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GAME 4: Friday, March 30, 2018

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TONIGHT’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES

Game 4, first round … fourth lifetime playoff matchup and in the last five seasons … the Silvertips lead the series, 2-1 … the Silvertips went 22-1-0-2 on the road and 22-12-2-2 against opponents from the U.S. Division this season … the Silvertips went 6-2-0-2 in the regular season series against the Thunderbirds … this is the 9th occasion in Tips history that they have led the series, 2-1 (Tips have won 6 playoff series in that scenario).

ROUND 1: EVERETT vs SEATTLE (Tips lead series, 2-1)

GAME 1: at EVERETT 4 – Seattle 1

GAME 2: Seattle 4 – at Everett 4 (OT)

GAME 3: EVERETT 3 – at Seattle 1

GAME 4: at Seattle | Friday, Mar. 30 – 7:35pm (accesso ShoWare Center)

GAME 5: at EVERETT | Saturday, Mar. 31 – 7:05pm (Angel of the Winds Arena)

GAME 6: at Seattle | Tuesday, Apr. 3 – 7:05pm (accesso ShoWare Center) **

GAME 7: at EVERETT | Wednesday, Apr. 4– 7:05pm (Angel of the Winds Arena) **

** If necessary

SERIES IN A NUTSHELL:

GAME 1 (EVT 4 – SEA 1 / 3-23-18): The Everett Silvertips jumped out in front of the Seattle Thunderbirds early and maintained a sizeable lead throughout the game in a 4-1 victory, in Game 1 of the WHL Playoffs first round before 4,247 fans at Angels of the Winds Arena on Friday night. Patrick Bajkov was the first star of the game with a pair of goals, while Garrett Pilon and Bryce Kindopp each earned a goal. Matt Fonteyne collected 3 assists. SHOTS: EVT 46 – SEA 26

GAME 2 (SEA 5 – EVT 4 (OT) / 3-24-18): Garrett Pilon’s hat trick forced overtime with less than a minute left in regulation but Zack Andrusiak’s winner at 5:04 helped the Seattle Thunderbirds sneak by the Everett Silvertips, 5-4 in sudden death overtime before 5,694 fans at Angels of the Winds Arena on Saturday night … the best-of-seven series is tied, 1-1 … Pilon’s hat trick was the first in postseason for the Tips since Carson Stadnyk accomplished his against Spokane, Mar. 27, 2015 against the Spokane Chiefs. Martin Fakso-Rudas got the other Tips goal while three separate Tips registered multi point games. SHOTS: EVT 49 – SEA 33

GAME 3 (EVT 3 – SEA 1 / 3-29-18): Matt Fonteyne scored twice and Carter Hart furnished 33 saves to lift the Everett Silvertips to a 3-1 victory and a 2-1 series lead over the Seattle Thunderbirds before 5,600 fans at accesso ShoWare Center on Tuesday night in WHL Playoff action. The Silvertips recovered from an early 1-0 deficit and 22 shots by Seattle in the first ten minutes before Reece Vitelli tied the game. They recaptured home ice advantage in the series and outshot Seattle, 25-10 in the final 40 minutes. SHOTS: EVT 37 – SEA 34

TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS

PLAYOFF PRIMED: The Silvertips have reached the WHL Playoffs for 15 consecutive seasons, extending a current WHL record streak … the Tips went 18-7-2-3 in 1-goal games in the regular season and 22-12-2-2 against opponents from the U.S. Division.

The Silvertips have reached the WHL Playoffs for 15 consecutive seasons, extending a current WHL record streak … the Tips went 18-7-2-3 in 1-goal games in the regular season and 22-12-2-2 against opponents from the U.S. Division. TORRID TIPS: The Tips won 37 of their final 48 games … they scored a franchise record 246 goals … the Silvertips had 5 games of scoring 8 goals or more in the regular season … for the first time in franchise history, they boasted seven different 20-goal scorers on the roster, led by Connor Dewar (38).

The Tips won 37 of their final 48 games … they scored a franchise record 246 goals … the Silvertips had 5 games of scoring 8 goals or more in the regular season … for the first time in franchise history, they boasted seven different 20-goal scorers on the roster, led by Connor Dewar (38). NOT STANDING PAT: Patrick Bajkov, the leading Tips scorer, set the new Silvertips all-time scoring record with 264 points on Feb. 2, when he surpassed Zach Hamill with a first period power play goal … Florida Panthers prospect has twice tied his career high of 5 points … he is the Tips all-time leader in goals, points, and assists … Bajkov was named the #1 star with two goals in Game 1 vs. Seattle, last Friday.

HART OF THE MATTER: 19-year old Carter Hart, three-time reigning Silvertips MVP and back-to-back WHL Goaltender of the Year, led the WHL in both goals-against-average (1.60), save percentage (.947) and shutouts (7) … the Philadelphia Flyers prospect was named Western Conference Goaltender of the Year for the third straight season on Wednesday … he is in his in his 4 th season with the Silvertips, the franchise leader in wins (116) … Hart made 33 saves to open the playoffs with a win on Friday, 4-1 over Seattle.

19-year old Carter Hart, three-time reigning Silvertips MVP and back-to-back WHL Goaltender of the Year, led the WHL in both goals-against-average (1.60), save percentage (.947) and shutouts (7) … the Philadelphia Flyers prospect was named Western Conference Goaltender of the Year for the third straight season on Wednesday … he is in his in his 4 season with the Silvertips, the franchise leader in wins (116) SPREADING IT AROUND: The Silvertips have scored 11 goals in the first three games of the playoffs … 11 players have registered at least a point … six different Tips players have recorded a goal.

