GAME DAY / Tips vs Calgary (11/15)
EVERETT SILVERTIPS vs CALGARY HITMEN – XFINITY ARENA
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 | RADIO: Fox Sports 1380 | TIPS Mobile App
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Silvertips return home tonight in their only meeting of the season against the Calgary Hitmen (Eastern Conference) … tonight’s game begins a stretch of eight of the next nine games at home for the Silvertips … Everett leads the U.S. Division with 31 points and has the second best win percentage (.816) in the entire WHL … the Silvertips are 7-1-0-0 at home this season … the Silvertips entered last week listed #6 in the CHL Top-10 rankings … they are 10-1-2 in the last 13 games and are 6-0-2 in the last eight games … Calgary last played last Saturday and lost at Portland, 9-2.
NEXT THREE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME SITE RADIO
11/16/16 at Kamloops 7:00pm Sandman Centre KRKO 1380 AM / Tips App
11/19/16 LETHBRIDGE 7:05pm XFINITY Arena KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/ Tips App
11/23/16 SEATTLE 7:05pm XFINITY Arena KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/ Tips App
SERIES SCHEDULE NOTES
Tonight is the only meeting of the season between the Silvertips and Calgary Hitmen … the last time the clubs met in Everett was Feb. 27, 2015, in a 7-2 Silvertips victory … their last meeting, overall, was at Scotiabank Saddledome on Nov. 21, 2015 in a 4-3 Silvertips shootout defeat … the Silvertips have an all-time record of 6-3-1-2-1 in 13 lifetime games against Calgary … the Silvertips are 2-0-0-1 in the last three games against Calgary.
Home Record vs. Calgary: 3-2-1-0-0 (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)
Road Record @ Calgary: 3-1-0-2-1
Last Everett Home Win vs. Calgary: 2/27/15; Everett 7, Calgary 2
Last Everett Home Loss vs. Calgary: 2/08/13; Calgary 5, Everett 1
Last Everett Overtime Win vs. Calgary: N/A
Last Everett Overtime Loss vs. Calgary: 11/6/09; Calgary 3, Everett 2 (OT)
Last Everett Shootout Win vs. Calgary: 11/22/06; Everett 2, Calgary 1 (SO)
Last Everett Shootout Loss vs. Calgary: 11/21/15; Calgary 4, Everett 3 (SO)
Most Goals by Everett vs. Calgary: 7 (2/27/15)
Most Goals by Calgary vs. Everett: 5 (2/08/13; Calgary 5 @ Everett 1)
Most Goals, Both Teams: 9 (2/27/15; Everett 7 vs. Calgary 2)
Last Everett Shutout vs. Calgary: 11/23/13; Everett 1, Calgary 0; Austin Lotz – 25 saves
Last Calgary Shutout vs. Everett: 12/9/08; Calgary 4 @ Everett 0; Martin Jones – 28 saves
Current Overall Streak: 2-0-0-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL)
MILESTONE ALERT
- Kevin Constantine is 4 wins away from 300 in his Silvertips career
- Patrick Bajkov played in the 200th game of his Silvertips career on Sept. 23 vs. Vancouver
- Carter Hart played in the 100th game of his Silvertips career on Oct. 11 at Prince George
- Noah Juulsen played in his 200th game of his Silvertips career and collected his 100th point on Oct. 22 at Victoria
- Dominic Zwerger played in his 200th WHL game on Oct. 22 at Victoria
- Matt Fonteyne is 14 points away from 100 in his Silvertips career
TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS
- BLAST OFF: Coming into tonight, the Silvertips are one point (31 points) behind top record in the WHL and are second in WHL win percentage (.816), and are in first place in the U.S. Division … they are 6-0-2 in the last eight games … they are 7-1-0 at home and 7-1-3 on the road … by going 10-1-2 in the last 13 games (eight on the road), they outscored their opposition, 43-25 … they have allowed two goals or less in a game in six of the last seven games.
- THE GREAT “EIGHT” FOR CONSTANTINE: Silvertips head coach Kevin Constantine returns for his fourth consecutive season behind the bench, and eighth overall in Everett … he was named WHL coach of the year in 2003-04 … under his watch, the Silvertips have won the U.S. Division four times … he is 296-168-59 all-time behind the Silvertips bench … he has served as head coach in the National Hockey League for eight years (San Jose, Pittsburgh, New Jersey)
- FIRST THING’S FIRST: The Silvertips have scored the first goal of the game in 14 of 19 games this season … when scoring first, the Silvertips are 11-1-2 this season … the Silvertips scored first in last Saturday’s 3-2 overtime defeat to Spokane.
