The Tips today announced they’ve signed this year’s first-round bantam pick, defenseman Ryan Murray, to a WHL education contract.
For those who may be unfamiliar with the process, what signing an education contract does is basically affirm the mutual commitment between player and team. Murray commits to playing for Everett when the Tips deem he’s ready, and the Tips commit to paying for a year of college for each year Murray plays for Everett.
This is no surprise as Murray said after the draft he was committed to playing in the WHL. This just makes it official.
Anyway, the fifth annual Everett Silvertips Preseason Tournament begins tomorrow. Here’s the game schedule:
FRIDAY
Chilliwack vs. Seattle, 11:30 am
Portland vs. Tri-City, 3:00 pm
Everett vs. Spokane, 7:00 pm
SATURDAY
Tri-City vs. Chilliwack, 11:30 am
Spokane vs. Portland, 3:00 pm
Everett vs. Seattle, 7:00 pm
SUNDAY
Tri-City vs. Spokane, 11:30 am
Portland vs. Seattle, 3:00 pm
Everett vs. Chilliwack, 7:00 pm
—- UPDATE 12:15 p.m.
The Tips made a second round of cuts in advance of this weekend’s tournament. Forwards Cameron Gibson, Paul Grenier, D.Jay McGrath and Nathan Murray, and defensemen Martin Turgeon, Paul Janzen, Ryan Murray and Michael Berry were released from camp, bringing the roster total down to 27. Needless to say, Ryan Murray’s signing didn’t equate to him getting into a game this weekend. Anyway, here’s where the roster stands:
Goaltenders (2): Shayne Barrie (89), Kent Simpson (92).
Defensmen (10): Taylor Ellington (88), Graham Potuer (88), Mike Alexander (89), Tyler Kieffer (89), Chris de la Lande (90), Brenden Stephen (90), Drew McDermott (91), Jeff Regier (91), Paul Sohor (91), Gabriel Minville (92).
Forwards (15): Jesse Burt (89) Zack Dailey (89), Shane Harper (89), Kyle Beach (90), Matt Ius (90), Jordan Mistelbacher (90), Tyler Skauge (90), Paul Van de Velde (90), Cameron Abney (91), Byron Froese (91), Tyler Maxwell (91), Kellan Tochkin (91), Ryan White (91), Markus McCrea (92), Tyler Parker (92).
There will eventuall be four or five more cuts, but with Ellington, Beach and Mistelbacher headed off to NHL camps right about when the season starts, it might not be until after the season’s underway that the majority of those cuts are made.
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