Everett vs. Seattle: lineup notes; plus Cote leaves team

Published 7:15 pm Friday, November 26, 2010

First off, Tips winger Taylor Cote has left the team and returned home. Cote, a rugged 17-year-old who joined the team after the season started, has been placed on Everett’s suspended list. Everett general manager Doug Soetaert said Cote came to him on Monday and said he wanted to leave, which came as a shock to Soetaert, and that it had nothing to do with playing time. Cote had one goal and two assists in 12 games, showing what I thought was good promise for a young player. Soetaert said the door was still open should Cote change his mind and wish to return. Being on Everett’s suspended list means Cote cannot rejoin Grand Prairie of the AJHL, where he was playing before coming to Everett.

Now for tonight’s lineups:

EVERETT

Forward lines:

Maxwell-Winquist-Tochkin

McCrea-Cumiskey-MacDonald

Birkholz-Stanfield-Fowlie

Erricson-Giebel-Sohor

Defensive pairings:

Murray-Yadlowski

Rissanen-Suer

Morden-Theriau

Starting goalie:

Simpson

Scratches: Walters, Ferraro, Elynuik, Hayer.

Notes: Centers Landon Ferraro and Manraj Hayer (both concussions) and winger Campbell Elynuik (shoulder) are out injured. With Cote leaving the team, that means defenseman Paul Sohor plays at forward.

SEATTLE

Forward lines:

Noebels-Lockhart-Wells

Rouse-Toomey-Gallimore

Elliot-Jacobs-Alos

Lund-Hickman-Sanvido

Defensive pairings:

Dillon-Sutter

Bonsor-Bobbee

Ramsay-Fleming

Starting goalie:

Pickard

Scratches: Troock, Frank, Doty, Baecker.

Notes: Seattle goes with essentially the same team that it fielded against Everett in Kent last Saturday, though the lines have been tweaked. The only player out injured is winger Branden Troock, who has yet to play this season because of a mysterious ailment that’s listed as an “illness.”