Am's @ Tips 1/27

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Likely main scratches for the Tips tonight: Kress, Hromas, Mueller (questionable)

SILVERTIPS LAST GAME
Thunderbirds goaltender Bryan Bridges made 29 saves to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 3-1 victory over the Everett Silvertips at the Everett Events Center on Wednesday, January 25. Silvertips forward Zack Dailey tallied the lone goal in the game for the Silvertips. The Silvertips out shot the T-Birds by a margin of 30-23 in the hockey game. Everett went 0 for 6 on the power play and Seattle went 1 for 3 on the extra man advantage.

SILVERTIPS LEADING SCORERS
The Silvertips are led in scoring by John Lammers (24 goals, 25 assists) with 49 points. The Langley, BC native also leads the hockey club in goals scored (24) and power play goals (10). Defenseman Shaun Heshka (9 goals, 33 assists) and forward Peter Mueller (18 goals, 24 assists) are tied for 2nd on the hockey club in scoring with 42 points. Heshka leads the team in assists with (33). Forward Zach Hamill (14 goals, 20 assists) is the team leader in +/- with a +9 rating. Goaltender Leland Irving currently has posted 24 wins and recorded a 2.02 GAA, .921 SP and 3 Shutouts this season.

SILVERTIPS AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
Goaltender Leland Irving is currently ranked 4th in the WHL in Wins (24), 4th in GAA (2.02), tied for 3rd in SP (.921) and tied for 3rd in Shutouts (3). Defenseman Shaun Heshka leads all WHL defensemen in scoring with 42 points and tied for 3rd in the WHL in assists (33). Forward Peter Mueller is 3rd among all WHL Rookies in scoring with 42 points while John Lammers is 12th in the WHL in scoring with 49 points.

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. Silvertips goaltender Leland Irving is 1 win away from breaking the Silvertips franchise record for most wins in a season. The current record is 24 wins set by Jeff Harvey in 2003-2004 and Mike Wall in 2004-2005.

VERSUS THE TRI-CITY AMERICANS
Tonight is the eighth meeting of ten between the two US Division rivals. The Silvertips are 5-1-1-0 against the Americans this season and 4-0 vs. Tri-City at the Everett Events Center. The Silvertips are 12-11-3 (ties)-2 (OT Loss) all time against the Americans. In their last meeting on January 16 at the Everett Events Center, the Silvertips defeated the Americans 3-2 (SO) in a shootout. Future Meetings: February 3: @ Tri-City, February 26: @ Tri-City.

VERSUS THE US DIVISION
Everett is 15-6-1-1 against the US Division this season (8-3-0-1 at home and 7-3-1-0 on the road).

SPECIALITY TEAMS
The Everett Silvertips are 4th in the WHL on the power play (54 for 278, 19.42%) and 5th on the penalty kill (198 for 230, 86.09%). The Tri-City Americans are 6th in the WHL on the power play (46 for 244, 18.85%) and 16th on the penalty kill (228 for 283, 80.57%). The Silvertips are 10 for 50 against the Americans on the power play this season and Tri-City is 4 for 33 against the Silvertips on the power play this season.

Fridays: The Tips are 4-5-1-1 on Fridays
January: The Tips are 4-3-1-1 in Jan., 3-3-0-1 at home

Head to Head Record 2005−06 WHL Season
Everett 5−1−1−0
Tri−City 2−4−0−1

Head to Head Record 2004−05 WHL Season
Everett 3−4−1−0
Tri−City 5−3−0−0

Last 3 Years record between teams
Everett 13−10−2−0
Tri−City 12−11−1−1

Everett vs. Tri−City Last 3 Years record at Everett
Everett 7−4−0−0
Tri−City 4−6−0−1

Previous Meetings This Season
Tri−City 2 @ Everett 3 (Jan 16 2006) Final SO
Tri−City 1 @ Everett 8 (Jan 11 2006) Final
Everett 1 @ Tri−City 2 (Jan 7 2006) Final OT
Tri−City 2 @ Everett 5 (Dec 29 2005) Final
Everett 0 @ Tri−City 4 (Nov 25 2005) Final
Tri−City 1 @ Everett 5 (Oct 22 2005) Final
Everett 3 @ Tri−City 0 (Oct 8 2005) Final

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Tri-City Americans Game Notes for January 27th
January 27, 2006
The Last Time
The Tri-City Americans (19-20-3-3, 44 points, fourth place in the U.S. Division) are looking to end a two-game losing skid tonight after a 5-1 loss Tuesday night against the B.C. Division’s Vancouver Giants at Toyota Center before 3,150 fans. Five different Giants would tally as Jason Reese, Milan Lucic, Spencer Mahachek, Brett Festerling and Garet Hunt all scored for the winners. Giants Goaltender Dustin Slade was 14 seconds away from his ninth shutout of the campaign when Taylor Procyshen (8) would redirect a mid-point shot by Matt Swaby past Slade on the power play. Carey Price made 29 saves for the Americans. The Americans went 1-3 on the power play while the Giants were 2-3. Vancouver is 2-0 against the Americans in the four-game season series. The teams will meet again at Toyota Center this Sunday, January 29th.

Americans vs. Everett
The Americans are 2-4-0-1 in the 10-game season series Silvertips and 0-3-0-1 at the Events Center. The last time the club’s met the Americans lost a 3-2 shootout decision in Everett on Monday, January 16th. The Americans were led by Ian McDonald who tallied twice shorthanded. The game was eventually won by the Silvertips in the shootout 2-1. The Americans have been outscored in the series 27-12. The Americans power play is 4-32, 12.5%. Penalty killing is 40-50, 80%. The teams will meet again next Friday, February 3rd at Toyota Center.

