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05/27 22:59 CDT Everett beats Kelowna 4-0 to set up Memorial Cup semifinal
against Chicoutimi
Everett beats Kelowna 4-0 to set up Memorial Cup semifinal against Chicoutimi
KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) --- Defensemen Kayd Ruedig and Jaxon Pisani
scored in a 25-second span in the first period and the Everett Silvertips beat
the host Kelowna Rockets 4-0 on Wednesday night in the Memorial Cup to advance
to face Chicoutimi in the semifinal.
WHL champion Everett (2-1) and QMJHL winner Chicoutimi (1-2) will play Friday
night for a spot against OHL champion Kitchener (3-0) in the final Sunday
night. Kelowna was 0-3 in round-robin play.
Everett beat Chicoutimi 5-3 on Saturday night in the opener for both teams,
then fell 6-2 to Kitchener on Monday night.
Anders Miller made 28 saves for Everett. Ruedig added an assist, Matias
Vanhanen had a goal and an assist, and Carter Bear also scored.
Everett is trying to become the fourth U.S. franchise to win the event,
following the Portland Winterhawks in 1983 and 1998, Spokane Chiefs in 1991 and
2008 and Saginaw Spirit in 2024. The Silvertips beat Kelowna in five games in
the second round of the WHL playoffs en route to their first league title.
Ruedig opened the scoring at 7:22 of the first with a shot from right boards
that went in off a defender. Pisani, the son of former Edmonton Oilers forward
Fernando Pisani, followed at 7:47 with a quick shot from the left point.
Vanhanen made it 3-0 at 1:03 of the second, chasing goalie Josh Banini with a
wrister from the left side. Harrison Boettiger stopped 21 of 22 shots in relief
--- allowing only Bear's third-period goal --- after Banini gave up the first
three goals on 11 shots.
Chicoutimi will be without defenseman Jordan Tourigny for the rest of the
tournament after the Canadian Hockey League suspended him Wednesday for a match
penalty Tuesday night against Kitchener. The Northeastern University-bound
Tourigny was ejected for stomping on Christian Humphreys' skate.
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