Seattle @ Tips 1/25

[Tipped Off]

Scratched tonight for the Tips will be: Mueller, Sawka, Kress, Hromas and, possibly, Wheat.

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN
Forward John Lammers is 2 goals away from breaking the club record for most goals in one season and 9 points away from breaking the record for most points in a single season. Currently John Dahl and Torrie Wheat hold the Silvertips record for most goals in a season with 25. Wheat also holds the single season record for most points in a season with 57. Defenseman Shaun Heshka is 3 assists away of breaking the single season record for most assists in a season. The Silvertips club record is held by Alex Leavitt who recorded 35 assists last season.

VERSUS THE SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS
Tonight is the fifth meeting of eleven meetings between the two Puget Sound rivals. The Silvertips are currently 2-1-0-1 against the Thunderbirds this season and 1-0-0-1 vs. Seattle at the Everett Events Center. The Silvertips are 11-9-4 (ties)-1(SO Loss) all time against the T-Birds in franchise history. Everett is also 9-2-1 (tie)-1(SO Loss) all time against Seattle at the Everett Events Center. In their last meeting at the Everett Events Center on Friday, January 20, the T-Birds defeated the Silvertips 3-2 (SO) in a shootout. Future Meetings: February 8: @ Seattle, February 14: @ Everett, February 24: @ Seattle, March 3: @ Everett, March 4: @ Seattle, March 19: @ Seattle.

VERSUS THE US DIVISION
Everett is 15-5-1-1 against the US Division this season (8-2-0-1 at home and 7-3-1-0 on the road).

Tips record on Wednesdays: 5-1-0-0

Tips record in January: 4-2-1-1 overall, 3-2-0-1 @ Home

Head to Head Record 2005−06 WHL Season
Everett 2−1−0−1
Seattle 2−2−0−0

Head to Head Record 2004−05 WHL Season
Everett 5−4−0−0
Seattle 4−5−0−0

Last 3 Years record between teams
Everett 11−9−0−1
Seattle 10−11−0−0

Everett vs. Seattle Last 3 Years record at Everett
Everett 9−2−0−1
Seattle 3−9−0−0

Previous Meetings This Season
Seattle 3 @ Everett 2 (Jan 20 2006) Final SO
Everett 3 @ Seattle 2 (Dec 18 2005) Final
Seattle 0 @ Everett 5 (Dec 17 2005) Final
Everett 2 @ Seattle 3 (Oct 21 2005) Final

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/npthree/Tips%20Stuff/seattle.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/npthree/Tips%20Stuff/seattle2.jpg

[Tipped Off]

Posted : : 01/26/2006
Silvertips Fall Behind 3-1
Seattle Earns the Win over Everett
Everett Silvertips Press Release

Everett, WA - The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Everett Silvertips in regulation by a final score of 3-1. This was the fifth meeting of eleven between the Puget Sound rivals and Everett boasts a 2-2-0-1 record against the Thunderbirds. Everett, first in the US Division, holds a 27-17-2-1 record with 57 points. Seattle, jumping to second place in the US Division, sits at 22-20-1-3 history and 48 points.

Seattle opened up the scoreboard at 4:14 of the first period with a power play tally by Roman Tomanek. Ladislav Scurko posted the assist. Almost a full twenty minutes later, at 3:58 of the second, Aaron Gagnon pushed the Thunderbirds up 2-0 with helpers coming from Thomas Hickey and Kyle Pess. Then at 11:51 Zack Dailey took a shot that caught the tip of Bryan Bridges' glove and dropped into the net, moving Everett to within one goal of their opponents. Ondrej Fiala and Torrie Wheat earned the assists. Late in the period, the third and final goal was scored by Bud Holloway with Bretton Stamler and Clayton Barthel receiving the helpers. The third period was scoreless for both teams.

