KENNEWICK — The Tri-City Americans scored four unanswered goals in the third period to pull away for a 6-3 win over the Everett Silvertips on Friday night at the Toyota Center.
Caden Zaplitny’s first goal of the season at the 13:22 mark of the second period gave the Silvertips a 3-2 lead.
But Ethan Ernst scored twice, and Jake Sloan and Elouann Lemonnier each added a goal as the American stormed back to take the win.
Olen Zellweger and Ben Hemmerling scored, and Braden Holt stopped 28 of 34 shots in goal for Everett (7-3-0-0).
Tomas Suchanek stopped 33 of 36 shots in goal for Tri-City (4-5-0-0).
Americans 6, Silvertips 3
Everett 2 1 0 — 3
Tri-City 1 1 4 — 6
1st Period-1, Tri-City, McMillan 2 (Mechura, Belton), 2:02. 2, Everett, Zellweger 5 (Heslop), 9:49. 3, Everett, Hemmerling 5 (Zellweger, Roest), 17:21 (PP). Penalties-Bell Tc (holding), 5:01; Roest Evt (roughing), 11:17; Freer Tc (slashing), 16:20.
2nd Period-4, Tri-City, Bell 2 (Ernst, Dragicevic), 10:44 (PP). 5, Everett, Zaplitny 1 (Sutter, Heslop), 13:22 (PP). Penalties-Roest Evt (high sticking), 7:10; Roest Evt (high sticking), 7:59; Berezowski Evt (roughing), 11:17; Cardona Tc (roughing), 11:17; Ferguson Tc (cross checking, roughing), 11:17; Hemmerling Evt (roughing), 19:30; Sutter Evt (roughing), 19:30; Greenway Tc (roughing), 19:30.
3rd Period-6, Tri-City, Ernst 6 (Gavin), 1:26 (PP). 7, Tri-City, Sloan 4 (Lajoie, Mechura), 3:50 (PP). 8, Tri-City, Ernst 7 (Gavin, Belton), 5:53. 9, Tri-City, Lemonnier 2 (Sloan, Freer), 7:34. Penalties-Sytsma Evt (tripping), 2:41; Friedt-Mohr Tc (interference), 6:13.
Shots on Goal-Everett 16-10-10-36. Tri-City 12-11-11-34.
Power Play Opportunities-Everett 2 / 4; Tri-City 3 / 4.
Goalies-Everett, Holt 6-2-0-0 (34 shots-28 saves). Tri-City, Suchanek 4-3-0-0 (36 shots-33 saves).
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