Everett Silvertips drop home series, fall to Tri-City in shootout

The Everett Silvertips lost both of their home games this weekend at Angel of the Winds Arena.

The team played Medicine Hat on Friday and Tri-City on Sunday, with a road win over Wenatchee on Saturday sandwiched in between. Despite the Saturday victory, the Silvertips finished the stretch with two losses on home ice. This result leaves the team with just one win through its first six home games of the season.

Everett trails in the Western Conference standings at ninth place with 17 points. The record stands at 6 wins, 8 losses, 1 overtime loss, and 4 ties. Three other teams share the 17-point total, but Everett has played more games, resulting in a lower point percentage. The team has not won consecutive games since Sept. 25 and Sept. 26.

The Friday game ended in a 5-2 defeat to the Medicine Hat Tigers. Arvid Drott scored the first goal after 1:44. Liam Ruck and Markus Ruck combined for a short-handed goal at 5:40 to extend the lead to 2-0. Luke Cozens added a power-play goal at 14:55, making it 3-0. Jaxsin Vaughan pulled one back with a power-play goal at 15:51. Cozens scored again at 6:03 of the third period. Dario Blengino and Josh Evaschesen scored the final goals to set the 5-2 score.

The Silvertips broke a three-game losing streak on Saturday with a 2-1 win over the Wenatchee Wild. Dario Blengino opened the scoring on the power play at 12:41 of the first period. Isaac Poll tied the game at 1-1 at 3:51 of the second period. Caine Wilke scored the winner at 6:45 of the third period, flipping a wrister off the glove of goaltender Tobias Tvrznik. Evan Enck stopped 27 of 28 shots for Everett.

Goaltender Jayden Kraus returned from a lower-body injury for the Sunday game against Tri-City. Everett built a 3-0 lead. Lukas Kaplan scored the first goal at 4:27 of the first period. Brek Liske made it 2-0 at 19:20. Rhys Jamieson added the third at 10:10 of the second period. Tri-City erased the deficit in the third period. Cruz Pavao scored on a rebound at 3:22. Aden Bouchard made it 3-2 at 13:15. Eli McKamey scored an extra-attacker goal at 19:43 to tie the game. Pavao scored the lone goal in the shootout to complete the 4-3 comeback win for Tri-City.

Brek Liske earned first star for the weekend with one goal and four assists. The 18-year-old defenseman has recorded at least one point in eight of his last 11 games. Dario Blengino took the second star for scoring two goals, breaking an eight-game drought. Evan Enck received the third star for his 27 saves on 28 shots in the Saturday win.