TONIGHT » Tips vs Portland (1/6)

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EVERETT SILVERTIPS vs. PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS – AOTW ARENA

• Saturday, January 6, 2018
• RADIO: 1380 AM / FM 95.3
• TIPS App

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TONIGHT’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES

Seventh of ten meetings this season … game #151 in the all-time series … start of a three-game homestand for the Silvertips … Silvertips are 73-63-14 in the all-time series … the last meeting between the teams was Dec. 17 in Everett and the Silvertips took an 8-3 victory … Portland dropped a 9-3 defeat last night to the Spokane Chiefs … the Silvertips enter today one point ahead of Portland for first place in the U.S. Division … the Tips have 15 goals in the last 3 meetings.

 

HEAD-TO-HEAD: (Silvertips 4-2-0-0)

Sep. 23	POR 7 – at EVT 4
Oct. 29	EVT 3 – at POR 2
Nov. 4	POR 3 – at EVT 1
Dec. 6	at EVT 4 – POR 1
Dec. 9	EVT 2 – at POR 1
Dec. 17	at EVT 8 – POR 3
Jan. 6	Portland	7:05 pm PST
Jan. 14	at Portland	5:00 pm PST
Jan. 31	at Portland	7:00 pm PST
Mar. 11	at Portland	5:00 pm PDT

 

NEXT THREE GAMES (all times PT)

DATE               OPPONENT                 TIME            SITE                                 RADIO

1/7/18              Victoria                         4:05pm        AOTW Arena                    KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/Tips App

1/10/18            Tri-City                          7:05pm        AOTW Arena                    KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/Tips App

1/13/18            @ Spokane                  7:05pm        Spokane Arena                KRKO 1380 AM & 95.3 FM/Tips App

 

LAST GAME (VIC 5 – EVT 0 / 1-5-18): The Silvertips were shut out by Griffen Outhouse and the Royals cruised to a 5-0 victory in the first match-up since the 2017 playoffs in front of a crowd of 5,207 at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Tips outshot Victoria, 38-29 and trailed by one with just 20 mintues to play. Matt Fonteyne led the Tips with six shots in the game. Four different Royals each registered a multi point game.

TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS

• TORRID TIPS: The Tips are 19-6-0-1 in the last 26 games and finished 10-2-0-0 in the month of December … they have won 13 of the last 15 games … seven different Silvertips registered game winning goals in December … Patrick Bajkov led the Silvertips with 18 points and six goals in 12 games during the month.
• HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF: 2001-born goaltender Dustin Wolf had seven wins in his first ten appearances … his first career shutout (31 saves) came on Dec. 16 vs. Prince George in a 4-0 win and he followed up with 24 saves on Dec. 27 (11-0 over VAN) in his 2^nd career shutout … he was named CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Oct. 30 … he was 5-2-0-0 with a 2.01 GAA, two shutouts, and .933 save pct. in December.
• SUTTER TOUGH: Riley Sutter had his first career hat trick and tied a Tips record for goals in a game (4) on Dec. 27 at Vancouver … he has 11 points in his last 5 games.
• SPECIAL DELIVERIES: For the Silvertips special teams, the penalty kill is 1^st in the WHL (86.3) … the Tips power play went 2-of-5 on Dec. 31 vs. Kamloops … Riley Sutter, Connor Dewar and Matt Fonteyne each lead the Silvertips with seven power play goals.  
• DIVISION TOUGH: The Silvertips have won seven of the last eight meetings against opponents from the U.S. Division … the Tips record against the division rivals is 10-7-1-0 … they last faced Portland in a division matchup on Dec. 17, in an 8-3 victory.

 

TIPS GONE GOLD

CARTER HART: Captured the gold medal with Hockey Canada in his second straight appearance at the IIHF World Junior Championship tournament in Buffalo, N.Y. … Canada faced the United States on Dec. 29 at NewEra Field in Buffalo for the outdoor game of the event and Hart was named Player of the Game with 32 saves … his 35 saves led to Player of the Game honors in the gold medal victory last night against Sweden (3-1 victory) … his eight wins have tied Canada’s all-time record at the World Juniors with Jimmy Waite and Stephane Fiset … Hart went 5-0-0-1 in the tournament with a 1.64 goals-against-average and .935 save percentage.

MILESTONE ALERT

• Carter Hart is 2 shutouts away from tying the WHL all-time record (26: Tyson Sexsmith)
• Patrick Bajkov is 1 goal away from 100 in his WHL and Tips career
• Luke Ormsby played in the 100^th game of his Tips and WHL career on Dec. 28 at Vancouver
• Wyatte Wylie played in the 100^th game of his Tips and WHL career on Dec. 2 vs. Saskatoon
• Matt Fonteyne played in the 300^th game of his Tips and WHL career on Dec. 9 at Portland
• Kevin Davis played in his 300^th career game in the WHL on Nov. 22 at Tri-City
• Patrick Bajkov played in his 300^th career game in the WHL on Dec. 6 vs. Portland
• Bryce Kindopp played in his 100^th career game in the WHL on Dec. 17 vs. Portland
• Riley Sutter played in his 100^th career game in the WHL on Sept. 24 vs. Tri-City
• Carter Hart became the Silvertips all-time record leader in shutouts (22) on Nov. 22 at Tri-City
• Patrick Bajkov’s shorthanded goal put him 2^nd, all-time on the Tips points list on Nov. 17 vs. Seattle
• Patrick Bajkov earned the 200^th point in his Tips and WHL career on Oct. 4 at Spokane
• Kevin Davis earned the 100^th assist in his Tips and WHL career on Oct. 13 at Lethbridge

 

ON THE BOARD

The following Silvertips have collected their first career WHL point this season:

• Reece Vitelli (goal) – Sept. 23 vs. POR
• Gianni Fairbrother (assist) – Sept. 29 at KEL
• Martin Fasko-Rudas (assist) – Oct. 8 at EDM
• Dustin Wolf (assist) – Oct. 29 at POR
• Kyle Walker (assist) – Oct. 29 at POR
• Dawson Butt (goal) – Nov. 22 at TC

 

WHEN THEY SCORE

A look at the Tips records when the following players score a goal:

 

#5 Montana Onyebuchi                        2-1-0-0

#7 Martin Fasko-Rudas            1-0-0-0

#8 Patrick Bajkov                     12-3-1-0

#9 Dawson Butt                       1-0-0-0

#11 Orrin Centazzo                  3-2-0-0

#12 Akash Bains                      1-1-0-0

#14 Riley Sutter                       9-3-0-1

#15 Sean Richards                  9-3-0-1

#16 Luke Ormsby                     1-0-0-0

#17 Matt Fonteyne                   8-6-1-1

#18 Brandson Hein                  1-1-0-0

#19 Bryce Kindopp                  6-1-0-0

#24 Gianni Fairbrother             1-0-0-1

#23 Jake Christiansen              4-0-0-0

#26 Reece Vitelli                      1-1-0-0

#29 Wyatte Wylie                     2-0-0-0

#43 Connor Dewar                   5-3-0-1

#38 Kevin Davis                       3-1-0-0

 

SUTTER SENT TO THE TOP

Riley Sutter will participate in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects games in late January in Guelph … was given a “B” listing among the NHL Central Scouting rankings for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, considered possible second or third round choices in the upcoming draft … through 14 seasons, a total of 19 players through the Silvertips program have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft … a total of 17 Silvertips have advanced to play in the NHL … Sutter is three goals away from tying his career high (20), set in 2016-17.