It didn’t take lengthy for the Everett Silvertips to spoil the potential series-clinching get together at Portland.
The Western Hockey League regular-season champion Silvertips scored 44 seconds into Saturday’s Recreation 6 and by no means let up in beating the Winterhawks 8-4 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum to even the best-of-7 playoff collection at 3-3.
After dropping the primary two video games of the collection at Everett after which successful the following three, the Winterhawks had been seeking to end off the second-round collection at residence. As an alternative, they’ll take one final bus journey again to Everett for a deciding matchup.
Eight completely different Silvertips scored objectives, and 10 gamers had factors. Nashville Predators prospect Austin Roest had a aim and three assists to high the Everett scorers.
The early aim by Lukas Kaplan gave the Silvertips their first lead over the Winterhawks since successful Recreation 2 in additional time.
Portland did get the Coliseum crowd of 5,846 again within the recreation on a few events.
Kyle McDonough scored his first WHL playoff aim, ending off a run by Kayde Ruedig with just below 3 minutes to go within the first interval to get the Winterhawks on the board after the primary two objectives of the sport by Everett.
An influence-play aim with 17 seconds remaining within the first put Everett again up by two objectives, and the Silvertips got here out quick within the second with a aim 30 seconds in for a 4-1 lead. Then they added yet one more a few minute later and Portland pulled beginning goalie Ondrej Štěbeták who had performed each minute of the Winterhawks’ final 11 video games this postseason.
