Everett Silvertips ink prospect Dawson Butt (updated)

Everett Silvertips ink prospect Dawson Butt (updated)

The Everett Silvertips made it official Monday when they announced they have signed Buckley native Dawson Butt to a WHL standard player agreement.

Butt, a 5-10, 170-pound center, was a sixth-round selection of the Silvertips in the 2015 bantam draft. He is the third player raised in the state of Washington to sign with the Silvertips since last September.

He led the Sno-King Under-16 program this season with 76 points (43 goals, 33 assists) in 60 games under head coach and former NHL forward Turner Stevenson, now the head coach of the Everett Junior Silvertips U-16 team.

“Out of the teams I’ve coached, Dawson is as far along as anybody with playing a WHL and NHL style of game,” Stevenson said in a press release. “He is very good away from the puck and can play all three positions. He has embraced the essence of the two-way game and understands that to be an effective player, he needs to be reliable on and off the puck. The tools are in place for him to make a great career out of this.”

Butt posted 25 multi-point games and eight multi-goal games, and tallied a season-high four goals and five points on Dec. 19 in a 6-1 win over Mission. Butt was a participant last summer with USA Hockey’s Pacific District Select 15 Player Development Camp, held in San Jose.

“Dawson continued to demonstrate rapid progression in his two-way game last season as a forward that we’re excited about,” Everett general manager Garry Davidson said in the press release. “He brings fearless and rugged dimensions and possesses good hockey instincts. His development is a testimony for the game’s unceasing outreach in the Pacific Northwest and we look forward to his continued growth.”

Butt’s father, Jamie, played four WHL seasons (1992-96) with the Tacoma and Kelowna Rockets, posting 41 points and 514 penalty minutes in 156 career games followed by two seasons with the Tacoma Sabercats of the WCHL. The elder Butt was an 11th round selection in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft of the New York Rangers.

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