Leland Irving played the majority of the game and stopped 19 shots out of 22. His record falls a bit to 24-15-1-1. Matt Esposito made an appearance briefly in the second period and stopped the only shot he faced. Bryan Bridges, in the pipes for Seattle, turned away 29 of 30 shots and boosts his goaltending history to 14-6-1-2. On the power play Everett was scoreless on six chances while the Thunderbirds converted on one of three. The Silvertips out shot their opposition 30-23.

The Everett Silvertips are home again on Friday, January 27th, where they will face off against the Tri-City Americans. The action starts at 7:05pm.

Silvertips Box Scores

Zack Dailey (5) 1 G
Ondrej Fiala 1 A
Torrie Wheat 1 A
Leland Irving (24-15-1-1): 19/22 saves
Matt Esposito (3-2-1-0): 1/1 saves
Power Play: Everett 0/6, Seattle 1/3
Shots on Goal: Everett 30, Seattle 23
Attendance 5,547

3 Stars of the Game

1. Bryan Bridges (SEA)
2. Ondrej Fiala (EVT)
3. Aaron Gagnon (SEA)

[Tipped Off]

The shot counter will say we got 30+ shots off, but this truely was a pathetic game by the Tips. There was no heart out there, no workmanship (except for Fiala) and certainly no offense. I'd say 20 of the 30 shots came from just inside the blue line and were easy stops for Bridges. I can;t tell if he had a good game or the Tips stunk that bad. This is the first game in 2 1/2+ seasons my wife has turned to me and said, "is this boring you tonight or is it just me?" The Tips were slow, the lines didn't play together well and passes/assignments were missed all over the place.

I don;t wnt to hear the excuses of Hromas and Mueller being out of the lineup either because with Wheat, Lammers, Hamill, Calla, Heshka, etc... there still is more offense on this team than the Tips have ever had before. Hamill looked like a scared puppy out there on the Power play team. He had no idea what to do with the puck. The reason this team has given up 8 Shorthanded goals this year is becaus eon the PP all their shots come from the perimeter, eventually one of those is going to get blocked and take the big kick toward your goal and it's off to the races.

At this point, if things don't turn around a little in the next week or two, Seattle will win this division. At least they play with some fire in their bellies. It's frustrating to see the most talented team you've had in three years not put out the effort every night that you;ve come to expect in the previous two seasons.

[Tipped Off]

Published: Thursday, January 26, 2006

Tips lackadaisical in loss to Seattle
T-birds goaltender finally has good outing at Everett Events Center

By Nick Patterson
Herald Writer


EVERETT - Bryan Bridges had a grin on his face as wide as the Trestle.

And why not? He'd just conquered his own personal house of horrors.

The Seattle Thunderbirds goaltender ended more than a year's worth of frustration at the Everett Events Center with a stellar performance, defeating the Everett Silvertips 3-1 Wednesday night.

"I like it here now, definitely," Bridges said.

"It's a rush," Bridges added about being in the zone. "You know it and you don't want to be cocky about it. But you can feel it, and when you get that feeling you just run with it. The puck just somehow stays out."


Bridges had a miserable time in Everett last season, losing all five of his starts, giving up 17 goals in the process and once getting hooked after just 12 minutes. Bridges' only previous win at the EEC came on Jan. 28, 2004.

But Bridges was at his best Wednesday, denying the Tips time and again on quality scoring chances. He particularly had Ondrej Fiala's number, twice denying the Everett forward on what appeared to be sure rebound goals. He finished with 29 saves.

"It's not like he hasn't (played well against Everett) before," said Tips captain Torrie Wheat, who also was denied by Bridges on multiple occasions.

"He made some great saves and he's a good goalie, everyone knows that. He's proven himself time and time again in this league and he came out with another great performance tonight."

Roman Tomanek, Aaron Gagnon and Bud Holloway scored goals for Seattle (22-20-1-3), which won its fourth straight. The T-birds also beat Everett for the second time in five nights.

Zach Dailey scored and Leland Irving made 19 stops for Everett (27-17-2-1), which finds itself in a bit of a slide. The Tips, who played Wednesday without key forwards Peter Mueller, Karel Hromas and Mark Kress because of injury, have lost three straight, all at home.

