GAME DAY / Tips vs. Thunderbirds (3/4)

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EVERETT SILVERTIPS vs SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS – XFINITY ARENA
Saturday, March 4, 2017  |  RADIO: Fox Sports AM 1380 / 95.3 FM  |  TIPS Mobile App

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Silvertips take on the Seattle Thunderbirds at XFINITY Arena for the ninth of ten meetings this season, and the final regular season meeting in Everett … the Tips trail the Thunderbirds by one point for first place in the U.S. Division and have a magic  number of 8 to clinch home ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs … both teams have already clinched a playoff spot … the Silvertips have one home game remaining after tonight.

TONIGHT’S PROMOTION

Navy Night, supporting the Navy Recruiting District Officer Association … future members of the Navy will participate in a swearing-in ceremony, on the ice, during the first intermission … more details at everettsilvertips.com/navy

DID YOU KNOW? Everett, WA is the home to Naval Station Everett, a military installation located on the city’s waterfront on the northeastern end of Puget Sound, designed as a homeport for the U.S. Navy which first broke ground in 1987.

LAST GAME

KEL 3 – EVT 2 (SO) (3-3-17): Michael Herringer stopped Matt Fonteyne in the sixth round to spoil the Everett Silvertips third period comeback, settling for a point in a 3-2 shootout defeat to the Kelowna Rockets before 4,811 fans at XFINITY Arena on Friday in WHL action … the Silvertips are now 1-0-1-1 in the season series against Kelowna … their last meeting is in Kelowna, Mar. 15 … Carter Hart, tested throughout the evening, made 23 saves and stopped five of six in the shootout … Jake Christiansen and Patrick Bajkov scored in regulation for the Tips.

 

NEXT THREE GAMES (all times PT)

DATE               OPPONENT                 TIME                SITE                            RADIO

3/8/17              @ Spokane                  7:05pm            Spokane Arena            KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/ Tips App

3/10/17            @ Seattle                     7:35pm            ShoWare Center          KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/ Tips App

3/11/17            @ Tri-City                     7:05pm            Toyota Center              KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/ Tips App

 

SERIES SCHEDULE NOTES (Silvertips are 3-3-1-1)
Tonight is the ninth of ten meetings this season with the Thunderbirds … the Silvertips are 67-55-4-6-8 in the head-to-head series, all-time … Everett dropped the recent meeting, 6-1 in Kent on Feb. 26 … the Silvertips earned a point in the first seven meetings last year and earned points in five of the first six meetings this season … the clubs have faced off twice in the postseason, most recently in 2016 (second round) … Riley Sutter and Kevin Davis lead the Silvertips with seven points each in eight meetings.

 

Home Record vs. Seattle:                                             45-18-1-2-4 (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

Road Record @ Seattle:                                              22-37-3-4-3

Last Everett Overtime Win vs. Seattle:                          10/25/14; Everett 2, Seattle 1 (OT)

Last Everett Overtime Loss vs. Seattle:                                    1/14/17; Seattle 4, Everett 3 (OT)

Last Everett Shootout Win vs. Seattle:                         11/22/14; Everett 3, Seattle 2 (SO)

Last Everett Shootout Loss vs. Seattle:                                   1/6/17; Seattle 4, Everett 3 (SO)

Most Goals by Everett vs. Seattle:                                8 (2/16/08; Everett 8 vs Seattle 4)

Most Goals, Both Teams:                                             12 (two times: 2/16/08; EVT 8 vs SEA 4; 1/16/09, EVT 7 vs SEA 5)

Total Everett Shutouts vs. Seattle:                               16

Total Seattle Shutouts vs. Everett:                               10

Last Everett Shutout vs. Seattle:                                              1/20/17; EVT 1 vs. SEA 0; Carter Hart – 33 saves

Last Seattle Shutout vs. Everett:                                              3/11/16; SEA 1 vs. EVT 0; Landon Bow – 21 saves

NEXT MEETING:                                                          Mar. 10 in Kent / 7:35 pm

 

