TONIGHT » Tips at Thunderbirds (3/9)
EVERETT SILVERTIPS at SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS – accesso SHOWARE CENTER
Saturday, Mar. 9, 2019 | Time: 6:05pm PT | RADIO: KRKO 1380 AM / 95.3 FM & TuneIn App
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES
Tenth and final meeting of the regular season … the Tips are 7-1-1-0 in the series against the Thunderbirds … tonight is the 162nd lifetime meeting – the Tips are 81-59-15 lifetime against the Thunderbirds … the Tips are 27-33-8-2 on the road against Seattle … they carry a record of 23-7-2-1 against opponents from the U.S. Division … tonight is the third game of a five-game road trip (2-0-0-0) … the Tips are 23-7-0-1 on the road.
REGULAR SEASON SERIES (Silvertips are 7-1-1-0)
| Oct. 5 | At EVT 2 – SEA 1 (OT) | |
| Nov. 10 | EVT 5 – at SEA 1 | |
| Dec. 8 | EVT 2 – at SEA 0 | |
| Dec. 15 | At EVT 6 – SEA 1 | |
| Feb. 1 | EVT 5 – at SEA 2 | |
| Feb. 2 | At EVT 7 – SEA 2 | |
| Feb. 16 | At SEA 4 – EVT 1 | |
| Feb. 22 | SEA 3 – at EVT 2 (OT) | |
| Mar. 2 | At EVT 1 – SEA 0 (OT) | |
| Mar. 9 | at Seattle | 6:05 pm PST |
PLAYOFF PUSH:
- The Silvertips have clinched a playoff berth for the 16th consecutive season (longest active streak in WHL) and the U.S. Division title for the 3rd straight season (7th overall).
- The Silvertips were the second team to clinch a playoff berth, and earned the berth on Feb. 9 in a 5-0 win vs. Portland
- CHASE FOR TOP SEED IN THE CONFERENCE: The Tips have 96 points, 1st in the Western Conference and two points ahead of Vancouver … both teams have four games to play.
- IF THE PLAYOFFS BEGAN TODAY: The Silvertips would face the Seattle Thunderbirds in the opening round of the WHL Playoffs
NEXT THREE GAMES (all times PT)
DATE OPPONENT TIME SITE RADIO
3/12/19 @ Portland 7:00pm Memorial Coliseum KRKO 1380 AM / 95.3 FM/TuneIn
3/15/19 @ Victoria 7:05pm SOF Memorial Centre KRKO 1380 AM / 95.3 FM/TuneIn
3/16/19 VICTORIA 7:05pm A.O.T.W. Arena KRKO 1380 AM / 95.3 FM/TuneIn
LAST TIME OUT:
EVT 3 – TC 0 (3-8-19): Reece Vitelli broke a scoreless tie in the second period and Dustin Wolf, coming into the game just 1:38 in, stopped 25 shots to help lift the Everett Silvertips to a 3-0 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Friday night in WHL action before 3,973 fans at Toyota Center. Wolf, relieving Max Palaga (1 save) early on, made 11 saves in the third period to maintain a two-goal lead before Connor Dewar buried the game on an empty netter with 53 seconds left in regulation. The Tips won the season series, 5-3-0-0 and improved to 2-0 on their five game road trip, moving back to two points ahead of Vancouver for the top spot in the Western Conference after Spokane defeated Vancouver, 4-1.
TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS
- BANNER BOYS: The Tips will hoist their seventh U.S. Division banner … their division title in 2018-19 is their third consecutive and they have won the U.S. Division four of the last five seasons … the Tips need four points to reach 100 for the third time in franchise history.
- HOWLING WOLF: Dustin Wolf, named WHL Goaltender of the Week for the fifth time this season, has been listed along with Tips D Gianni Fairbrother to the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings … he has the lowest GAA (1.68) in the WHL, and leads the league in wins (41), save percentage (.937), and shutouts (7).
- HATS OFF TO THE TIPS: The Silvertips have earned four hat tricks this season … Jake Christiansen became the first defenseman in Tips history to earn a hat trick, Feb. 9 vs. Portland (5-0 win) … Connor Dewar, Bryce Kindopp and Zack Andrusiak had hat tricks in the prior three of four games.
