TONIGHT // Silvertips vs. Prince George (2/21)

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EVERETT SILVERTIPS vs PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS – A.O.T.W. ARENA  

• Friday, February 21, 2020
• Time: 7:35pm PT
• RADIO: KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM / Tune In App

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TONIGHT’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES

Final matchup and fourth of the regular season … fourth game (3-0-0-0) in a five-game homestand for the Silvertips … the Silvertips are 11-3-0-1 in the last five years against Prince George … the Silvertips hold a record of 10-4-0-0 against teams from the B.C. Division this season … six players between both rosters are ranked by NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings entering tonight’s game.

 

THIS SEASON AGAINST THE COUGARS: 

• LEADER, POINTS (EVT): Bryce Kindopp, 5
• LEADER, GOALS (EVT): Bryce Kindopp, 3
• LEADER, POINTS (PG): Nikita Krivokrasov, 5
• LEADER, GOALS (PG): Nikita Krivokrasov, 3

 

NEXT THREE GAMES (all times PT)

DATE            OPPONENT          TIME           SITE                                     RADIO

2/22/20         VANCOUVER       7:05pm        A.O.T.W. Arena                     KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

2/23/20         @ Portland           5:00pm        Memorial Coliseum                KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

2/26/20         @ Tri-City              7:05pm        Toyota Center                       KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/WHL Live

LAST TIME OUT:
EVT 6 – MJ 0 (2-19-20): Ty Kolle scored a pair of goals and Ronan Seeley racked up three points to help the Everett Silvertips crush the Moose Jaw Warriors in a 6-0 victory before 3,724 fans at Angel of Winds Arena on Wednesday in WHL action. The Tips improved to 11-1-1 in the last 13 games, extending their season long home winning streak to seven straight games. Dustin Wolf only had to make 10 saves in net to earn his 20^th career WHL shutout, tied for fifth in WHL history with Dustin Slade and Justin Pogge – he is also one shutout away from tying Leland Irving’s 21 shutouts, 2^nd all time in Tips history.
SHOTS: EVT 42 | MJ 10

DID YOU KNOW?
1) FONSTAD-Y AS HE GOES: Cole Fonstad is third in assists (51) … his 64 points in 50 games, are tied for 12^th 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 (52 points, 4^th) and Jake Christiansen (17 goals, 2^nd) rank among the league leaders among defensemen … Kasper Puutio earned his first Silvertips goal Feb. 8 at Seattle … Olen Zellweger earned a multi point game last Feb. 7 at Tri-City … Christiansen needs one more goal to set a new record for most goals by a Tips d-man in one season (Landon Oslanski set the record in 2012-13).
3) HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF: Tips goaltender Dustin Wolf ranks among the WHL leaders in the following categories: 1^st in goals against average (1.86), 1^st in save percentage (.938), 2^nd in wins (28), 1^st in shutouts (9) … he has 20 career shutouts, tied 5^th all time (19) 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 3 assists on 2/19 vs. Moose Jaw
• (D) Kasper Puutio Assist on 2/19 vs. Moose Jaw
• (F) Gage Goncalves  26 points, last 20 games (13g-13a)
• (F) Michal Gut 2 points (1g-1a) on 2/19 vs. Moose Jaw

BRYCE KINDOPP ALL-TIME GOAL TRACKER, SILVERTIPS

RANK PLAYER                     POS    G        
1.         Patrick Bajkov             RW      112
2.         Tyler Maxwell              C         107
3.         Bryce Kindopp          RW      103
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
• Ty Kolle is 15 games away from 200 in his WHL career
• Jalen Price is 8 games away from 100 in his WHL and Silvertips career
• Jake Christiansen is 2 assists away from 100 in his WHL and Silvertips career