Tipped Off
10-11-2009, 07:59 AM
Game 5. That's it. Tonight is Portland's 10th game including three in three nights. The Tips meanwhile have had another three days off wince their last game, which was against....Portland.
Seriously five games while many teams have played double digits. What a slow start to this season. I almost would have rather waited to star tthe season a week or so than drag this first month out so long.
Anyway, to the game story.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091011/SPORTS/710119845/1004
Silvertips host Winterhawks
By Nick Patterson
Scouting report
Tonight is the second of 10 meetings between Everett (2-2-0-0) and Portland (6-2-0-0 going into Saturday night’s home game against Prince Albert) this season, as well as the second meeting in Everett this week. Portland won 4-3 when the teams met Wednesday.
This is Everett’s second consecutive game against the Winterhawks, but Portland had two games in between, with a 3-1 home loss against Tri-City preceding Saturday night’s game against Prince Albert. The loss to the Americans ended Portland’s five-game winning streak.
Portland’s top scorer going into Saturday’s game was actually a defenseman. Seventeen-year-old Troy Rutkowski topped the Winterhawks’ scoring list with 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in eight games.
However, that doesn’t mean Portland is lacking up front. The Winterhawks have five forwards who have tallied at least seven points already this season, led by 19-year-old right wing Luke Walker (five goals, four assists) and 20-year-old center Chris Francis (three goals, six assists).
In goal, 20-year-old Kurtis Mucha (3-1-0-0, 1.98 goals against average, .927 save percentage) is among the league leaders in all statistical categories.
Tipped Off
10-11-2009, 11:07 PM
Well that was............different!
Everett fell behind 3-0 13 minutes into the game. I was complaining abot the apssing, the checking and the goaltending. We were in trouble. It's funny how something seemingly small can turn out to be so large.
Maxwell scored with just over 2 seconds remaining in the 1st period to make it 3-1....and all of sudden it felt like things might turn around. All the Tips needed to do was get the first goal of the 2nd period and it's a game again.
And they did. Then another, and another, and another, and another. Before you knew it, the 2nd period was winding down and it was 6-3 Tips. A reald head shaker.
The third was more of the same. The Tips won the Circus period by a score of 4-1 to wint he game 10-4. In betwenn thuggery and W'hawks losses of composure the Tips broke at least two records I knwo of. One....most goals by the team ever. Two, most unanswered goals by the team ever (scoring nine in a row after being down 3-0.
Anyway, here was Nick Patterson's take on his blog. I'll post his game story tomorrow. http://www.heraldnet.com/section/BLOG12
Everett 10, Portland 4
Posted at 9:41 pm by Nick Patterson
TALKING POINTS
There is no way that just happened.
Everett played an awful first period, looking dazed and disorganized, and the Tips trailed Portland -- a team that's been smoking opponents -- 3-0 less than 13 minutes into the game.
So what next?
Why, nine unanswered goals, of course.
Huh?
I'm not even sure how it happened. But Tyler Maxwell's goal with 2.8 seconds remaining in the first period put a tiny crack in the dike, and then the Silvertip ocean came crashing through to completely flood Portland.
Actually, I do have an idea how it happened. Everett's power play sprung to life. The Tips scored on each of their first three power plays, two of which resulted in the tying and go-ahead goals, and Everett just kept scoring as if on the power play the rest of the game.
A lot of players got in on the act as 12 different Tips hit the scoresheet. Also, the breaking up of the artists formerly known as the Kid Line lasted all of one period as they reunited in the second and helped spark the rally. Rasmus Rissanen scored his first two WHL goals, which was a nice recovery for him as he had a clunker of a first period.
Portland wasn't helped by its goaltending. Kurtis Mucha, who gave up seven goals on 28 shots, had probably his worst game at Comcast Arena in five seasons.
And while I understand the Winterhawks had to be frustrated by the way the game went, I'd have to say they weren't exactly the picture of grace in defeat. The third period was quite the circus, with Brad Ross (16 penalty minutes in the period) playing the role of the ringmaster.
