Tri-City’s three-game winning streak came to a close after they were shut out 1-0 at home by the Everett Silvertips on Friday night. Ryan Grout kept Tri-City in the game all night, stopping 33 of 34 shots.

1st Period

Both teams came out with early chances, and the game was very wide open, with each team nearly registering five shots on net in the first five minutes.

The game began to trend in favor of Everett as the first period wore on, but Ryan Grout had answers for everything, bringing his best stuff.

Savin Virk had a close call later in the period but couldn’t corral the puck in front of the net alone.

Late in the period, Jakub Vanecek was called for a slash, sending Everett’s power play to work. However, nothing came of it, and the game remained scoreless after the first period, thanks to Grout’s stellar play.

With that, the game remained 0-0 going into the first break and Everett were outshooting Tri-City 14-5 while Tri-City were 1/1 on the penalty kill.

2nd Period

In the second, it was time for Everett’s goalie, Anders Miller, to shine.

Early on, Cruz Pavao had a chance off the rush in the slot, but Miller made the save.

Shortly after, Ismail Abogouche received a cross-ice feed and quickly wired a wrist shot, but Miller just got his glove on it.

Miller then made a big save on Savin Virk’s one-timer from the right circle right after the first media timeout in the second.

Despite all the pressure from Tri-City, it was Everett that broke the deadlock and scored the only goal of the game.

After gaining the zone, Clarke Schaefer, from the right circle, nudged the puck ahead to Lukas Kaplan, who barely slipped past Jaxen Adam in front of the net and beat Ryan Grout five-hole.

After two periods, Tri-City trailed 1-0, having killed both penalties they faced but being outshot 27-15.

3rd Period

In the third period, it was more of the same from the previous two periods: Tri-City had the chances but kept coming up short, seemingly on the cusp of a goal.

Tri-City had two power play opportunities in the third but failed to capitalize on either.

In the end, Everett held on, and Anders Miller recorded his second career shutout in net for the Silvertips.

Post Game/What’s Next

With the shutout loss, Tri-City drops to 8-8-1 and remains 0-3 on the season against the Everett Silvertips. They now sit just one point outside of a playoff spot, ranked ninth in the conference.

Tri-City would go 2/2 on the penalty kill and were outshot 34-20.

There was a lot of movement in the lineup tonight, with both Aden Bouchard and Grady Martin returning, while Connor Dale, one of the team’s top forwards, was out.

Rookie defenseman Aden Bouchard reflected on his experience at the 2025 U17 World Challenge after the game and what he looks to bring back to the Tri-City Americans.

“I think being able to play against the best U17 competition from all over the world was really big for me, and just competing hard every day. Hopefully, I can bring that back to Tri-City. We’re playing pretty well, but had a tough one today.”

Americans Head Coach Jody Hull talked about what he felt was the biggest difference in the game.

“Honestly, I just think it was some of our puck management. I thought we gave them too many turnovers at the offensive blue line. For a team that has quick transition and wants to come hard, that’s what they did, and we just didn’t manage pucks the way we needed to.”

With Grady Martin back in the lineup after returning from injury, Hull explained the type of player Martin is and what he means to the team.

“Just experience, really, at the end of the day. With our youth movement, a guy who brings some experience. When Connor Dale didn’t play today, it was an opportunity to get him in. Martin wasn’t supposed to play tonight, but I thought he did a pretty good job, considering he hasn’t played in six weeks.”

Tri-City tomorrow at 6:05 PM will play against the newest Western Hockey League team, the Penticton Vees. Jody Hull gave his thoughts on what type of team Penticton was.

“They’re an older team. They have a unique situation with four overage players being an expansion team, and they’ve got a lot of nineteen-year-olds too. They come fast, work hard, are very well-structured, and well-coached.”