-1 into the third.
Cole Prelusky stepped in to the crease to start the period. Despite a late goal from defenceman Odin Vauhkonen, assisted by Axel Bisbee and Caleb Matthews at 18:09, the Silvertips secured an empty-net goal from Mattias Uyeda in the final minute of play to seal the Slivertips’ 4-2 victory over the Royals.
Scoring summary
1st Period
2:18 Victoria Royals Goal
Drayden Uhrina (53) assisted by Cruz Waltze and Ashton Brown
9:18 Everett Silvertips Goal
Reid Brown (27) assisted by Atte Vuori and Crosby Harrison
2nd Period
13:21 Everett Silvertips Goal
Lukas Kaplan (1) assisted by Logan Lepinski and Mirco Dufour.
16:46 Everett Silvertips Goal
Atte Vuori (2) assisted by Mattias Uyeda and Mirco Dufour.
3rd Period
18:09 Victoria Royals Goal
Odin Vauhkonen (1) assisted by Axel Bisbee and Caleb Matthews.
19:31 Everett Silvertips Goal
Mattias Uyeda (1) empty net.
Shots on Goal
Royals – 31
Silvertips – 36
Powerplay
Royals – 0/4
Silvertips – 1/3
Goalie stats
Royals
Seth Badry – 16/19
Cole Prelusky – 12/12
Silvertips
Jayden Kraus – 34/36
What’s Next
The Royals are headed to Vancouver to meet the Giants for a pair of preseason games to close out the preseason run before heading to Kamloops for the Royals’ first game of the regular season on September 19 at the Sandman Centre.
