The Everett Silvertips Preseason Tournament begins tomorrow morning. All five U.S. Division teams among with Prince George are taking part, with each team playing each day this weekend at Comcast Arena. Here’s the schedule:
FRIDAY
Prince George vs. Seattle, 11:30 a.m.
Portland vs. Spokane, 3 p.m.
Everett vs. Tri-City, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Prince George vs. Portland, 11:30 a.m.
Tri-City vs. Spokane, 3 p.m.
Everett vs. Seattle, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY
Tri-City vs. Prince George, 11:30 a.m.
Seattle vs. Spokane, 3 p.m.
Everett vs. Portland, 7 p.m.
Everett (and everyone else, for that matter) will not be fielding full-strength teams during the tournament because players are beginning to depart for NHL rookie camps. The Tips have seven players headed to NHL camps this year. Left wing Tyler Maxwell (Los Angeles), defensemen Radko Gudas (Los Angeles) and Rasmus Rissanen (Carolina), and goaltender Thomas Heemskerk (San Jose) head out tomorrow, so they will not be participating in any games this weekend. Right wings Cameron Abney (Edmonton) and Kellan Tochkin (Vancouver) leave during the weekend, so they’ll at least be able to play Friday night. Center Byron Froese (Chicago) doesn’t leave until next week because the Blackhawks aren’t holding a separate rookie camp this year, just a short main camp before heading to Europe for preseason games.
What this means is that everyone else will have a busy weekend. The Tips currently have 33 players with the team. With six unavailable for at least part of the weekend, that means some are going to have to play in all three games.
One other note. Goaltender Luke Siemens has arrived, and he participated in practice this morning (sporting his flashy gold and black pads), meaning 15-year-old Andy Desautels won’t have to dress in every game this weekend.
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