- MILESTONE ALERT: Zack Andrusiak will play in his 200th career WHL game toinight … acquired in a trade with Seattle on Jan. 1, he has 38 goals (career-high), tied for the Silveritps lead.
- BLUELINE BOYS: Wyatte Wylie (46 points) and Jake Christiansen (43 points) are in the top 20 for scoring among league defensemen … Christiansen’s 222 shots and Wylie’s 212 shots are the top two among league defensemen, respectively.
ON THE BOARD!
The following Silvertips with their first WHL point or goal this season:
- Jackson Berezowski / GOAL – Sept. 23 vs. VAN
- Ronan Seeley / ASSIST – Oct. 12 vs. EDM
- Gage Goncalves / ASSIST – Nov. 10 at SEA
- Jalen Price / GOAL – Nov. 10 at SEA
- Conrad Mitchell / ASSIST – Nov. 11 at KAM
- Gage Goncalves / GOAL – Dec. 28 at SPO
- Conrad Mitchell / GOAL – Jan. 6 vs. KAM
- Ronan Seeley / GOAL – Mar. 5 at SPO
BY THE NUMBERS
Silvertips records, when each player scores a goal:
Andrusiak, Zack: 7-2-0-0
Berezowski, Jackson: 8-2-0-0
Butt, Dawson: 8-0-1-0
Christiansen, Jake: 9-1-0-0
Dewar, Connor: 23-3-0-1
Fairbrother, Gianni: 11-0-0-0
Fasko-Rudas, Martin: 8-1-0-0
Goncalves, Gage: 1-0-0-0
Gurney, Justyn: 1-0-0-0
Holmes, Robbie: 1-0-0-1
Khaira, Sahvan: 2-1-0-0
Kindopp, Bryce: 23-4-0-1
Minulin, Artyom: 1-0-0-0
Mitchell, Conrad: 1-0-0-0
Patterson, Max: 6-0-0-1
Price, Jalen: 5-1-1-0
Seeley, Ronan: 1-0-0-0
Sutter, Riley: 10-1-0-0
Vitelli, Reece: 10-0-0-0
Walker, Ian: 1-0-0-0
Wylie, Wyatte: 10-0-2-0
MILESTONE ALERT
- Zack Andrusiak is 1 game away from 200 in his WHL career
- Riley Sutter is 2 games shy of 200 in his Silvertips and WHL career
- Connor Dewar is 2 goals shy of 100 in his Silvertips and WHL career
- Sahvan Khaira played in the 300th game of his WHL career on Feb. 15 at Kelowna
- Wyatte Wylie played in the 200th game of his Silvertips and WHL career Feb. 18 at Prince George
- Bryce Kindopp earned the 100th point in his Silvertips and WHL career Jan. 26 vs. Lethbridge
- Bryce Kindopp played in the 200th game of his Silvertips and WHL career Mar. 8 at Tri-City
- Reece Vitelli played in the 100th game in his Silvertips and WHL career Dec. 8 at Seattle
- Riley Sutter had the 100th point in his Silvertips and WHL career on Sept. 29 at Tri-City
- Jake Christiansen played in the 200th game of his Silvertips and WHL career on Oct. 13 vs. Kamloops
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
The Silvertips roster, categorized by birth year and hometown:
BIRTH YEAR
98: Andrusiak, Khaira, Minulin
99: Kindopp, Dewar, Christiansen, Sutter, Wylie, Patterson, Holmes
00: I. Walker, Butt, Fasko-Rudas, Fairbrother, Palaga, Gurney
01: Wolf, Goncalves, Mitchell, Price, Vitelli
02: Berezowski, Seeley
HOMETOWN
CANADA
BC: Patterson, Khaira, I. Walker, Fairbrother, Goncalves, Price, Palaga, Andrusiak, Gurney
AB: Kindopp, Sutter, Mitchell, Seeley, Holmes
SK: Berezowski
MB: Dewar, Vitelli
UNITED STATES
WA: Butt, Wylie
CA: Wolf
RUSSIA
Minulin
SLOVAKIA
Fasko-Rudas