Did You Know?
The Americans have drawn 89,883 fans to the first 25 dates at Toyota Center, averaging 3,595 fans per game. Last year the club averaged 3,270 per date…Since November 8th the Americans have gone 15-9-3-3 after starting the campaign 4-11…Ian McDonald became the third American this season to register a natural hat trick this year by scoring the first three goals of the game in Spokane on January 14th. He joined line mates Juraj Gracik (November 15th at Seattle) and Jason Beeman (November 26th at Portland) achieving the fete this season. It’s the first time in the 40-year history of the WHL that a team has hat three natural hat tricks in the same season. It was also McDonald’s first career hat trick. The 20-year-old from Edmonton played in his 300th career game last week in Kamloops.…The Americans are 4-5-0-2 in January and are 10-11-3-3 against U.S. Division teams…The road power play is 16-109, 14.7%. Road penalty killing is 112-140, 80.0%...Tri-City has been outscored by opponents on the road 72-48 and has been out shot 613-521…Jason Beeman appeared in his 300th career game in last Friday’s night’s win at Kelowna. The 20-year-old from Diamond Bar, California became the fourth American in the 18-year history of the franchise to appear in 300 career games in an Americans uniform. Brent Ascroft with 355 (1992-97) and Dylan Stanley with 339 (2000-05) along with McDonald have eared the honors…The Americans are 2-3 in shootouts this season with both winners tallied by Jason Beeman…Ian McDonald leads the Americans in road scoring with 13 goals, 30 points in 20 games. The club has tallied four times shorthanded on the road, all by McDonald during last week’s five-game road trip helping the Americans to a 2-2-0-1 record. Juraj Gracik is second with nine goals, 18 points in 18 games. Goaltender Carey Price has appeared in 18 games on the road and in 850 minutes he has a 2.75 G.A.A. and a .906 save percentage …Goaltender Chet Pickard has a shutout string of 93:24 dating back to a 3-0 win over Spokane on January 13th. It was his first WHL career shutout…

Next Game
The Americans return to Toyota Center to face the archrival Spokane Chiefs on Saturday, January 28th at 7:05 pm. Airtime for the Farmers Insurance Warm-Up Show is 6:45 pm on News Talk 870 KFLD

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Posted : : 01/28/2006
SPECIAL TEAMS REEK HAVOC
Silvertips Down Americans 6-1
Everett Silvertips Press Release

Everett, WA - The Everett Silvertips snap their three game losing streak and bounce back in a big 6-1 win over the Tri-City Americans. This was meeting number eight of ten and the Silvertips lead the series 6-1-1. They are also undefeated at home at the Events Center against the Americans with five victories. Everett continues to climb in the point category. The team has accumulated 59 points and a 28-17-2-1 record, good enough for first place in the US Division. Tri-Cities, holding down the number four spot, has 44 points and a 19-21-3-3 history.

Everett's special team units dictated the flow of the game. John Lammers, at 7:30 of the first period on a power play, took a slap shot from the top right circle to make it 1-0. Ondrej Fiala pushed the Silvertips up 2-0 on a power play at 2:30 of the second session when he caught a pass through the crease and tipped in it. At 10:06 the Americans closed the deficit by one when Juraj Gracik put a puck in the net on a Tri-Cities power play. Then Fiala struck again at 16:34 when his shot was deflected into the net by an American player. Everett closed out the second 3-1.

In the final period Everett took off and never looked back. Zack Dailey earned an unassisted, short-handed goal after he had short breakaway. Then Zach Hamill topped off Everett's scoreboard with two power play goals at 9:39 and 12:09. His first shot came from the left circle and hit the cross bar and dropped into the net while his second occurred during a 4 on 3 situation. Posting assists for the night for the Silvertips were Shaun Heshka with three, Torrie Wheat with two, and Zach Hamill, Brady Calla and Jason Fransoo all with one a piece.

Leland Irving earned his 25th win for the season. This breaks the franchise record for most wins in a season, previously held by both Jeff Harvey (03-04) and Mike Wall (04-05) with 24 wins. Irving's record jumps to 25-15-1-1. Carey Price started the game and played until the middle of the third period. He made 17 saves on 22 shots and his record falls to 15-16-3-3. Chet Pickard played a mere 10 minutes and turned away both shots he faced. On the power play Everett converted on four of nine while Tri-Cities scored on one chance of five. The Silvertips out shot the Americans 25-24.

Irving had company in breaking team records tonight. Shaun Heshka now holds the record for the most assists in a single season. Previously Alex Leavitt (04-05) held the title with 35 helpers. Last but not least, John Lammers tied Torrie Wheat (04-05) and John Dahl (03-04) for the most goals in a single season with 25.

The Everett Silvertips are back in action against another US Division foe, the Spokane Chiefs, on Sunday January 29th. The puck drops at 5:05pm.

Silvertips Box Scores

Zach Hamill (15,16) 2 G, 1 A
Ondrej Fiala (9, 10) 2 G
John Lammers (25) 1 G
Zack Dailey (6) 1 G
Shaun Heshka 3 A
Torrie Wheat 2 A
Brady Calla 1 A
Jason Fransoo 1 A
Leland Irving (25-15-1-1): 23/24 saves
Power Play: Everett 4/9, Tri-Cities 1/5
Shots on Goal: Everett 25, Tri-Cities 24
Attendance: 5,657

3 Stars of the Game

1. Leland Irving (EVT)
2. Ondrej Fiala (EVT)
3. Zach Hamill (EVT)