TIPS WIN » A Hat Trick + 3 Means Glee!
EVERETT, Wash. – Patrick Bajkov earned his first career playoff hat trick, added an assist, and Carter Hart turned in his fourth career playoff shutout on 26 saves as the Everett Silvertips cruised to a 6-0 victory over the Portland Winterhawks in Game 2 of the second round of the WHL playoffs in front of 5,631 fans at Angel of the Winds Arena. The Silvertips tied the series, 1-1.
The Tips earned their largest margin of victory, bouncing back one night after dropping a 5-2 loss on home ice in Game 1. Martin Fasko-Rudas, Garrett Pilon and Sean Richards spelled the offense with a goal each, while Matt Fonteyne earned a pair of assists.
Before the game, both the Silvertips and Winterhawks participated in a moment of silence and stood together at the center ice red line, in support of lives lost in the Humboldt Broncos tragic bus collision and the associated families. Fans in attendance helped raise over $11,000 in proceeds through the Silvertips 50/50 raffle and cash donations, all benefiting the Broncos and their families.
All proceeds from tonight's 50/50 will be donated to the @HumboldtBroncos and families.
We raised over $11,100.
Thank you fans. #PrayersForHumboldt | #SilvertipCountry pic.twitter.com/wJJmQ7XmCZ
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) April 8, 2018
The Silvertips will battle aim to take the series lead on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 PM PT (Fox Sports 1380 / WHL Live). Tickets are still available–individual and group tickets, as low as $13, can be purchased at http://everettsilvertips.com/playoffs.
ROUND 2: EVERETT vs PORTLAND (Everett ties series, 1-1) COVERAGE
GAME 1: Everett 2 – Portland 5
GAME 2: EVERETT 6 – Portland 0
GAME 3: at Portland | Tues., Apr. 10 – 7:00pm (Veterans Memorial Coliseum) Fox Sports 1380 / FM 95.3 / Tips App
GAME 4: at Portland | Thurs., Apr. 12 – 7:00pm (Moda Center) Fox Sports 1380 / FM 95.3 / Tips App
GAME 5: at EVERETT | Fri., Apr. 13 — 7:35pm (AOTW Arena) Fox Sports 1380 / FM 95.3 / Tips App
GAME 6: at Portland | Sun., Apr. 15 – 7:00pm (Venue TBA) ** Fox Sports 1380 / FM 95.3 / Tips App
GAME 7: at EVERETT | Tues., Apr. 17 – 7:05pm (AOTW Arena) ** Fox Sports 1380 / FM 95.3 / Tips App
The Pacific Northwest is with you, Broncos. #PrayForHumboldt pic.twitter.com/9qTYD3PvX2
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) April 8, 2018
The first period started off extremely well for the Tips as Richards got the scoring going for the Tips at the 1:02 mark with a nice deflection to make it 1-0 Tips with assists credited to Christiansen (left point shot) and Bajkov. The Tips did a great job of not allowing Portland to make clean entries into the offensive zone and the Hawks were unable to get quality shots on Hart. There were a couple of good looks that Portland had throughout the first but Hart was perfect with 10 out of 10 saves. The Tips increased their lead at 13:27 with a nice shot from the left faceoff circle by Patrick Bajkov, thanks to beauty passing from Fonteyne and Richards to make it 2-0 Tips.
The momentum from the first carried into the second as the Tips picked up right where they left off. Martin Fasko-Rudas got his second of the playoffs at 3:23 with a nice tap in after Wyatt Wylie got a shot on Kehler to make it 3-0 Tips. Moments after the goal, John Ludvig was called for a hook and the Tips got on the power play.
Bajkov got his second of the night at 4:51 from a great set-up by Davis and Fonteyne to make it 4-0 Tips on the power play, with Bajkov punching in a rebound at the left circle. The scoring did not stop there for the second; Garrett Pilon got a nice rebound goal at the right dot after Riley Sutter’s shot to make it 5-0 Tips at the 15:13 mark. Portland got more looks in the second but Carter Hart stopped all 11 shots that he faced.
The third period saw a lot of feistiness between the Silvertips and the Winterhawks. By the 5 minute mark, there were 4 Silvertips and 4 Winterhawks in each penalty box as there were several scrums to kick off the third. The teams each got a chance on the power play midway through the third but were unable to capitalize on the man advantage. The time at 17:12 saw another scuffle between the two teams which led to three Winterhawk penalties and two Silvertip penalties, which gave the Tips one last chance on the power play for the evening.
Bajkov buried a slap shot from the top of the left circle his hat trick goal to make it 6-0 Tips at 18:35 and his second power play goal of the night. Carter Hart was perfect in the third and got his second shutout of the playoffs with 26 saves overall.
It's a hat trick for @patrickbajkov as the @WHLsilvertips added to their lead late. #EVTvsPOR #WHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/1l8l4CODZ5
— The WHL (@TheWHL) April 8, 2018
Notes: Silvertips scratches included Jameson Murray, Ethan O’Rourke, Bronson Sharp, Kyle Walker and Luke Ormsby … Bajkov’s hat trick was the fifth in Silvertips playoff history … the Tips are 5-0 when they score the first goal of the game in the playoffs … the Tips improved to 7-6 at home in Game 2 situations.
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