Latest news with #Šilovs
Vancouver Sun
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Abbotsford Canucks recap: Artūrs Šilovs does it again, Abby wins 1-0 to go up 2-0 in series
Make it five shutouts for Artūrs Šilovs in these AHL playoffs and a 2-0 lead for the Abbotsford Canucks in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals. Šilovs made 26 saves Saturday night this time as Abbotsford blanked the Texas Stars 1-0 at the Abbotsford Centre. Defenceman Akito Hirose scored the lone goal for the home side. Abbotsford had won Game 1 by a 3-2 count in overtime on Thursday at home. The series now shifts to Texas for Game 3 on Monday . Šilovs, who was so good in the playoffs for the Vancouver Canucks last spring pinch hitting for Thatcher Demko , is now 9-3 in these playoffs, with a 1.61 goals against average and a .941 save percentage to go along with the five shutouts. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Abbotsford (44-24-2-2) were three points better than Texas (42-26-3-0) in the regular season. The teams didn't meet at all in league play. This is the fourth season that Vancouver has had its farm team in Abbotsford. Coach Manny Malhotra's crew has won three playoff rounds already this year. The club won two rounds combined in the previous three years. We did a live blog of the game. You can follow along underneath. • Abbotsford Canucks Recap: Christian Wolanin scores OT goal as Abby beats Texas 3-2 in Game 1 • Does Abbotsford's success mean Malhotra will outskate the Canucks? • The Abbotsford Canucks' strong season and what it may mean in the long run Classic entrance video. A little foreshadowing, as it were, with the Aatu Räty inclusion? Dressed in our best to impress! 👔 Pregame prep from the Stars side. Dialed. #TEXvsABB No lineups posted as of yet but Abbotsford PXP man Brandon Astle reporting that Räty is back tonight after missing the past eight games with injury. A sellout is expected. Astle said on the broadcast that there's even a resale market tonight. This place is going nuts as the @abbycanucks take to the ice for game two vs @TexasStars #canucks We have lineups. Locked in our lines 🔒 📺 | 📻 | