Raiders 2, Silvertips 7, Everett wins their first WHL Championship

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They capped it off with a 7-2 win on Wednesday night for the Silvertips first Ed Chynoweth Cup.

Silvertips win series 7-2

Raiders 2, Silvertips 7, Everett wins their first WHL Championship

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For the fifth time in the series, the Silvertips scored first at the 1:08 mark. Zackary Shantz on the rush down the left wall made a pass to the middle, and Shea Busch poked in his first of the night from the right side.

Then at the 15:57 mark, the Silvertips scored again just moments after Michal Orsulak made an incredible save but lost his stick on the play. The puck made it’s way back to the left point, and Matias Uyeda fired a wrist shot at a screen and it found the back of the net.

After 1: Raiders 0 – 2 Silvertips, shots 14-5 Silvertips

After a powerplay to start the period, the Raiders didn’t score but the momentum was quickly on their side at the 3:38 mark. Matyas Man started the play with a hold at the middle of the blueline, then sent the puck left to Aiden Oiring at the point. Oiring fired, Maddix McCagherty managed to tip the puck and generate a rebound, and Brayden Dube crashed in for his seventh of the playoffs.

Through the rest of the period, it looked like the Raiders had the momentum and were threatening to score again, but the Silvertips instead found the game winner at 14:51. Brek Liske held the puck in and skated down the left side wall, then fired a wrist shot around a screen from below the hashmarks to regain the Silvertips lead.

Then on the powerplay, the Silvertips scored in the final minute. Shea Busch stormed into the zone down the left wall and fired a shot off the pad to create a rebound, but instead it banked off a Raiders defenceman and in for Busch’s second of the night at 19:16.

After 2: Raiders 1 – 4 Silvertips, shots 15-11 Silvertips, 29-16 Silvertips overall

At the 6:17 mark, Shea Busch scored again when the puck came to him off the wall, and he quickly scored on a wrist shot through traffic. Then at 7:07, Nolan Chastko scored on a shot from the top of the left circle, and the Silvertips suddenly had a 6-1 lead.

The Raiders got one last moment to cheer for their captain however at the 11:04 mark. On the powerplay, Braeden Cootes worked the puck to the right point for Brock Cripps, and he centered it for the waiting Justice Christensen, and he fired one last ‘Juice Bomb’ onetimer into the back of the net for his fifth goal of the playoffs, and fourth of the series.

The Silvertips still had the last laugh in the game however when Zack Shantz and Landon DuPont worked the puck up the ice together, and DuPont finished the play on a backdoor feed at 15:50.

FINAL: Raiders 2 – 7 Silvertips, shots 8-7 Raiders, 36-24 Silvertips overall

Silvertips forward Julius Miettinen was named the WHL Playoffs MVP. Surprisingly, Game 5 was the only game of the series he was held without a point.

Playing in their final game at the Art Hauser Centre, the Raiders 20-year-olds Justice Christensen, Aiden Oiring, and Brayden Dube had all earned a point during the night.

More articles about the three graduating Raiders to come later next week.