Silvertips hang on for win over Americans

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, December 14, 2022

EVERETT — Jackson Berezowski scored twice and the Everett Silvertips raced out to a four-goal lead before hanging on late in a 5-3 win over the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday night at Angel of the Winds Arena.

Berezowki, Roan Woodward, Ryan Hofer and Eric Jamieson scored unanswered goals as the Silvertips built a 4-0 lead early in the third period.

But three goals in a 5-minute span from Parker Bell, Reese Belton and Alex Serraglio pulled the Americans to within one at 4-3 with just under 5 minutes to play.

Berezowski added an empty-net goal at 18:10 as the Silvertips hung on for the win to snap a brief two-game losing streak.

Braden Holt made 39 saves and Austin Roest had three assists for Everett (16-12-1-0).

Nick Avakyan had 39 saves for the Americans (14-14-0-0).

Silvertips 5, Americans 3

Tri-City 0 0 3 — 3

Everett 1 2 2 — 5

1st Period-1, Everett, Berezowski 16 (Heslop, Roest), 4:50. Penalties-Freer Tc (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 19:58; grouette13@gmail.com Evt (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 19:58.

2nd Period-2, Everett, Woodward 3 (Hemmerling, Jamieson), 10:25. 3, Everett, Hofer 18 (Rymon, Hemmerling), 16:48. Penalties-Dragicevic Tc (high sticking), 5:19.

3rd Period-4, Everett, Jamieson 2 (Sutter, Roest), 1:08. 5, Tri-City, Bell 11 (Dragicevic, Ernst), 8:16 (PP). 6, Tri-City, Belton 5 (Bell, Gavin), 11:07 (PP). 7, Tri-City, Serraglio 2 (McMillan, Sloan), 15:26. 8, Everett, Berezowski 17 (Heslop, Roest), 18:10 (EN). Penalties-Greenway Tc (slashing, 10-minute misconduct), 7:15; Jamieson Evt (tripping), 7:15; Gibson Evt (tripping), 8:00; Hemmerling Evt (tripping), 10:21.

Shots on Goal-Tri-City 17-9-16-42. Everett 13-22-9-44.

Power Play Opportunities-Tri-City 2 / 2; Everett 0 / 1.

Goalies-Tri-City, Avakyan 1-5-0-0 (43 shots-39 saves). Everett, Holt 13-11-1-0 (42 shots-39 saves).

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