Finally, a word about the boards. Now in its seventh season, Comcast Arena is starting to show some age, and the bad bounces along the boards in the home end have gotten out of control. I've seen more bad bounces from pucks rimmed around the boards in three home game than I'd see during the entire season in Everett's first five years. Something needs to be done about that because eventually it's going to cost teams games.
TURNING POINT
It looked like it was going to be a blowout in favor of Portland. But with time winding down in the first period Maxwell one-timed a shot off the rush that beat Mucha with 2.8 seconds remaining to give Everett a glimmer of hope. Who could have known how much the game would change after that?
HIT OF THE DAY
Ross got a good lick in on Ryan Murray early in the first period when he got a shoulder into Murray's chest while Murray was off balance, sending Murray sprawling.
THREE STARS
First star: Maxwell. Two goals and an assist, and his goals were the game changers.
Second star: Chris Langkow, Everett. Also two goals and an assist, he wins a lot of battles out there.
Third star: Shane Harper, Everett. A goal and three assists, he now has 10 points in five games.
The Herald's honorable mention: Alex Theriau, Everett. Yes, all of his assists were secondary, but a player deserves mention when he had more points in one game (four) as he had in his entire Everett career previously (three).
Redwic
10-12-2009, 06:25 AM
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091011/SPORTS/710129958/1003/SPORTS08
Everett beats Portland 10-4 Sunday night
By Nick Patterson
Herald Writer
EVERETT — It seemed an innocuous little chip in the dam.
Tyler Maxwell got the Everett Silvertips on the board with just 2.8 seconds remaining in the first period. But did it really mean anything? The Tips still trailed the Portland Winterhawks by two goals, and they looked in need of a traffic cop the way they were skating around in confusion.
But put a crack in a dam in just the right spot and the water pressure will cause it to crumble, and that small little chink was all the Tips needed to break through and create a deluge no one was expecting.
Everett scored nine unanswered goals — that's right, NINE — and the Tips went on to swamp the Winterhawks 10-4 Sunday night at Comcast Arena.
Everett scored the first seven of those goals during a span of less than 22 minutes to turn the game into a blowout — just in the opposite direction it originally appeared to be heading. The 10 goals were a franchise record for goals in a game, eclipsing the nine the Tips put past the Winterhawks on Jan. 26, 2007 in Portland
“Wow!” was Maxwell's reaction. “Ten goals is a lot of goals. We were really special offensively tonight and I think we finally jelled as a team.”
Maxwell, Rasmus Rissanen and Chris Langkow each scored twice, Shane Harper and Alex Theriau tallied four points apiece, and Everett (3-2-0-0) produced an unlikely result against a Portland team that's been playing as well as any in the WHL.
Harper, Byron Froese, Kellan Tochkin and Radko Gudas scored the other goals for Everett, which can credit its power play for getting back into the game. The Tips converted on each of their first three power plays. Rissanen's power-play goal at 11:10 of the second period tied it, and Maxwell's five-on-three goal 2:21 later gave the Tips the lead.
But if it wasn't for Maxwell's first goal, when he snapped a shot past Portland goaltender Kurtis Mucha off the rush on another Everett power play, the Tips may never have found the wherewithal to push through the barrier.
“There's two things that happened that were key,” Everett coach Craig Hartsburg said. “Maxwell scored to give us some life. Then when (Portland's Tayler Jordan) came off the bench to go fight Gudas (at 12:41 of the second with the score tied 3-3) I think it really woke our guys up. They kind of took offense to that. Emotionally we needed something to happen to get us really into playing hockey because we've had so much time off, and I think that helped change the game as well.”
Nino Niederreiter, Stefan Schneider, Ryan Johansen and Chris Francis scored for Portland (7-3-0-0), which was playing its fourth game in five nights, while Everett was playing its first game of the weekend.
“They got that goal at the end of the first period with two seconds left, and they got the goal at the end of the second period with three seconds left (scored by Tochkin). Those were two key goals in the game that gave them extra momentum,” Portland coach Mike Johnston said. “Then we were playing our fourth game in five nights, and I didn't think physically we were tired, but mentally we made tired mistakes.”
