(Everett, WA) After winning eight straight games to start the WHL playoffs, the Tri-City Americans had not had to face too much adversity. Their power play and top line were clicking at an incredible 48 percent rate and they piled up 46 goals in just eight post-season contests. Friday night’s […]
U.S. Division
WHL Western Conference Final preview: Everett Silvertips vs Tri-City Americans
Season series: Everett 5-2-1-0 Tri-City 3-5 9/24/17: Everett 4 Tri-City 1 9/30/17: Tri-City 5 Everett 4 10/18/17: Tri-City 3 @Everett 2(OT) 11/22/17: Everett 3 @Tri-City 0 12/10/17: Everett 4 @Tri-City 3 1/10/18: Everett 4 Tri-City 0 1/15/18: Everett 6 Tri-City 5 3/13/18: Tri-City 4 Everett 2 Tri-City Americans: Second Round […]
Everett Silvertips-Tri-City Americans playoff history
This year’s match up between the Everett Silvertips and Tri-City Americans marks just the fourth time the two have met in the playoffs in the 15 years they have co-existed and the first time in the Western Conference Final. All three previous match ups occurred in the first round with […]
DUBNetwork 20-year-olds All-Star Team (2017-18)
(Kelowna, BC) The current rules allow each Western Hockey League team to include three 20-year-old players on their roster. These are seemingly interchangeable spots on a WHL roster throughout the season, often devoted to players with high-end skills or, perhaps just as important, high-end character. At 20 years of age, […]
Everett finishes off Portland and makes first trip to West Final since 2006
Zach Hamill, Peter Mueller, Shaun Heshka and Leland Irving — those were some of the names on the 2005-06 Everett Silvertips team that defeated the Kelowna Rockets in six games and advanced to the Western Conference Final. That trip to the conference final ended in heartbreak as the Vancouver Giants […]
Everett scores twice late to shock Portland in Game 4
Fate has had some strange and dramatic turns for the Portland Winterhawks in the 2018 WHL playoffs. Up by one with 30 seconds left in Game 5 of their first-round series against Spokane and about to eliminate the Chiefs, they had a shot deflect off of their overage center Alex […]
Americans headed to Western Conference championship after sweeping Royals
Kennewick, Wa. When the dust settled Tuesday night on an eventful third period of Game 3 between the Tri-City Americans (8-0) and Victoria Royals (4-7) there seemed to be more questions than answers heading to Game 4. The Royals set a franchise record for playoff goals in a single period […]
A seven goal third period ends with Tri-City up 3-0 in series against Victoria
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (7-0) are in the midst of an incredible playoff run right now. The team swept their first round series against the Kelowna Rockets and entered game three on Tuesday night with the 2-0 series lead and were looking to push the Victoria Royals (4-6) to […]
Everett starts fast and takes Game 3 in Portland
Quick starts have been the story so far in the second-round series between U.S. Division rivals, the Everett Silvertips and Portland Winterhawks. The winning team in each of the three games in the series so far have not only scored first, they have netted the game’s first three goals. The […]
Rasmussen powers Americans past Royals in Game 2
The Tri-City Americans and Victoria Royals faced off for Game 2 Saturday night in Victoria. Like all of the hockey world, thoughts were still on the tragedy unfolding in Saskatchewan involving the Humboldt Broncos. A pre-game moment of silence was held in the arena as both teams joined each other […]