Silvertip Top T-Birds In Wild Affair

Toomey has two goals, Gallimore has three points in 6-5 loss to Everett

EVERETT, January 15, 2011 — The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-5 Saturday night at Comcast Arena in the second game of a home-and-home series between the two teams.

The T-Birds beat the Silvertips 3-1 on Friday night at ShoWare Center in Kent.

The Silvertips opened up a 3-0 lead after one period but the T-Birds scored three goals in the second period to get back in the game. The two teams went back and forth in the third period with each team getting two goals. They combined for 79 shots on goal.

The T-Birds finish up the weekend against the Vancouver Giants on Sunday at 5:05pm at ShoWare Center.

Everett went in front 1-0 at 10:35 of the first period on an unassisted goal by Tyler Maxwell.

The Silvertips took a 2-0 lead at 15:49 of the first on a goal from Ryan Harrison. Landon Ferraro and Ryan Murray had the assists.

Harrison scored a power-play goal with four seconds left in the first to extend the Tips lead to 3-0. Murray and Maxwell were credited with the assists.

Everett (18-20-2-4) outshot Seattle 18-11 in the first period.

Burke Gallimore scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 5:32 of the second to get the T-Birds on the board. Colin Jacobs had the puck at the right point. Jacobs sent the puck low to Marcel Noebels to the right of the goal. Noebels held the puck for a moment then moved towards the Everett net drawing a defender. Noebels quickly crossed the puck through the slot to Gallimore in the left circle. Gallimore one-timed Noebels pass and beat Everett goalie Kent Simpson over the glove for his team leading 24^th goal of the year.

Brenden Dillon cut the Tips lead to one, at 7:18 of the second, just as a T-Birds power play ended. Tyler Alos passed the puck to Dillon at the left point. Dillon held the puck, skated into the left circle and launched a slap shot on goal. Dillon’s shot beat Simpson high and just under the cross bar. Chance Lund had the second assist on Dillon’s fifth goal of the year.  

Everett got the two-goal lead back at 11:27 of the second on a goal by Maxwell. Ferraro and Harrison had the assists.

Marcel Noebels scored just before time expired in the second period to get the T-Birds to within one goal of the Tips. Noebels stole the puck from an Everett player in the neutral zone on the left wing. Noebels skated into the Everett zone with a defender in front him. He put the puck under the defender’s stick, went around the defender to his right, got the puck and lifted it over Simpson’s glove with a backhand shot. The goal went to video review and was upheld as the puck crossed the goal line .01 seconds before the period end.

Both teams had 29 shots on goal after two periods.

Maxwell scored at 3:35 of the third to get a hat trick and put Everett back in front by two goals. Harrison had the only assist on the goal.

Travis Toomey quickly responded for the T-Birds 10 seconds after Maxwell’s goal. Gallimore skated the puck into the Everett zone along the right boards. Toomey skated hard down the slot and Gallimore fed him a pass. Toomey snapped the pass past Simpson high for his 12^th goal of the year. Ryan Button had the second assist on the goal.

Everett went in front 6-4 at 8:21 of the third when Maxwell scored on a breakaway. Ferraro and Simpson were credited with the assists.

The T-Birds pulled goalie Calvin Pickard with over two minutes in the game for an extra attacker. It paid off as Toomey scored at 17:42 of the third. Gallimore had the puck in the left corner and threw it towards the goal. Toomey deflected Gallimore’s shot past Simpson for his second of the night.

Seattle (18-18-4-4) outshot Everett 13-8 in the third period and 42-37 in the game.

Pickard made 31 saves on 37 shots and his record is now 18-16-2-4.

Simpson stopped 37 of 42 shots and his record is now 12-14-2-4.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2010-11 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds group tickets are currently on sale. Group tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period – 1, Everett, Maxwell 26, 10:35. 2, Everett, Harrison 14 (Ferraro, Murray), 15:49. 3, Everett, Harrison 15 (Murray, Maxwell), 19:56 (pp). Penalties – Button, Sea (tripping), 19:29.

Second period – 4, Seattle, Gallimore 24 (Noebels, Jacobs), 5:32 (pp). 5, Seattle, Dillon 5 (Alos, Lund), 7:18. 6, Everett, Maxwell 27 (Ferraro, Harrison), 11:27. 7, Seattle, Noebels 14, 19:59. Penalties – Maxwell, Evt (elbowing), 4:04. Bench, Evt (too many men-served by Birkholz), 5:17. Lund, Sea (slashing), 17:56. Harrison, Evt (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:56.

Third period – 8, Everett, Maxwell 28 (Harrison), 3:35. 9, Seattle, Toomey 12 (Gallimore, Button), 3:45. 10, Everett, Maxwell 29 (Ferraro, Simpson),  8:21. 11, Seattle, Toomey 13 (Gallimore), 17:42. Penalties – Lund, Sea (checking from behind), 4:11. MacDonald, Evt (roughing), 4:11. Button, Sea (roughing), 4:11. Toomey, Sea (elbowing), 19:31.

Shots on goal – Seattle 11-18-14 42. Everett 18-11-8 37. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 37 shots-31 saves (18-16-3-4); Everett, Simpson 42-37 (12-14-2-4). Power plays – Seattle 1-2; Everett 1-3. A – 8,344. Referee – Brett Montsion, Steve Papp. Linesmen – Trevor Boudreau, Kiel Murchison.