Bow pulls out the stops; T-Birds silence ‘Tips for 9th straight win | WHL
Published 10:07 am Saturday, March 12, 2016
Landon Bow made 21 saves to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 1-0 shutout of the Everett Silvertips in front of 6,064 fans at the ShoWare Center on Friday night.
Seattle (41-23-3-0) has won nine consecutive games and 13 of its last 14 games. The T-Birds lead the U.S. Division by four points over the Silvertips. The T-Birds and Everett (37-22-4-3) have five games remaining in the regular season.
The T-Birds’ travel to Portland to take on the Winterhawks at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Memorial Coliseum.
Seattle has clinched a playoff spot, but an opponent has yet to be determined. The T-Birds will host the first two games of the first-round, best-of-seven series on March 25 and 26.
Bow has shut out the Silvertips in back-to-back games at the ShoWare Center. He made 24 saves in a 2-0 win over the Silvertips on Feb. 27.
Bow (22-20-4-0) leads the WHL in shutouts with seven, one ahead of Everett goalie Carter Hart.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead at 6:41 of the first period. Mathew Barzal carried the puck out of the Seattle zone and passed it to Ryan Gropp on the left wing. Gropp skated the puck down the left wing. From the hash marks along the boards, Gropp made a saucer pass to Nick Holowko skating to the right post. Holowko redirected Gropp’s pass over Hart.
Barzal’s assist gives him 60 on the season. The last T-Bird to have 60 or more assists in a season was Patrick Marleau in the 1996-97 season when he had 74 assists.
Seattle outshot Everett 10-5 in the first period.
In a tight-checking second period, the T-Birds outshot the Silvertips 6-5. The T-Birds led 16-10 in shots after two periods.
Everett pulled Hart for an extra attacker coming out of a timeout with 2:14 left in the game. The Silvertips kept the puck in the Seattle zone for a minute and a half and had several good scoring chances. Bow made several solid saves to keep the Silvertips from scoring.
Hart finished with 24 saves on 25 shots and his record is now 35-21-1-3.
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SCORING SUMMARY
First period – 1, Seattle, Holowko 6 (Gropp, Barzal), 6:41. Penalties – Ottenbreit, Sea (kneeing), 12:35.
Second period – No scoring. Penalties – Schuldhaus, Sea (major-fighting), 2:03. King, Evt (major-fighting), 2:03. Kolesar, Sea (holding), 2:50. Fonteyne, Evt (hooking), 2:50. Smith, Sea (holding), 12:48. Winkler, Evt (tripping), 15:32.
Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Hauf, Sea (interference), 10:31. Dewar, Evt (high-sticking), 19:57.
Shots on goal – Seattle 10-6-9 25, Everett 5-6-10 21. Goalies – Seattle, Bow 21 shots-21 saves (22-20-4-0); Everett, Hart 25-24 (35-22-1-3). Power plays – Seattle 0-2; Everett 0-3. A – 6,046. Referees – Brett Iverson, Kyle Kowalski. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Nathan Van Oosten.
