Tips and the third period

For tomorrow’s paper I’m writing about how well Everett has performed in the third period thus far this season. Just how good have the Tips been? Through eight games Everett has outscored its opponents 16-3 in the third. That number in its own right is impressive. What makes it even more amazing is Everett was an awful third-period team last season, getting outscored 100-65 in the third and 7-0 in overtime. Check out tomorrow’s paper to find out just why the Tips think things have turned so drastically.

Anyway, I figured I’d provide some supplemental stats on the blog. Here are some individual third-period statistics for the Tips (only those who have recorded a stat):

Harper 2-6-8, +8

Gudas 3-2-5, +9

Maxwell 3-2-5, +4

Froese 1-3-4, +4

Dailey 1-3-4, +4

Tochkin 2-1-3, +4

Langkow 2-1-3, +4

Murray 0-3-3, +8

Theriau 0-2-2, +1

Rissanen 1-1-2, +1

Abney 1-1-2, +1

McCrea 0-1-1, +2

de la Lande 0-1-1, +1

McGrath 0-1-1, 0

Hunt 0-0-0, +2

Sohor 0-0-0, +1

McDermott 0-0-0, +1

Van de Velde 0-0-0, -1

Third-period shot totals by game (Everett listed first):

9/18 at Seattle, 26-9

9/19 at Vancouver, 9-5

9/26 vs. Vancouver, 9-9

10/7 vs. Portland, 15-7

10/11 vs. Portland, 14-12

10/14 vs. Prince Albert, 8-12

10/16 vs. Seattle, 10-8

10/17 at Kelowna, 9-9

Totals: 100-71

And don’t forget, live blogging during tomorrow’s game at Vancouver right here, and don your finest pink for Pink the Rink during Saturday’s game against Brandon at Comcast Arena.