Tipped Off
02-27-2005, 10:38 PM
Everett, WA - Tonight at the Everett Events Center the Everett Silvertips ended up with a 3-3 overtime tie against the Tri-City Americans. This is the 8th meeting of 10 between these two clubs. Everett's record in this series sits at 3-3-1-1. With the tie, both US Division teams accumulate a point which puts Everett (29-24-8-2) in 2nd place with 68 points and Tri-Cities (23-31-6-3) in 4th with 55 points.
The Silvertips started out strong and had three unanswered goals in the first two periods. Mitch Love earned his 9th on the year at 6:31 of the first period when his shot hit the left post and ricocheted behind the Americans' goalie, Carey Price. Alex Leavitt followed Love's lead and added one more to make it 2-0 when he put one in at 19:44 of the same period. This brings Leavitt's goals on the year to 16. Kyle Annesley finished the scoring for the Silvertips at 13:37 of the second and tallied his 9th on the year also.
Posting assists for the team tonight were Torrie Wheat with two and Mitch Love, Alex Leavitt, Kyle Annesley, Curtis Billsten and Ryan Blatchford all with one a piece. In net for Everett was Mike Wall. Wall stopped 36 of 39 shots and drops his record to 21-19-7.
The Silvertips brought put the pressure on in the beginning but the Tri-City Americans finished the game. Thirty seconds after Everett's last goal Jason Beeman sent one in to bring the score to 3-1. Clayton Stoner received the assist. Then at 3:53 of the third period Marcus Jonasen closed the gap by one more with help from Jason Beeman and Shaun Vey. Andy Thompson tallied the game tying goal at 16:27 and that would be the end for both teams. Marcus Jonasen picked up the assist. Carey Price played in between the pipes for the Americans and stopped 22 of 25 shots. His record for the year drops to 21-28-6.
The special teams for the Silvertips tonight were doing their job as they converted on two of three power play opportunities. Tri-Cities went 0 for 2. Final shots on goal were Everett 25 and Tri-Cities 39.
The Silvertips started out strong and had three unanswered goals in the first two periods. Mitch Love earned his 9th on the year at 6:31 of the first period when his shot hit the left post and ricocheted behind the Americans' goalie, Carey Price. Alex Leavitt followed Love's lead and added one more to make it 2-0 when he put one in at 19:44 of the same period. This brings Leavitt's goals on the year to 16. Kyle Annesley finished the scoring for the Silvertips at 13:37 of the second and tallied his 9th on the year also.
Posting assists for the team tonight were Torrie Wheat with two and Mitch Love, Alex Leavitt, Kyle Annesley, Curtis Billsten and Ryan Blatchford all with one a piece. In net for Everett was Mike Wall. Wall stopped 36 of 39 shots and drops his record to 21-19-7.
The Silvertips brought put the pressure on in the beginning but the Tri-City Americans finished the game. Thirty seconds after Everett's last goal Jason Beeman sent one in to bring the score to 3-1. Clayton Stoner received the assist. Then at 3:53 of the third period Marcus Jonasen closed the gap by one more with help from Jason Beeman and Shaun Vey. Andy Thompson tallied the game tying goal at 16:27 and that would be the end for both teams. Marcus Jonasen picked up the assist. Carey Price played in between the pipes for the Americans and stopped 22 of 25 shots. His record for the year drops to 21-28-6.
The special teams for the Silvertips tonight were doing their job as they converted on two of three power play opportunities. Tri-Cities went 0 for 2. Final shots on goal were Everett 25 and Tri-Cities 39.