It’s the home opener tonight here at Xfinity Arena where the Everett Silvertips (2-1-0-0) will play host to the Spokane Chiefs (3-3-0-0) beginning at 7.
The Tips are coming off a 3-1 win at Portland last Saturday while the Chiefs fell 5-0 Friday night to the Winterhawks.
You can check out this primer that appeared in today’s paper for tonight’s game, which is “Fill the House Night” at Xfinity.
Everett
Line combos:
Leedahl-Laurencelle-Stadnyk
Bajkov-Fonteyne-Millar
Ralph-Skoleski-Mallonee
Dewar-Sutter-Gerth
Defensive pairings:
Skrumeda-Juulsen
Christiansen-MacDonald
Dwyer-Davis
Hart in goal
Scratches:
Lotz, Pfeifer, Leslie, King, Khomenko
Pfeifer was going to try to play this weekend, but evidently he’s still out with a shoulder injury. Khomenko also won’t play.
Spokane
Line combos:
Zwerger-Elynuik-Ka. Yamamoto
Ke. Yamamoto-Anderson-Dolan-Ostir
McIndoe/Ross-Olynek-Miske
Andersen-Bechtold-Cardiff
Defensive pairings:
Sozanski-Fram
Henderson-Faith
Hamaliuk-Fiala
Hughson in goal
Scratches:
Berlin, Helgesen, Toporowski, Whittingham
No live blog tonight, but you can follow me on Twitter @jessegeleynse for updates.
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