THIS DATE IN SILVERTIPS PLAYOFF HISTORY

EVT 3 – POR 2 (OT) (3/30/05): Zach Hamill scored a game winning goal at 9:47 to lift the Everett Silvertips to a 3-2 overtime victory over the Portland Winterhawks in Game 4 of their first round series before 5,431 fans in downtown Everett … Karel Hromas and Kyle Annesley also scored for the Tips … goaltender Mike Wall made 38 saves.

QUITE HONORED:

Six different Western Conference Awards and four different Silvertips were honored by the WHL on Mar. 21:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: CARTER HART (G)

CARTER HART (G) GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR: CARTER HART (G)

CARTER HART (G) COACH OF THE YEAR: DENNIS WILLIAMS

DENNIS WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: GARRY DAVIDSON (GENERAL MANAGER)

GARRY DAVIDSON (GENERAL MANAGER) 1 ST TEAM ALL-STAR: CARTER HART (G)

CARTER HART (G) 2ND TEAM ALL-STAR: PATRICK BAJKOV (RW)

MORE ON GAME 4

The Silvertips are 8-16 lifetime in Game 4 … their last Game 4 win was in the first round of the 2015-16 WHL Playoffs, when the Silvertips defeated the Portland Winterhawks, 4-0 in their series victory.

THE SILVERTIPS IN PLAYOFF SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME (Silvertips are 13-15 lifetime) * CHL record

DATE OPPONENT SITE ROUND/GM TIME SCORE GOAL

3/19/04 Spokane Everett 1/1 1:07 W, 2-1 Barry Horman

3/23/04 Spokane Spokane 1/3 2:26 W, 5-4 Zach Hamill

4/24/04 Kelowna Kelowna 3/5 5:50 W, 1-0 Bryan Nathe

4/26/04 Kelowna Everett 3/6 2:44 W, 2-1 John Dahl

4/27/04 Kelowna Kelowna 3/7 7:56 W, 2-1 Jeff Schmidt

3/30/05 Portland Everett 1/4 9:47 W, 3-2 Zach Hamill

4/2/05 Portland Portland 1/6 1:04 L, 2-3 Darrell May

4/11/05 Kootenay Everett 2/3 13:35 L, 2-3 Adam Taylor

4/12/05 Kootenay Everett 2/4 18:24 L, 3-4 Nigel Dawes

3/28/06 Tri-City Tri-City 1/3 3:15 W, 2-1 Torrie Wheat

4/14/06 Kelowna Kelowna 2/5 7:50 (2OT) L, 2-3 Troy Bodie

3/24/07 Spokane Everett 1/2 7:06 W, 3-2 Zach Hamill

4/7/07 Prince George Everett 2/2 2:28 W, 3-2 Jesse Smyke

4/11/07 Prince George Prince George 2/4 5:18 L, 3-4 Nick Drazenovic

3/28/08 Spokane Everett 1/4 12:21 L, 2-3 Mitch Wahl

3/20/09 Tri-City Tri-City 1/1 11:13 L, 5-6 Justin Feser

3/19/10 Kelowna Everett 1/1 5:18 W, 5-4 Daniel Iwanski

3/24/10 Kelowna Kelowna 1/4 0:46 (2OT) L, 4-5 Georgie Wudrick

3/28/12 Tri-City Everett 1/4 18:53 L, 3-4 Zachary Yuen

3/25/14 Seattle Seattle 1/3 3:47 L, 3-4 Justin Hickman

4/1/15 Spokane Spokane 1/3 2:07 (2OT) W, 2-1 Jake Mykitiuk

4/4/15 Spokane Everett 1/5 15:25 L, 3-4 Riley Whittingham

4/7/15 Spokane Spokane 1/6 3:43 (3OT) W, 2-1 Brayden Low

4/11/15 Portland Everett 2/2 0:29 (2OT) L, 3-4 Oliver Bjorkstrand

4/17/15 Portland Portland 2/4 5:40 L, 1-2 Blake Heinrich

3/31/17 Victoria Everett 1/5 7:02 W, 3-2 Eetu Tuulola

4/2/17 Victoria Victoria 1/6 11:36 (5OT)* W, 3-2 Cal Babych

4/11/17 Seattle Seattle 2/3 1:30 L, 4-5 Mathew Barzal

3/24/18 Seattle Everett 1/2 5:04 L, 4-5 Zack Andrusiak

WHEN THEY SCORE (regular season)

A look at the Tips records when the following players score a goal:

#4 Ian Walker 1-0-0-0

#7 Martin Fasko-Rudas 5-0-0-1

#8 Patrick Bajkov 20-3-1-0

#9 Dawson Butt 1-0-0-0

#10 Ethan O’Rourke 1-0-0-0

#14 Riley Sutter 15-3-0-2

#15 Sean Richards 13-4-0-1

#16 Luke Ormsby 2-0-0-0

#17 Matt Fonteyne 18-8-1-1

#19 Bryce Kindopp 15-2-0-0

#20 Kyle Walker 1-0-0-0

#24 Gianni Fairbrother 1-0-0-1

#23 Jake Christiansen 5-0-0-0

#26 Reece Vitelli 1-1-0-0

#29 Wyatte Wylie 4-1-0-0

#41 Garrett Pilon 9-1-1-0

#43 Connor Dewar 20-4-0-1

#44 Spencer Gerth 2-0-0-0

#38 Kevin Davis 7-1-0-0