Andy Eide
Author Stories
EVERETT – The puck used in Friday’s night’s Game 4 had a Silvertips logo on it but the Seattle Thunderbirds gave it their stamp. Seattle owned the puck all night long on way to beating a short handed, yet game, Everett squad 2-1 and is one win away from advancing to the Western Conference finals. […]
The T-Birds took a 2-1 series lead with a 5-0 shutout of the Silvertips at Everett’s XFinity Arena. Seattle had goals from five different players, three assists from both Mathew Barzal and Nolan Volcan along with a 23-save shutout from Landon Bow.
Facing the possibility of going down two games in their second-round playoff series with Everett, the Thunderbirds got a big game from their best player. Center Mathew Barzal scored two goals Sunday evening to pace Seattle to a crucial 3-1 win in Game 2 at the ShoWare Center.
Everett took advantage of a Seattle team playing without its top two goal-scorers and its best defenseman to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven, second-round series.
Seattle’s line of Donovan Neuls, Nolan Volcan and Scott Eansor plays a tough, fast, 200-foot game, making life miserable for opposing players and not giving them much room on the ice.
After playing 10 times during the regular season, the Thunderbirds and Silvertips are very familiar with each other as they prepare for an intense second-round WHL playoffs series.
There’s a saying in playoff hockey that the fourth win in a series is the toughest one to pick up. Wednesday’s Game 4 in Prince George proved to be just that for the Thunderbirds. Seattle came back to tie the game late in the third period and Nolan Volcan won it in overtime for the T-Birds as they earned a 4-3 win to complete the four-game sweep of the Cougars.
The Seattle Thunderbirds were ready for a push back from the home standing Prince George Cougars at the start of Tuesday’s Game 3. Instead of fighting back into it, the Cougars watched as Seattle scored early to set a tone on their way to a 5-0 win to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The T-Birds outshot the Cougars 44-18 in the 4-1 win, giving them a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven opening round series.
The Seattle Thunderbirds escaped the opener of their first-round playoff series against Prince George Friday with a bit more drama than they’d like.
