The Everett Silvertips crushed the Prince George Cougars 6-1 to increase their point streak to 16 games (14-0-1-1).
In addition, it was the ninth straight home victory for the Western Conference leaders.
There was little drama as the (29-7-1-1) Silvertips built up period leads of 3-0 and 5-1 before 7,267 fans Saturday night in Everett.
Not a bad way to spend part of a Saturday night. @WHLsilvertips always put on a good show. #Silvertips pic.twitter.com/7HzUNFO74v
— Scott Malone (@ScottMalone91) December 30, 2018
Ryan Schoettler scored the only goal for Prince George and it came on a power play with the Cats trailing 4-0.
Both teams went 1/5 with the man advantage.
Isaiah DiLaura made 30 saves as Everett outshot P.G. 36-25.
Ex-Kamloops goalie Max Palaga earned the win with 24 saves.
http://whl.ca/video/highlights-cougars-1-at-silvertips-6
Both Martin Fasko-Rudas and Jackson Berezowski tallied twice each and defenceman Artyom Minulin chipped in with three assists for the Silvertips.
It was the first of four meetings between the two teams.
TIPS TV // “I thought our guys did a really good job on adapting playing left wing, right wing, center, wherever we had them go. I thought it was overall a very good outing for our guys.”
Post-game comments from Coach Williams, @cdewar26, @jacksonbere7 & @GageGoncalves ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vkvPAloSqf
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) December 30, 2018
The Cougars, who have dropped 10 of their last 12, visit the Kamloops Blazers tonight at 5:00.
The Blazers lost 2-1 Saturday night in Kelowna.
The 12-20-1-2 Cougars are two points behind (13-17-2-1) Kamloops for the second and final wild-card spot.
Prince George is also a point ahead of last-place (11-18-4) Seattle in the Western Conference.
The Thunderbirds lost 8-6 to visiting Portland.
The Cougars next home game will be on January 11th against Kelowna.
ICYMI…..WE WON!!!
Check out the game photos taken by @MastImages in the link below. https://t.co/hQZvVmwEC8#LetsGoTips pic.twitter.com/6UAgvSvCaY
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) December 30, 2018