Everett Silvertips goaltender Austin Lotz made 31 saves to lead his team to a 6-0 shutout of the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday night at Xfinity Arena in Everett in a Western Hockey League game.
The T-Birds are now 22-17-2-3 and in fourth place in the U.S. Division, one point behind the third place Spokane Chiefs.
The T-Birds next game is Friday, January 23, against the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick at 7:05 p.m. They host the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday, January 24, at 7:05 p.m. This game is the annual Fred Meyer Teddy Bear Toss presented by WARM 106.9 FM.
The teams skated to a scoreless first period with the T-Birds outshooting the Silvertips 9-7. No penalties were called in the period.
Everett (28-12-3-1) went in front 1-0 at 4:38 of the second period. Jake Mykitiuk put a rebound past Seattle goalie Taran Kozun from on top of the crease. Nikita Scherbak had the initial and Remi Laurencelle had the second assist.
Ivan Nikolishin scored a power-play goal with 39 seconds left in the second to give the Silvertips a 2-0 lead. Carson Stadnyk and Patrick Bajkov had the assists.
The Silvertips led in shots 22-17 after two periods by outshooting the T-Bird 15-8 in the period.
Bauml scored from a sharp angle to the left of the goal 40 seconds into the third period to extend the Silvertips lead to 3-0. Stadnyk had the assist when he sent the puck to Bauml from behind the T-Birds net.
Scherbak scored at 6:36 of the third make it a 4-0 Everett lead. Laurencelle and Noah Juulsen had the assists.
Everett’s fifth goal was scored by Dawson Leedahl at 15:11 on the power play while Stadnyk got the sixth goal, at 17:32.
Kozun was replaced by Danny Mumaugh after Everett’s fifth goal. He made 28 saves on 33 shots and his record is now 20-12-2-3. Mumaugh stopped one of two shots he faced.
Lotz is now 19-9-1-1.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – No scoring. Penalties – No penalties.
Second period – 1, Everett, Mykitiuk 2 (Scherbak, Laurencelle), 4:38. 2, Everett, Nikolishin 10 (Stadnyk, Bajkov), 19:21 (pp). Penalties – Ottenbreit, Sea (holding), 8:59. Hauf, Sea (hooking), 11:34. Spencer, Sea (elbowing),17:40.
Third period – 3, Everett, Bauml 19 (Stadnyk), :40. 4, Everett, Scherbak 20 (Laurencelle, Juulsen), 6:36. 5, Everett, Leedahl 7 (Low, Davis), 15:11 (pp). 6, Everett, Stadnyk 16 (Leedahl, Bauml), 17:32. Penalties – Bauml, Evt (delay of game), 7:47. Spencer, Sea (slashing), 11:52. Lipsbergs, Sea (slashing), 14:34.
Shots on goal – Seattle 9-8-15 31, Everett 7-15-13 35. Goalies – Seattle, Kozun 33 shots-28 saves (20-12-2-3), Mumaugh 2-1; Everett, Lotz 31-31 (19-9-1-1). Power plays – Seattle 0-1; Everett 2-5. A – 8,317. Referees – Steve Papp, Sean Raphael. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Aaron Mills.
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