The Silvertips suffered their first defeat of the preseason Thursday morning, dropping a 4-2 decision to Prince George at the Tri-City preseason tournament in Kennewick.
The Cougars took leads of 2-0 and 3-1. The Silvertips cut it to 3-2 on recent signee Devon Skoleski’s goal at 8:33, but Prince George scored on a power play eight minutes later for the game’s final tally. Matt Fonteyne scored an unassisted goal in the first period for Everett. You can see the box score here.
One bright spot was the continued impressive play of Mario Petit. Returning starter Carter Hart allowed three goals in 16-plus minutes before he was lifted for Petit, who has now allowed a single goal in 103 minutes. Petit registered 16 saves Thursday following a shutout victory over Spokane Saturday at the Holiday Inn Classic.
Everett wasn’t without chances as it out-shot Prince George 38-25.
In other news:
– The Silvertips announced their season promotional/giveaway schedule Thursday. Highlights include magnetic schedules on opening night (Oct. 10), “Pink the Rink” (Oct. 24), cowbell giveaway (Mar. 4) and team photos (Mar. 18).
– There are also a number of theme nights including “80s Night” and “Office Party Night” (Dec. 50, a Halloween Costume Contest (Oct. 30), “Purple vs. Crimson Night (Nov. 25), “Ugly Sweater Night” and the Teddy Bear Toss (Dec. 19), “Country Night” (Jan. 16) and “Star Wars Night” (Jan. 31). You can check out the entire schedule here.
– The Canadian Hockey League announced the first BMO Top-10 Rankings of the season Thursday. The Brandon Wheat Kings are ranked No. 1, Kelowna is No. 4, Seattle is No. 7 and Red Deer is No. 10. The Portland Winterhawks earned honorable mention.
– Per the WHL website there are 126 players attending NHL camps this week. Noah Juulsen, Carson Stadnyk, Austin Lotz, Kevin Davis and Nikita Scherbak are all missing for Everett.
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