MILESTONE ALERT

• The Silvertips earned the 500^th win in their franchise history on Feb. 4 vs. Vancouver
• Kevin Constantine earned the 300^th win in his Silvertips career on Nov. 26 vs. Prince George
• Patrick Bajkov played in the 200^th game of his Silvertips career on Sept. 23 vs. Vancouver
• Carter Hart played in the 100^th game of his Silvertips career on Oct. 11 at Prince George
• Noah Juulsen played in his 200^th game of his Silvertips career and collected his 100^th point on Oct. 22 at Victoria
• Dominic Zwerger played in his 200^th WHL game on Oct. 22 at Victoria
• Matt Fonteyne earned the 100^th point in his Silvertips career on Jan. 6 at Seattle ­­
• Aaron Irving is 3 assists away from 100 in his WHL career
• Kevin Davis is 1 point away from 100 in his Silvertips and WHL career

 

TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS

• DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC (NUMBERS?): With 9 games remaining, the Silvertips trail first place in the U.S. Division by one point … they have captured the U.S. Division banner four times, most recently in 2014-15 … their magic number to clinch home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs is 8.
• THE GOLD STANDARD OF CONSISTENCY: The Silvertips clinched a playoff berth last Saturday in a 3-1 win over Kamloops … it was the 14^th time in 14 seasons they clinched a playoff spot … the Silvertips are the only WHL team to make the postseason every year since they began play in 2003-04.
• BAJKOV BITS: Patrick Bajkov leads the Silvertips in scoring wit 72 points and leads in goals (26), surpassing his career highs including a 26 point increase this season … he earned the 42^nd multi point game of his career Friday vs. Kelowna.
• SPECIAL OPS: Everett’s power play is 11^th in the WHL (20.9 pct) … the Silvertips penalty killing currently leads the WHL (84.5) … they recently went 12 straight games without allowing a power play goal.
• FIRST THING’S FIRST: The Silvertips scored the first goal of the game in 36 games this season … when scoring first, the Silvertips are 29-2-6 this season … the Silvertips scored first, in last Saturday’s win vs. Kamloops (3-1).

 

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)
• Orrin Centazzo (goal) – Nov. 16 at KAM (1-2 OT loss)
• Ian Walker (assist) – Dec. 28 vs VAN (4-1 win)

 

BY THE NUMBERS – THE TIPS RECORD, WHEN THEY SCORE A GOAL:

Juulsen: 10-0-2

Onyebuchi: 1-0-0

Bajkov: 17-3-3

Centazzo: 4-0-1

Sutter: 10-2-2

Richards: 4-1-1

Fonteyne: 8-3-4

Hein: 2-0-0

Kindopp: 5-1-0

Christiansen: 3-1-2

Skrumeda: 1-1-1

Skoleski: 8-1-1

King: 2-0-1

Davis: 5-0-0

Dewar: 7-2-2

Irving: 1-0-1

Tuulola: 11-1-3

Zwerger: 13-5-2

 

HART HAULS HONORS

Goaltender Carter Hart – CHL Goaltender of the Year, first goaltender selected in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft … named WHL Goaltender of the Week on Nov. 21 and again on Mar. 1 … was named to the CHL/NHL Prospects Game in 2015-16 in Vancouver (Team Orr) … named Silvertips MVP for the 2015-16 season … during the month of November he was 6-1-2 and led the league with a 1.11 goals-against-average, in addition to a .959 save percentage and three shutouts … he is coming off CHL Goaltender of the Week honors, the WHL Goaltender of the Month and his second straight WHL Goaltender of the Week award .. he is 80-37-7-10 with 18 shutouts in 142 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	Carter Hart	13-17	80			2	Carter Hart	13-17	18
3	Austin Lotz	11-15	72			3	Michael Wall	03-05	12
4	Kent Simpson	07-12	71			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 (320) and posting a record of 320-180-66 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: Skrumeda, Irving, Zwerger

97: Bajkov, Fonteyne, Skoleski, Juulsen, Davis, Petit, Babych, Anderson

98: Hart, Richards, Tuulola, Hein

99: Sutter, King, Dewar, Christiansen, Wylie, Kindopp

00: Centazzo, Walker, Onyebuchi

 

HOMETOWN

CANADA

BC: Bajkov, Juulsen, Christiansen, Davis, Walker, Babych

AB: Sutter, Fonteyne, Centazzo, Richards, Kindopp, Irving, Hart

MB: Hein, Skoleski, Dewar, Onyebuchi, Skrumeda, Petit

 

UNITED STATES

CO: King

WA: Wylie

OR: Anderson

 

FINLAND

Tuulola

 

AUSTRIA

Zwerger