The Everett Silvertips have found home cooking to be just what they needed. They won all three games at Angel of the Winds Arena this past week and have now extended their win streak to four games.
Wednesday, October 16th: Everett 3 Brandon 2
Full recap with quotes here. The Cole Fonstad experience took off in a big way as he scored and was in on all three goals. Gage Goncalves scored twice and Keegan Karki got his first win on home ice.
Friday, October 18th: Everett 5 Tri-City 1
Bryce Kindopp got things started with Everett’s third power-play goal in their last four chances over two games. Michal Gut added a marker just 1:16 later to make it 2-0 after 20 minutes.
Tri-City increased the pressure in the second period, but Dustin Wolf stopped 11 of Tri-City’s 12 shots. Sasha Mutala was the lone American to solve him in this game as he turned away 23-of-24 overall.
Dawson Butt scored his first of the season in the second to make it 3-1 after 40.
Goncalves notched his third goal in two games to make it 4-1, and then Kindopp put home his 10th of the season into Tri-City’s empty net for the 5-1 final.
Kindopp had three points and Goncalves, Fonstad, and Jacob Wright each had two. For Wright, those were his first two WHL assists.
Saturday, October 19th: Everett 2 Prince Albert 1 OT
This game went scoreless through the first 45 minutes of game time before Goncalves again found the net. This was his fourth goal in three games.
Everett could not put away Fonstad’s former team and the defending champions, though, as Ozzy Wiesblatt forced overtime, scoring a goal with just 14 seconds left.
Gut provided the heroics for Everett with his second goal in as many games for the OT win.
Wolf turned away 30-of-31 and now sports a WHL-best (among goalies who have played in more than four games) GAA and save percentage at 1.73 and .945 respectively.
Kindopp leads the WHL in goals with 10 and is second in points with 18 in 11 games.
Gut is tied for eighth in rookie scoring with seven points. He also has three game-winning goals which is the most in the WHL.
Fonstad notched two assists and now has 12, good for second in the WHL. He has 15 points overall.
This week:
Friday, October 25th: Everett @Vancouver
Bear Tracks…
-Everett is now 8-3-0-0 for 16 points. That is good for first place in the U.S. Division — three points up on the Portland Winterhawks who have a game in hand.
-Everett’s power play went 3-for-11 over the week.
–Olen Zellweger will play for Team Canada Red at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge. The tournament gets going on November 2nd.
-Goncalves has 10 points in eight games. He had 15 last season over 67 games. His five goals come a season after scoring just one.
-Martin Fasko-Rudas and Conrad Mitchell continue to be out week-to-week with upper body injuries.
-Jack Lambert was reassigned to the NAPHL’s Everett Jr. Silvertips program.
-1999-born blueliner Jake Christiansen made his professional debut over the weekend. He is on a try out with the Stockton Heat, Calgary’s affiliate.
All ? on Jake Christiansen in warmups. Rookie defenseman is expected to make his pro debut tonight pic.twitter.com/0oITU0wrf6
— Stockton Heat (@AHLHeat) October 20, 2019
