(Everett, WA) The Everett Silvertips (6-3-0-0) were out shooting the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings (3-6-0-0) by a large margin, but just could not finish their opportunities through two periods on Wednesday night. That has been the story for Everett a bit this season as they had just 21 goals in […]
Author: Brandon Rivers
Cougars go on the road and grab a split
Last weekend, the Prince George Cougars traveled down to Washington State for road games against the Spokane Chiefs on Friday and Tri-City Americans on Saturday. Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena has been a tough place for the Cougars in recent years. They last won there on March 11th, 2017. Friday, October […]
Silvertips win two of three on the week and acquire Fonstad
The Everett Silvertips finished off a four-game road trip this past week, and then came back home for the first two of a five-game home stand. They ended up going 2-1 over the three games and are tied for second in the U.S. Division with the Tri-City Americans at 5-3-0-0. […]
Tri-City bounces back with two home wins
After two rough losses last week, the Tri-City Americans were looking forward to getting settled at home with a week of practice and no long bus trips. Turns out home cooking is just what the doctor ordered for the now 5-3-0-0 Americans. They held off the Victoria Royals on Friday […]
Noah King a key part of an excellent Spokane blue line
During the long playoff run for the Spokane Chiefs last season, there was one name that everyone in the Western Hockey League was aware of — Ty Smith. For good reason. The then 18-year-old blue liner was a former first-round NHL Draft pick for the New Jersey Devils, had played […]
Koffer hoping to build off big game
The adjustment of coming over from Europe and playing a different style of hockey in a different country with a different culture is a hard thing for young hockey players. If, within their first handful of games, they can find their role and make an impact on and off the […]
Everett rebounds with two close wins
After losing to Kelowna, the Silvertips had two more road games this last week. Everett 3 @Kamloops 2 Bryce Kindopp netted two first period goals and import forward Michal Gut netted his first career WHL goal in a 3-2 win over the Blazers. Kindopp assisted on the Gut goal for […]
Tri-City gets Hrabik and Olson back from the AHL and trade Schmiemann
A week of homecomings… The Tri-City Americans got two key overage forwards back from the AHL last week. They also finally got to play at the Toyota Center after starting the season with five straight road games. The San Jose Barracuda announced on October 3rd that they had signed Czech […]
Kasper Puutio the next Finnish import to make a splash in Swift Current
The 2018-19 campaign was a difficult one for the Swift Current Broncos. One benefit of their poor record, though, was getting the first overall pick in the 2019 CHL Import Draft. There was little doubt which country they would go to in order to find their next import player — […]
Warm providing Americans with consistent goaltending
The Tri-City Americans were set up for a hard weekend. They were playing two tough road games against the Seattle Thunderbirds and Spokane Chiefs, both of which have potent play makers who can put the puck in the net. Over the two games though, only one puck got into the […]
