‘Tips score with 16 seconds left to beat T-Birds | WHL
Published 9:39 am Sunday, February 21, 2016
Remi Laurencelle scored with 16 seconds left in the game to give the Everett Silvertips a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday night at Xfinity Arena.
The T-Birds had tied the game 3-3 on Ethan Bear’s power-play goal with 1:54 left in the game.
Everett moves five points ahead of the T-Birds in first place in the U.S. Division.
Seattle (32-23-3-0) opened the scoring 3:26 into the first period on an Donovan Neuls’ unassisted power-play goal. The puck bounced off the end boards and toward Everett goalie Carter Hart, who stopped the puck with his stick and went to cover the puck but Neuls was too quick. Neuls poked the puck under Hart for his 11th goal of the season.
Everett (34-20-2-2) tied the game 1-1 on an unassisted goal from Devon Skoleski. The T-Birds turned the puck over in front of their own net and Skoleski scored on a wrist shot.
The Silvertips took a 2-1 lead on Carson Stadnyk’s power-play goal at 10:49 of the second period.
Everett went in front 3-1 18 seconds into the third period on a goal from Laurencelle.
The T-Birds came right back and cut the Everett lead to one goal at 1:23 of the third. Ryan Gropp came down the left wing and beat Hart on the short side for his 28th goal of the season. Bear had the only assist on the goal.
On Bear’s game-tying goal, his first slap shot attempt was blocked. But Bear got the loose puck and put a second slap shot on goal that beat Hart on the blocker side. Mathew Barzal and Gropp had the assists.
Seattle outshot Everett 9-8 in the third period. The ‘Tips finished with a 36-23 advantage in shots.
Seattle goalie Logan Flodell made 32 saves on 36 shots and his record is now 18-13-3-0.
Hart stopped 20 of 23 shot and his record is 33-19-1-2.
Tickets are available at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office, which is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – 1, Seattle, Neuls 11, 3:26 (pp). 2, Everett, Skoleski 6, 5:14. Penalties – Skoleski, Evt (hooking), 1:51. Hauf, Sea (holding), 12:46. Bench, Evt (too many men-served by Millar), 14:24.
Second period – 3, Everett, Stadnyk 16 (Fonteyne), 10:49 (pp). Penalties – Eansor, Sea (hooking), 10:38. Bench, Sea (too many men-served by Uhrich), 17:23.
Third period – 4, Everett, Laurencelle 26 (Juulsen), :18. 5, Seattle, Gropp 28 (Bear), 1:23 (pp). 6, Seattle, Bear 16 (Barzal, Gropp), 18:06 (pp). 7, Everett, Laurencelle 27 (Stadnyk), 19:44. Penalties – Juulsen, Evt (holding opponents stick), :44. Laurencelle, Evt (hooking), 17:16.
Shots on goal – Seattle 9-5-9 23, Everett 14-14-8 36. Goalies – Seattle, Flodell 36 shots-32 saves (18-13-3-0); Everett, Hart 23-20 (32-19-1-2). Power plays – Seattle 3-4; Everett 1-3. A – 7,876. Referees – Adam Griffiths, Steve Papp. Linesmen – Adam Brastad, Nathan Van Oosten.
