Originally published Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Tri-City edges Silvertips, 3-1

Adam Hughesman broke a third-period tie and Tri-City went on to beat the Everett Silvertips 3-1 in Western Hockey League action Wednesday...

EVERETT — Adam Hughesman broke a third-period tie and Tri-City went on to beat the Everett Silvertips 3-1 in Western Hockey League action Wednesday night.

The Silvertips were in a 1-1 tie through two periods thanks to 30 saves by Irving Leland, but Leland couldn't stop Hughesman at 4:08 in the third, and the Americans added an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Leland finished with 44 saves for Everett, which got its lone goal from Zack Dailey. It was Dailey's sixth goal of the season.

AMERICANS 3, SILVERTIPS 1

Tri-City	0 1 2 -- 3
Everett	0 1 0 -- 1

First -- No scoring. Second -- 1. Tri-City, C. Yellow Horn (48) (K. Reddick, E. Mestery) 7:56 PP; 2. Everett, Z. Dailey (6) (M. Ius) 14:21. Third -- 3. Tri-City, A. Hughesman (17) (K. Reddick, T. Procyshen) 4:08; 4. Tri-City, S. Vey (27) (J. Toll) 19:39 EN. Shots -- Tri-City 22-9-16 -- 47, Everett 6-7-11 -- 24. Power Plays -- Tri-City 1-4. Everett 0-1. Goal --

Tri-City: Pickard 44-12-2-2; Sv: 23, GA: 1. Everett: Irving 27-23-0-3; Sv: 44, GA: 2. A -- 6,090

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