"It's a concern," Wheat said about the skid. "We're pretty lackadaisical right now it seems at times. It seems with this team you can flick a switch and we can go from really tenacious to real lackadaisical. We have to turn the switch back to tenacious."

The T-birds also won the battle of special teams. Everett came into the game ranked in the top five in the league on both the power play and penalty kill, while Seattle came in ranked in the bottom three in both categories. But Seattle was 1-for-3 on the power play with a second goal coming just as a power play expired, and the T-birds denied Everett on six power-play opportunities.

"The last two times we've played them they've dominated the special teams, so this isn't the first time that's happened," Everett coach Kevin Constantine said. "I think goaltending is the No. 1 factor in special teams, so if one goalie is on fire and one isn't, that's probably going to be the difference. I think the last two times we've played against Seattle they've gotten better goaltending than us."

Both teams appeared to come out a little sluggish and the only breakthrough in the first period came 4:14 in when, with Seattle on the power play, Tomanek found the top corner with a slap shot from the point to give Seattle a 1-0 lead.

Seattle doubled its lead 3:58 into the second period just as another power play expired, Gagnon poking in a rebound from a Thomas Hickey shot.

Everett got back into the game at 11:51 when Dailey tipped in Fiala's shot on the rush. The Tips then started buzzing and should have tied it on the power play, but Fiala put a shot wide from point blank with the net gaping.

Then Seattle restored its two-goal lead at 17:39. Holloway outmuscled Everett defenseman Taylor Ellington for the puck along the boards, skated in free on goal, then saw his centering pass bank in off Everett defenseman Shaun Heshka's skate.

Slap shots: Wheat, who was questionable for the game with a bruised foot, was able to play. ... With so many forwards out injured, Everett defensemen Eric Doyle and Zach Sim were both pressed into duty at center. ... Seattle played without center Chris Durand, who was held out for disciplinary reasons.

Thunderbirds 3, Silvertips 1

Seattle 1 2 0-3

Everett 0 1 0-1

First Period-1, Seattle, Tomanek 14 (Scurko), 4:14 (pp). Penalties-Fransoo, Everett (hooking), 3:00; Je. Schappert, Seattle (hooking), 5:57; Gagnon, Seattle (hooking), 18:39.

Second Period-2, Seattle, Gagnon 12 (Hickey, Pess), 3:58. 3, Everett, Dailey 5 (Fiala, Wheat), 11:51. 4, Seattle, Holloway 9 (Stamler, Barthel), 17:39. Penalties-Alic, Everett (tripping), 1:53; Stamler, Seattle (holding), 14:03; Barthel, Seattle (interference), 20:00.

Third Period-No goals. Penalties-Hickey, Seattle (high sticking), 3:18; Grossman, Seattle (kneeing), 7:18; Sim, Everett (cross-checking), 7:18; Dailey, Everett (goaltender interference), 11:42; Gibbons, Seattle (hold stick), 18:18.

Shots on goal-Seattle 6-12-5-23. Everett 6-13-11-30. Power-play opportunities-Seattle 1 of 3. Everett 0 of 6.

Goalies-Seattle, Bridges 14-6-1-2 (30 shots, 29 saves). Everett, Irving 24-15-1-1 (22 shots, 19 saves), Esposito (1 shot, 1 save).

[ihlemic10]

The team played terribly, the third one on Leland was hard to see go in. We were right behind the net, it appeared he was on it and poof, they score. The boys really need to get fired up right now, they are playing like bottom feeders trying to get the last few games done before some early golf. Savage didn't help any but was not the reason, a typical Savage game. I'm pretty sure him and Smith are half brothers and Edgeley is the life partner for them. My Mother was shocked at the officiating and she has been going to dub hockey forever it seems like. Hopefully KC will find a way to get them to step up and play, and have the vets lead the young guys. I'll stay off the whole toughness issues, the grey board has that covered.