TONIGHT // Tips vs. Portland (3/1)

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EVERETT SILVERTIPS vs PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS – A.O.T.W. ARENA   

• Sunday, March 1, 2020
• Time: 4:05pm PT
• RADIO: KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM / Tune In App

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TODAY’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES

Second game of a four game homestand … seventh of eight meetings this season … all-time record against Portland is 83-72-4-5-6 … the Tips last season went 6-4-0-0 against Portland and won four of five meetings in downtown Everett … today’s game concludes a stretch of four games in five days for the Silvertips … the Tips have earned four points out of six possible, in all eight “three in three” scenarios … the two teams are one point apart for first place in the U.S. Division.

 

AGAINST THE WINTERHAWKS:

SILVERTIPS LEADER, POINTS: Bryce Kindopp, 8

SILVERTIPS LEADER: GOALS: Gage Goncalves, 5

WINTERHAWKS LEADER, POINTS: Seth Jarvis, 8

WINTERHAWKS LEADER, GOALS: Five players, 2

 

NEXT THREE GAMES (all times PT)

DATE            OPPONENT          TIME           SITE                                     RADIO

3/6/20           TRI-CITY               7:35pm        A.O.T.W. Arena                     KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

3/7/20           SEATTLE             7:05pm        A.O.T.W. Arena                     KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

3/8/20           @ Seattle             4:05pm        A.O.T.W. Arena                     KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

LAST TIME OUT:
EVT 4 – KEL 1 (2-29-20): In the second half of a back to back against the 2020 Memorial Cup hosts, the Everett Silvertips welcomed the Kelowna Rockets to their barn for the second time this season. With Ethan Regnier getting two goals and Bryce Kindopp scoring his fifth goal in as many games, Everett defeated Kelowna 4-1in front of 6,343 at AOTW Arena to keep themselves one point behind Portland for first in the US Division. The Tips finished 3-1 against the Rockets and have pushed their season high win streak to nine games. The Tips outshot the Rockets 50-13 and scored four unanswered goals to surge to victory.
SHOTS: EVT 50| KEL 13

 

DID YOU KNOW?
1) FONSTAD-Y AS HE GOES: Cole Fonstad leads the WHL in assists (58) … his 71 points in 59 games are tied for 11 in WHL scoring … his 60 assists in the calendar year of 2019 were 2^nd in the WHL, trailing Eli Zummack of Spokane by three.
2) THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS: Wyatte Wylie (60 points, 2^nd) and Jake Christiansen (20 goals, 1^st) rank among the league leaders among defensemen … Kasper Puutio has a point in five of the last seven games … Olen Zellweger earned a multi point game last Feb. 7 at Tri-City … Christiansen is the first defenseman in Silvertips history to reach the 20 goal plateau in one season.
3) HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF: Tips goaltender Dustin Wolf ranks among the WHL leaders in the following categories: 1^st in goals against average (1.85), 1^st in save percentage (.937), 1^st in wins (32), 1^st in shutouts (9) … he has 20 career shutouts, tied 5^th all time with Dustin Slade and Justin Pogge … his next shutout (21) will tie him for 3^rd in WHL history, all-time with Leland Irving (2^nd, Tips history) and Bryan Bridges.

 

NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING TRACKER: (updated from NHL CSS midterm rankings)

            Player                         Of note:

• (D) Ronan Seeley Assist on 2/28 at Kelowna
• (D) Kasper Puutio Assist on 2/29 vs. Kelowna
• (F) Gage Goncalves  34 points, last 26 games (16g-18a)
• (F) Michal Gut Goal, assist on 2/28 at Kelowna

BRYCE KINDOPP ALL-TIME GOAL TRACKER, SILVERTIPS

RANK PLAYER                     POS    G        
1.         Patrick Bajkov             RW      112
2.         Bryce Kindopp          RW      108
3.         Tyler Maxwell              C         107
4.         Joshua Winquist         LW       101
5.         Shane Harper             RW      100

MILESTONE ALERT:

• Dennis Williams earned the 100^th win in his Silvertips and WHL career Nov. 2 vs Kamloops
• Wyatte Wylie earned the 100^th point in his WHL and Silvertips career Nov 2 vs Kamloops
• Dustin Wolf played in the 100^th game of his WHL and Silvertips career on Nov 30 vs. Seattle
• Cole Fonstad earned the 200^th point in his WHL career on Dec. 7 at Swift Current
• Gage Goncalves played in the 100^th game of his WHL & Silvertips career, Dec. 30 at Red Deer
• Jackson Berezowski played in the 100^th game of his WHL & Silvertips career, Jan. 1 at Edmonton
• Bryce Kindopp scored the 100^th goal of his Silvertips and WHL career Jan. 3 at Prince George
• Wyatte Wylie earned the 100^th assist of his WHL career on Jan. 18 vs. Seattle
• Ronan Seeley played in the 100^th game of his Silvertips and WHL career Feb. 7 at Tri-City
• Jake Christiansen earned the 100^th assist in his WHL and Silvertips career on Feb. 26 Tri-City
• Dennis Williams is 6 games away from 200 in his WHL and Silvertips coaching career
• Ty Kolle is 9 games away from 200 in his WHL career
• Jalen Price is 2 games away from 100 in his WHL and Silvertips career