KELOWNA, British Columbia — Defencemen Kayd Ruedig and Jaxon Pisani scored in a 25-second span within the first interval and the Everett Silvertips beat the host Kelowna Rockets 4-0 on Wednesday evening within the Memorial Cup to advance to face Chicoutimi within the semifinal.
WHL champion Everett (2-1) and QMJHL winner Chicoutimi (1-2) will play Friday evening for a spot towards OHL champion Kitchener (3-0) within the ultimate Sunday evening. Kelowna was 0-3 in round-robin play.
Everett beat Chicoutimi 5-3 on Saturday evening within the opener for each groups, then fell 6-2 to Kitchener on Monday evening.
Anders Miller made 28 saves for Everett. Ruedig added an help, Matias Vanhanen had a objective and an help, and Carter Bear additionally scored.
Everett is making an attempt to develop into the fourth U.S. franchise to win the occasion, following the Portland Winterhawks in 1983 and 1998, Spokane Chiefs in 1991 and 2008 and Saginaw Spirit in 2024. The Silvertips beat Kelowna in 5 video games within the second spherical of the WHL playoffs en path to their first league title.
Ruedig opened the scoring at 7:22 of the primary with a shot from the proper boards that went in off a defender. Pisani, the son of former Edmonton Oilers ahead Fernando Pisani, adopted at 7:47 with a fast shot from the left level.
Vanhanen made it 3-0 at 1:03 of the second, chasing goalie Josh Banini with a wrister from the left aspect. Harrison Boettiger stopped 21 of twenty-two pictures in aid — permitting solely Bear’s third-period objective — after Banini gave up the primary three targets on 11 pictures.
Chicoutimi can be with out defenseman Jordan Tourigny for the remainder of the event after the Canadian Hockey League suspended him Wednesday for a match penalty Tuesday evening towards Kitchener. The Northeastern College-bound Tourigny was ejected for stomping on Christian Humphreys’ skate.
