Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Everett Silvertips Sunday night at the ShoWare Center and keep their playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nDefenseman Shea Theodore passed the puck to Dave Sutter at the blue line. Sutter took a wrist shot towards the goal. Honey tipped the puck over Everett goalie Kent Simpson’s right side securing Seattle’s crucial win over the Silvertips just before time expired.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The T-Birds started the game four points behind the eighth-place Victoria Royals in the Western Conference playoff standings. With the win, Seattle (23-43-1-1) is now three points behind the Royals, who lost in overtime to the Vancouver Giants Sunday night. The T-Birds have two games in hand on the Royals having played 68 games to the Royals’ 70.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The T-Birds are four points behind the seventh-place Silvertips, with a game in hand. These two teams will meet again on Saturday, March 17, at ShoWare Center at 7:05 p.m. in the last regular season home game for the T-Birds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle scored quickly in the first period with a goal from Seth Swenson at 1:20. Chance Lund took a shot on goal but it was stopped by Simpson. Swenson got the rebound in traffic and beat Simpson with a wrist shot for his ninth goal of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kohl Bauml tied it 1-1for the Silvertips at 12:54 of the first. Cody Fowlie had the only assist.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett (21-38-1-8) and Seattle both had 13 shots on goal after the first period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Branden Troock scored the T-Birds second goal of the night unassisted at 1:16. Troock intercepted the puck from an Everett defender behind the Silvertips net. Troock skated to the left side of Simpson and sent the puck over Simpson’s right side with his a backhand for his 13th goal of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Josh Winquist scored for the Silvertips at 5:01 of the second to tie it 2-2. Josh Birkholz and Brennan Yadlowski had the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle led Everett 25-24 in shots after two periods and finished the game with a 49-32 advantage in shots.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Calvin Pickard stopped 30 on 32 shots increasing his record to 23-35-1-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Simpson made 46 saves on 49 shots bringing his record to 19-29-2-5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle faces the Spokane Chiefs Tuesday, March 13, at the ShoWare Center at 7:05 p.m. The T-Birds travel Spokane Friday night at 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
First period – 1, Seattle, Swenson 9 (Lund), 1:20. 2, Everett, Bauml14 (Fowlie), 12:54. Penalties – Elliot, Sea (major-fighting), 2:08. Grayson, Evt (major-fighting), 2:08. Yadlowski, Evt (boarding), 4:25. Lund, Sea (goaltender inference, major-fighting), 9:17. Wardley, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:17. Grayson, Evt (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:17. Morden, Evt (major-fighting), 9:17. Hauf, Sea (cross checking), 13:54.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Second period – 3, Seattle, Troock 13, 1:16. 4, Everett, Winquist 19 (Birkholz, Yadlowski), 5:01. Penalties – Elliot, Sea (major-fighting), 7:11. Caron, Evt (major-fighting), 7:11.Grayson, Evt (hooking), 9:42. Jacobs, Sea (slashing), 20:00. Caron, Evt (roughing), 20:00.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Honey, Sea (slashing), 4:39. Caron, Evt (slashing), 17:39. Troock, Sea (slashing), 17:39.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Overtime – 5, Seattle, Honey 7 (Sutter, Theodore), 4:55. Penalties – No penalties.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shots on goal – Seattle 13-12-20-4 49. Everett 13-11-5-3 32. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 32 shots-30 saves (23-35-1-1); Everett, Simpson 49-46 (19-29-2-5). Power plays – Seattle 0-2; Everett 0-3. A – 4,080. Referee – Trevor Hanson, Jeff Ingram. Linesmen – Kevin Boris, Chris Sweeting.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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