Everett seemed dead and buried after a dreadful first 13 minutes that saw the rattled Tips fall behind 3-0. The first two, scored by Niederreiter 3:12 into the game and by Schneider at 7:25, chased Everett starting goaltender Thomas Heemskerk to the bench after facing just four shots. It seemed to have little effect when Johansen scored on the power play at 12:50 against Heemskerk's replacement Kent Simpson.
But Everett came out a different team in the second period after Maxwell cut the deficit to two. The Tips got a fortunate bounce when Froese's centering pass banked in off traffic in front to make it 3-2 at 5:58. Rissanen tied it when he cut in from the right point and fired a shot past Mucha. Maxwell then scored his second, sweeping a shot past Mucha from a tight angle to give Everett the lead.
A great counterattacking move with time winding down in the period consolidated Everett's lead, Maxwell and Froese combining to set up Tochkin in transition with 3.3 seconds remaining.
“Our whole thing this week has been staying positive no matter what,” Maxwell said about Everett's ability to bounce back, “so I think we did a great job of that, both in the locker room and on the bench.”
Langkow and Gudas then scored in the first two minutes of the third period to chase Mucha end any thoughts of another change in momentum.
Silvertips 10, Winterhawks 4
Portland 3 0 1 — 4
Everett 1 4 5 — 10
First Period—1, Portland, Niederreiter 4 (Johnston, Ross), 3:12. 2, Portland, Schneider 3 (Ponich, Jordan), 7:25. 3, Portland, Johansen 4 (Ross, Niederreiter), 12:50 (pp). 4, Everett, Maxwell 3 (Tochkin, Theriau), 19:57 (pp). Penalties--Van de Velde, Everett (checking from behind), 3:38; Murray, Everett (slashing), 11:44; Reddin, Portland (elbowing), 18:13.
Second Period—5, Everett, Froese 2 (Tochkin), 5:58. 6, Everett, Rissanen 1 (Harper, Theriau), 11:10 (pp). 7, Everett, Maxwell 4 (Murray, Theriau), 13:31 (pp). 8. Everett, Tochkin 2 (Maxwell, Froese), 19:56. Penalties--Ross, Portland (hooking), 10:56; Jordan, Portland (instigator-fighting-10-minute misconduct), 12:41; Gudas, Everett (fighting), 12:41; Walker, Portland (tripping), 12:51; Boychuk, Portland (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:56; Abney, Everett (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:56.
Third Period—9, Everett, Langkow 1 (Harper, Murray), 0:27. 10, Everett, Gudas 4, 1:36. 11, Everett, Langkow 2 (Harper, McCrea), 11:37. 12, Everett, Harper 3 (Langkow, Theriau), 16:34. 13, Portland, Francis 5 (Bennett), 17:39. 14, Everett, Rissanen 2 (McGrath, Sohor), 18:38 (pp). Penalties--Ross, Portland (roughing-unsportsmanlike conduct), 1:54; Theriau, Everett (roughing), 1:54; Rissanen, Everett (tripping), 4:42; Ponich, Portland (fighting), 7:15; Abney, Everett (fighting), 7:15; Niederreiter, Portland (roughing), 9:26; Aronson, Portland (fighting), 12:28; Dailey, Everett (cross checking-fighting), 12:28; Harper, Everett (hooking), 13:50; Rattie, Portland (roughing), 15:57; Rissanen, Everett (roughing), 15:57; Ross, Portland (roughing-10-minute misconduct), 18:09; Johnston, Portland (interference), 18:30; Rutkowski, Portland (fighting), 19:54; Walker, Portland (10-minute misconduct), 19:54; Elynuik, Everett (fighting), 19:54; Abney, Everett (10-minute misconduct), 19:54.
Shots on goal—Portland 12-6-12--30. Everett 12-14-14--40. Power-play opportunities—Portland 1 of 5. Everett 4 of 8.
Goalies—Portland, Mucha 3-2-0-0 (28 shots, 21 saves), Curtis (12 shots, 9 saves). Everett, Heemskerk (4 shots, 2 saves), Simpson (26 shots, 24 saves).
A--4,276.
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