Back in Canada for 1st time since 2019, Silvertips top Giants

Published 1:30 am Friday, November 19, 2021

LANGLEY, B.C. — Playing in Canada for the first time in 630 days due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Everett Silvertips rolled to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Giants on Friday evening at Langley Events Centre.

Aidan Sutter, Matthew Ng, Olen Zellweger and Austin Roest all scored for Everett in the game.

Sutter’s goal was his first of the season and opened the scoring for the Silvertips in the first period. Ng then added a goal early in the second before Adam Hall scored for the Giants to make it 2-1.

Zellweger and Roest scored in the final frame to put the game out of reach for the Silvertips.

Koen MacInnes stopped 18 of 19 shots in goal for Everett (13-0-0-1).

Jesper Vikman stopped 21 of 24 shots in goal for Vancouver (7-6-1-0).

Silvertips 4, Giants 1

Everett 1 1 2 — 4

Vancouver 0 1 0 — 1

1st Period-1, Everett, Sutter 1 (Swetlikoff), 10:59. Penalties-Lipinski Van (interference), 1:21; Ostapchuk Van (hooking), 2:40; Campbell Evt (tripping), 12:45; Hofer Evt (tripping), 19:47.

2nd Period-2, Everett, Ng 2 (Courtney, Woodward), 3:45. 3, Vancouver, Hall 8 (Mount, Sourdif), 8:02. Penalties-Huuhtanen Evt (roughing), 12:04; Lysell Van (roughing), 12:04.

3rd Period-4, Everett, Zellweger 4 (Anderson), 15:27. 5, Everett, Roest 4 (Swetlikoff, Berezowski), 19:59. Penalties-No Penalties

Shots on Goal-Everett 9-7-9-25. Vancouver 5-8-6-19.

Power Play Opportunities-Everett 0 / 2; Vancouver 0 / 2.

Goalies-Everett, MacInnes 7-0-0-0 (19 shots-18 saves). Vancouver, Vikman 6-3-1-0 (25 shots-21 saves).

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