
Broadcast Notes: Tips vs Spokane (1/28)
Condensed day with condensed preparations, and it’s the end of three in three (Tips are gunning for 5 points out of 6) – last time out it ended well, running the table vs. Spokane, Portland, and Tri-City.
Patrick Bajkov: 2 points away from tying Zach Hamill.
AUDIO STREAM: Radio (1380 AM) / Tips App, too
ON THE BROADCAST: (pregame at 3:30pm)
- Pregame: Matt Fonteyne, Dennis Williams
- 1st Intermission: WHL This Week update
- 2nd Intermission: we answer your questions from the Tips App (go to “Tips Talk” and submit there!)
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP AND SERIES NOTES
Sixth of eight meetings against the Chiefs and the end of three games in three days … the Tips are 3-2-0-0 this season against Spokane … the Tips are 57-55-8 all-time against Spokane and last season went 4-2-1-1 in the head-to-head series … the last meeting between the teams was Jan. 13 and the Tips defeated Spokane, 5-2 … the Tips have picked up points in nine consecutive games … they went 3-0-0-0 in their last “3-in-3” situation, Jan. 13-15 … the Silvertips hold a five point lead for first place in the U.S. Division with 22 games left in the regular season.
SEASON SERIES (Silvertips 3-2-0-0)
Oct. 4 Spokane 5 – Silvertips 4 Nov. 24 Silvertips 4 – Spokane 1 Dec. 8 Silvertips 3 – Spokane 0 Dec. 15 at Spokane 5 – Silvertips 3 Jan. 13 Silvertips 5 – at Spokane 2 Jan. 28 Spokane 4:05pm Feb. 9 Spokane 7:35pm Feb. 11 at Spokane 5:05pm TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS
- TORRID TIPS: The Tips are 27-6-0-2 in the last 35 games and finished 10-2-0-0 in the month of December … they are 8-2-0-1 in January … they have won 21 of the last 25 games … Patrick Bajkov led the Silvertips with 18 points and six goals in 12 games during the month.
- GOALTENDING GOT HART: Tips goaltender Carter Hart, named Player of the Game in the championship victory over Sweden, is back with the Tips after capturing the gold medal with Canada at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships in Buffalo … Hart went 5-0-0-1 in six games, totaling a 1.64 goals-against-average and .935 save percentage in the tourney … he leads the league in save percentage (.957), GAA (1.36), and leads the league in shutouts (6).
- HELPING HAND: Matt Fonteyne – named WHL Player of the Week on Monday – tied a Tips record for assists in a game (5) on Jan. 15 in a 6-5 win vs. Tri-City … the last to post the mark was Peter Mueller, 11/25/06 vs. Tri-City … Fonteyne has 21 multi point games this season and 24 points in the last 10 games.
- NOT STANDING PAT: Patrick Bajkov, the leading Tips scorer, had a career high 5 points on Jan. 7 vs Victoria … his 72 points in 50 games are tied for seventh in league scoring … he is 2 points away from tying the Silvertips all-time points record, held by Zach Hamill.
- SPECIAL DELIVERIES: For the Silvertips special teams, the penalty kill is 1st in the WHL (85.0) … the Tips power play went 5-of-9 on Jan. 7 vs. Victoria, tying a franchise record for most power play goals in one game (5) … they are 14-of-41 in the last eight games … Matt Fonteyne leads the Silvertips with 14 power play goals (4th, WHL).
DID YOU KNOW?
Since joining the Silvertips in a trade with the Kamloops Blazers, forward Garrett Pilon has 11 points in eight games as a Silvertip.