- COMFORTS OF HOME: The Silvertips are in a stretch of playing in eight of nine games at home, at XFINITY Arena … they carry a 7-1-0 record at home this season … they have allowed two goals or less in seven of eight home games this season.
- HOT STREAKS: Forward Dominic Zwerger had a ten game point streak (longest in the WHL this season) … he owns points in 13 of the last 15 games … goaltender Carter Hart is 5-0-1 in the last six games and has allowed just one goal in four of those appearances … Patrick Bajkov has a point in 16 of the first 19 games … the Silvertips have 17 players who are +1 this season, or higher.
ON THE BOARD
The following Silvertips have collected their first career WHL point this season:
- Bryce Kindopp (goal) – Sept. 23 at VAN (7-3 win)
- Brett Kemp (assist) – Sept. 23 at VAN (7-3 win)
- Wyatte Wylie (assist) – Sept. 30 at POR (3-1 win)
- Eetu Tuulola (goal) – Oct. 2 at TC (2-3 OT loss)
- Montana Onyebuchi (assist) – Oct. 11 at PG (4-0 win)
- Brandson Hein (assist) – Oct. 27 vs. TC (4-2 win)
HART HAULS HONORS
LAST SEASON: Goaltender Carter Hart – CHL Goaltender of the Year, first goaltender selected in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft … was named to the CHL/NHL Prospects Game for Jan. 28 in Vancouver (Team Orr) … named Silvertips MVP for the 2015-16 season … … he earned the CHL Goaltender of the Week award, the WHL Goaltender of the Month (November) award and also his fourth WHL Goaltender of the Week award of the season … during the month of November he was 9-2-0-1 and led the league with a 1.16 goals-against-average, in addition to a .951 save percentage and four shutouts … he is 63-31-4-8 with 11 shutouts in 110 career WHL regular season appearances.
CARTER HART, AMONG THE SILVERTIPS LEADERS:
WINS (CAREER) SHUTOUTS (CAREER)
| RANK | PLAYER | YRS | WINS | RANK | PLAYER | YEAR | SO | ||
| 1 | Leland Irving | 03-08 | 107 | 1 | Leland Irving | 03-08 | 21 | ||
| 2 | Austin Lotz | 11-15 | 72 | 2 | Michael Wall | 03-05 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Kent Simpson | 07-12 | 71 | 3 | Carter Hart | 13-17 | 11 | ||
| 4 | Carter Hart | 13-17 | 63 | 4 | Austin Lotz | 11-15 | 10 | ||
| 5 | Michael Wall | 03-05 | 35 | 5 | Kent Simpson | 07-12 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Heemskerk | 08-10 | 6 |
THE KEVIN CONSTANTINE FILE
Kevin Constantine is in his eighth season overall as head coach of the Silvertips, ranking as the club’s all-time leader in wins (296) and posting a record of 296-168-59 in his Everett career. All four of the Silvertips’ division titles have been achieved with Constantine as head coach, most recently in 2014-15 which was Everett’s first since 2006-07. He was the recipient of the Dunc McCallum Trophy (WHL Coach of the Year) in 2003-04, when the Silvertips broke nearly every WHL expansion record and became the first expansion team in WHL history to win a division title. Constantine has coached in the NHL over the course of seven seasons with San Jose, Pittsburgh and New Jersey, helping guide all three clubs to an appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
The Silvertips roster, categorized by birth year and hometown:
BIRTH YEAR
96: Millar, Skrumeda, Zwerger
97: Bajkov, Fonteyne, Skoleski, Juulsen, Dwyer, Davis, Petit
98: Gerth, Hart, Richards, Tuulola, Hein,
99: Sutter, King, Dewar, Christiansen, Wylie, Kindopp
00: Kemp, Centazzo, Walker, Onyebuchi
HOMETOWN
CANADA
BC: Bajkov, Millar, Gerth, Juulsen, Christiansen, Davis, Walker
AB: Sutter, Fonteyne, Centazzo, Richards, Kindopp, Hart
SK: Kemp
MB: Hein, Skoleski, Dewar, Onyebuchi, Dwyer, Skrumeda, Petit
UNITED STATES
CO: King
WA: Wylie
FINLAND
Tuulola
AUSTRIA
Zwerger
