Silvertips 4, Americans 1: Tri-City drops 2nd straight to open season
Patrick Bajkov scored twice and added an assist to lead the host Silvertips past Tri-City on Sunday.
After Everett (1-1) scored twice in the first period, Maxwell James got the Americans (0-2) on the board 16 minutes into the second with his first goal of the season, assisted by Dylan Coghlan and Nolan Yaremko, to make it a 2-1 game.
But Bajkov doubled up with 2 minutes to go in the middle period, and Everett’s Sean Richards added insurance early in the third to make it a comfortable win for the ‘Tips.
Everett out-shot Tri-City 52-43, and Patrick Dea played the entire game in goal for the Americans.
Tri-City hosts Everett at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in its 2017 home opener.
SILVERTIPS 4, AMERICANS 1
Tri-City | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
Everett | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
First — 1, Everett, Sutter 2 (Bajkov, Dewar), 7:40 (PP). 2, Everett, Bajkov 1 (Fonteyne), 13:04.
Second — 3, Tri-City, James 1 (Coghlan, Yaremko), 16:19 (PP). 4, Everett, Bajkov 2 (Fonteyne, Centazzo), 18:10.
Third — 5, Everett, Richards 1 (Christiansen, Wylie), 1:35.
Shots - Tri-City 11-19-13-43. Everett 15-23-14-52. Power Play Opportunities-Tri-City 1 / 7; Everett 1 / 5. Goalies-Tri-City, Dea 0-1-0-0 (52 shots-48 saves). Everett, Luding 1-0-0-0 (43 shots-42 saves). A-2,890
This story was originally published September 25, 2017 at 7:55 PM with the headline "Silvertips 4, Americans 1: Tri-City drops 2nd straight to open season."