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Fred Meyer Teddy Bear Toss at ShoWare tonight

January 21, 2017 10:00 am
The Thunderbirds’ Nolan Volcan brings the puck up the ice against the Silvertips on Friday night. COURTESY PHOTO, Chris Mast

The Everett Silvertips snapped the Seattle Thunderbirds’ six-game winning streak, pulling out a 1-0 victory in a Western Hockey League game Friday night at Xfinity Arena in Everett.

Orrin Centazzo scored the only goal for Everett (29-6-7-1) on the power-play at 9:14 of the first period. Patrick Bajkov and Kevin Davis had the assists.

Seattle (24-15-3-1) looked to have tied the game 1-1 at 10:57 of the third period on a goal from Luke Ormsby. The red goal light came on and the T-Birds celebrated, but the referees waived off the goal.

The T-Birds upped the pressure in the third period and outshot the ‘Tips 16-4 with several good scoring chances. Everett goalie Carter Hart made several very good saves, including denying Ryan Gropp from the slot in the closing seconds. Hart finished the game with 33 saves.

Seattle goalie Rylan Toth made 13 saves on 14 shots. Toth’s record is now 20-15-1-0.

Teddy Bear Toss tonight

The annual Fred Meyer Teddy Bear Toss presented by WARM 106.9 FM is 7:05 p.m. Saturday against the Vancouver Giants at the ShoWare Center.

Fans may purchase single game tickets online or at the ShoWare Center box office. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period – 1, Everett, Centazzo 4 (Bajkov, Davis), 9:14 (pp). Penalties – Irving, Evt (major-fighting), 1:54. Adams, Sea (major-fighting), 1:54. Volcan, Sea (major-fighting), 4:57. King, Evt (major-fighting), 4:57. Onyebuchi, Evt (charging), 5:35. Strand, Evt (interference), 7:24. Adams, Sea (interference), 11:45.

Second period – No scoring. Penalties – Strand, Sea (hooking), 1:40. Richards, Evt (hooking), 6:14. Dewar, Evt (tripping), 8:41. Kolesar, Evt (roughing), 20:00.

Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Juulsen, Evt (tripping), 12:00.

Shots on goal – Seattle 7-10-16 33, Everett 5-5-4 14. Goalies – Seattle, Toth 14 shots-13 saves (20-15-1-0); Everett, Hart 33-33 (19-4-5-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-4; Everett 1-4. A – 6,867. Referees – Mike Langin, Ward Pateman. Linesmen – Jeremi Del Campo, Justin Minty.