Kennewick, Wash – The Kootenay ICE dropped to a 1-1-0-0 record in the preseason with a 3-1 loss to the Everett Silvertips this afternoon.
ICE had to play most of the game with 5 defenseman after Dylan Schellenberg received a game misconduct in a late 1st period fight.
In the 2nd period the ICE changed goalies as Wyatt Hoflin replaced Mackenzie Skapski.
Late in the 2nd period the ICE scored their only goal on a 4-on-3 powerplay as Eric Benoit, playing the point, got a shot through to the net and Elgin Pearce banged in the rebound.
The ICE had 13 rookies in the line-up.
After playing last night it was the clubs’ 2nd game is less than 16 hours.
Cranbrook hockey product Ryan Chynoweth was in the line-up and with the Silvertips youth movement he has a strong chance to stay with the club this season.
Former ICE netminder Taylor Dakers is now the goalie coach for the Silvertips.
ICE will play Portland on Saturday afternoon.
Rossignol – Pearce – Iron
Hurley – Shirley – Martin
Benoit – Philp – Johnas
Ismond – Descheneau – Wood-Shatz
Wand – Hubic
Neibrandt – Schellenberg
Simpson – Dirk
Skapski
Hoflin
Scratches – Teskey, Paulsen, S.Reinhart, McKinlay, Montgomery (injured), Cable (injured).
Everett 2-2-0-0 Kootenay 1-1-0-0
1st Period
No Scoring.
Penalties – Hurley Ktn (boarding) 2:31, Chynoweth Eve (slashing) 7:16, Wood-Shatz Ktn (tripping) 9:20, Bell Eve (check from behind, fighting) Schellenberg Ktn (instigator, fighting, game musconduct) 16:41.
2nd Period
1. Everett, McPhee (Bauml) 6:55
2. Everett, Fowlie (Winquist, Erricson) 14:13
3. Everett, Yadlowski 16:08
4. Kootenay, Pearce (Ismond, Benoit) 18:50 pp
Penalties – Ismond Ktn (slashing) 1:36, Wood-Shatz Ktn (hooking) 8:53, Walters Eve Wand Ktn (unsportsmanlike) 18:10, McPhee Eve (instigator, fighting, game misconduct) Hurley Ktn (fighting) 18:23, Fowlie Eve (slashing) 19:14.
3rd Period
No Scoring.
Penalties – Hoflin Ktn (playing the puck) 3:25, Urbaniak Eve (check from behind) 6:24, Giebel Eve (holding) 9:06, Yadlowski Eve (interference) 13:59, Neibrandt Ktn (unsportsmanlike) 14:49, Samoridny Eve (tripping) 17:50, Yadlowski Eve (boarding, fighting, game misconduct) Ismond Ktn (fighting, game misconduct) 18:30.
Shots on goal by
Everett - 13 – 18 – 9 = 40
Kootenay - 4 - 6 - 6 = 16
Goal (shots-saves) – Everett: Siemens (5-5) Desautels (11-10) (10:24 second) Kootenay: Skapski (22-21) Hoflin (18-16) (10:24 second)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Everett: 0/6 Kootenay: 1/8
Referee – Brett Iverson
Linesmen – Jason Michelbook, Trevor Shively