The Portland Winterhawks play a good sport to shut out calendar 2024, however in opposition to the top-ranked Everett Silvertips, lots of issues need to go proper, and never sufficient did. The Silvertips win 7-3, snapping Portland’s 6-game successful streak and growing their very own successful streak to 4.
The Winterhawks shut 2024 with a report for the 12 months of 57-24-5, spanning two common seasons and the 2024 playoffs.
| 1st :43 EVT Lukas Kaplan (Jesse Heslop) 0-1 | Alex Weiermair misses Kyle Chyzowski’s move within the Everett zone, and Heslop will get it to Kaplan for a 1 on 1 rush. Portland seems to be like they’ve it defended, however Kaplan snaps one from past the excessive slot and beats Ondrej Štěbeták. |
| 1st 9:26 POR (SH) Kyle McDonough (Kyle Chyzowski) 1-1 | Eric Jamieson’s outlet move on the ability play is intercepted by McDonough, resulting in a 2 on 1. McDonough and Chyzowski execute a give-and-go and McDonough has an open internet. |
| 1st 14:49 EVT (PP) Dominik Rymon (Tyler MacKenzie, Carter Bear) 1-2 | Rymon wrists one in from the suitable circle, with MacKenzie screening in entrance. MacKenzie and Bear handed it round on the ability play earlier than it went to Rymon. |
| 1st 16:27 EVT Dominik Rymon (Jaxsin Vaughan, Landon DuPont) 1-3 | A shot by Vaughan from the highest of the suitable circle takes a giant rebound to the left circle. Rymon wins the race to the puck and with a fast launch beats Štěbeták high shelf. |
| 1st 18:23 EVT Shea Busch 1-4 | Busch intercepts a Ryder Thompson at heart ice and brings the puck in. His shot from the highest of the suitable circle is stopped by Štěbeták, however the rebound comes again to him and he scores from under the suitable dot. |
| 2nd 2:27 EVT (PP) Landon DuPont (Carter Bear, Tyler MacKenzie) 1-5 | DuPont one-times a Bear move from the left dot. Marek Schlenker acquired a few of it however not sufficient. MacKenzie helped win a batt;le from Weiermair earlier than the puck acquired to Bear. |
| 2nd 19:37 POR (PP) Josh Zakreski (Kyle Chyzowski, Tyson Jugnauth) 2-5 | Chyzowski from down low goes cross-crease to Zakreski. Jugnauth acquired the puck down low to Chyzowski. |
| third 16:15 POR Diego Buttazzoni (Kyle Chyzowski, Carter Sotheran) 3-5 | Weiermair’s level shot pinballs round in entrance with Chyzowski and Sotheran getting touches, and it bounces to the backdoor to Buttazzoni, who has a large open internet. |
| third 17:09 EVT (PP) Tyler MacKenzie (Tarin Smith, Landon DuPont) 3-6 | Smith’s level shot is tipped house by MacKenzie from the highest of the crease. DuPont handed it again to Smith from the left boards. |
| third 17:57 EVT (EN) Jesse Heslop (Lukas Kaplan) 3-7 | With the web empty and Portland bringing it up ice, Jugnauth’s move hits Zakreski within the skate at heart ice. Kaplan wins the puck and will get it to Heslop to shoot into the empty internet. |
| Portland leads by 2+ | 0:00 |
| Portland leads by 1 | 0:00 |
| Tied | 6:06 |
| Portland trails by 1 | 10:21 |
| Portland trails by 2+ | 43:33 |
Pregame: A marquee matchup for the ultimate sport of 2024, with Portland taking over the top-ranked Silvertips. Portland in search of their seventh win in a row, Everett in search of their (pedestrian for them) 4th. An opportunity for the Winterhawks to offer proof that they belong within the league’s listing of contenders.
1st interval: Robust interval for Portland. They’d tied it on a shorthanded purpose and have been outshooting Everett 11-7 with 5:21 left. However from there the Ideas outshot them 9-4 and scored 3 targets to take management. Ondrej Stebetak had a tricky interval in purpose for the Winterhawks, and ended up being changed for the 2nd.
2nd interval: An early purpose to Everett made it 5-1 and regarded prefer it may wrap it up. However Everett then took penalties to offer with Winterhawks 4 energy performs and Portland, although not doing effectively on the primary three, capitalized on the fourth to make it 5-2 after 2, and provides them an opportunity for a miracle, which they’d pulled off just a few instances this season.
third interval: Principally, it was the Silvertips defending efficiently as they protected a decent-sized lead. The Winterhawks made it mildly fascinating late with a 6-on-5 purpose, however the good feeling didn’t final lengthy with a penalty, Everett energy play purpose, after which Everett empty-netter to shortly snuff out the hope.
The way it was received: 1) Goaltending. Stebetak struggled within the 1st; on the different finish, Jesse Sanche had a robust sport.
2) Everett’s energy play: 3 for six, the primary dangerous sport Portland has had on the penalty kill shortly.
3) Massive video games from most of Everett’s high gamers: 2 targets for Rymon, 3 factors for MacKenzie, and DuPont, 2 for Heslop and Bear, and Smith managed the sport more often than not.
