Originally published February 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified February 23, 2008 at 12:08 AM

Irving's stops propel Tips past Chiefs

The Everett Silvertips withstood 35 shots on goal and hung on to defeat the Spokane Chiefs, 2-1, Friday night. Goalkeeper Leland Irving's 34...

Seattle Times staff

SPOKANE — The Everett Silvertips withstood 35 shots on goal and hung on to defeat the Spokane Chiefs, 2-1, Friday night.

Goalkeeper Leland Irving's 34 saves paced the Silvertips (35-25-0-3), who remained in sixth place in the WHL Western Conference.

Left winger Lukas Vartovnik scored the game-winning goal at the 9:07 mark of the third period, putting the Tips ahead 2-0. Judd Blackwater put in a short-handed goal with 1:20 left in the game, but the Chiefs ran out of time.

SILVERTIPS 2, CHIEFS 1



Everett	1	0	1	—	2
Spokane	0	0	1	—	1

First — 1, Everett, Mistelbacher 9 (Kieffer), 7:13. Third — 2, Everett, Vartovnik 10 (Dailey, harty), 9:07. 3, Spokane, Blackwater 24 (Glass, Koper), 18:40 (sh). Shots on goal — Everett 9-7-6 — 22. Spokane 17-10-8 — 35. Power plays — Everett 0-4; Spokane 0-5. Goalies — Everett, Irving (35 shots-34 saves). Spokane, Tokarski (22-20). A — 9,230.

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