Key stretch/second: Final 5-plus minutes of the first. Everett outshoots Portland and scores 3 targets to take a 4-1 lead after 1.
Shocking: Portland, acquired a shorthanded purpose however acquired their penalty kill blitzed.
Not shocking: Everett wins the photographs for the thirty fifth time in 36 video games. The Winterhawks made them work for it although. They have been inside 3 photographs a factors within the third interval. They usually missed the web so much all sport. With somewhat bit extra of a third interval push, or hitting the web somewhat bit extra, they could have received the shot complete. And, not by the way, the sport.
Controversies: A Carter Sotheran shot within the third hit the submit for Portland. A little bit of an optical phantasm on one of many replay angles made it seem like the shot had hit the again of the web and bounced out, however the overhead confirmed it clearly hitting the submit with out getting into.
Finest staff received?: Sure.
Accidents/suspensions: An enormous one, as Tyson Yaremko went down in a battle with Carter Bear in entrance of the Everett internet within the 1st. It is perhaps a knee because it acquired twisted as Bear fell on it; for good measure, the again of his head hit the ice. There’s an excellent likelihood he’s out for awhile.
| High 10 | Stat line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Rymon | EVT | 2 targets | He has an help on the scoresheet that he’ll most likely lose. However he had two of the targets in Everett’s 3-goal 1st interval run. |
| Tyler MacKenzie | EVT | 1 purpose, 2 assists | 6-game level streak. All 3 factors on the ability play. |
| Landon DuPont | EVT | 1 purpose, 2 assists | Additionally with a 6-game level streak. As a 15-year-old, he’s now 2nd within the league in factors for defensemen behind Jugnauth. |
| Jesse Sanche | EVT | 27 saves-30 photographs | A stable sport in purpose. (Barely) broke a string of 5 straight video games underneath .900. |
| Tarin Smith | EVT | 1 help | Most likely dealt with the puck greater than some other Silvertip. |
| Kyle Chyzowski | POR | 3 assists | 4th within the league in factors, solely 5 behind scoring chief Gavin McKenna. 5-game level streak. |
| Lukas Kaplan | EVT | 1 purpose, 1 help | First purpose 43 seconds in, and arrange the ultimate empty-net purpose. |
| Shea Busch | EVT | 1 purpose | A pleasant play to actually put the dagger into Portland on the finish of the first. |
| Jesse Heslop | EVT | 1 purpose, 1 help | 12-game level streak. |
| Tyson Jugnauth | POR | 1 help | 10-game level streak. |
| Different notables | Stat line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Weiermair | POR | Was credit score with an help, however he’ll lose that and have his 6-game level streak snapped. | |
| Ondrej Štěbeták | POR | 12 saves-16 photographs | Solely lasted the primary 20 minutes. A struggling sport in purpose. |
| Diego Buttazzoni | POR | 1 purpose | Final purpose saved his 10-game level streak alive. |
| Kyle McDonough | POR | 1 purpose | 3-game level streak. |
| Marek Schlenker | POR | 17 saves-19 photographs | Mop up obligation within the final 40 minutes. We’ll see how that impacts the goalie rotation with a 3-in-3 beginning Thursday. |
| Carter Bear | EVT | 2 help | 12-game level streak. |
| Tyson Yaremko | POR | 6-game level streak snapped within the worst means. Hopefully he’s OK, but it surely didn’t look good. |
| Winterhawks | Silvertips | |
|---|---|---|
| Document | 20-13-2 (.600) | 28-5-2-1 (.819) |
| Targets/sport | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| Targets allowed/sport | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Crew taking pictures % | .114 | .119 |
| Crew save % | .888 | .911 |
| Energy play | 27.5% | 28.1% |
| Penalty kill | 79.4% | 78.0% |
| Energy performs for/sport | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Energy performs in opposition to/sport | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Outshooting opponents | 13-21-1 | 35-1 |
| After 1 interval | 10-14-11 | 19-6-11 |
| After 2 intervals | 13-17-5 | 27-8-1 |
| Rating, final 10 video games | 44-37 (+7) | 45-18 (+27) |
| Rating, final 20 video games | 88-72 (+16) | 92-45 (+47) |
Portland Winterhawks
Nonetheless sixth general, 4th within the convention, with three video games in a row beginning Thursday. They weren’t that far off; in the event that they’d gotten the goaltending they acquired throughout their 6-game successful streak, in the event that they’d hit the web extra typically on their photographs, they’d have been on this sport.
Everett Silvertips
They’re nonetheless up 11 factors on Spokane, 12 on Prince George, each of whom received. We’ll see in regards to the commerce deadline, however they’re cruising.
Thursday 1/2 vs. Spokane, 7pm PST
Friday 1/3 at Tri-Metropolis, 7pm PST
Saturday 1/4 vs. Wenatchee, 6pm PST
Trying forward: Friday 1/10 at Brandon, 5pm PST (7pm CST)
Subsequent sport with Everett: Friday 2/21 at Everett, 7pm PST
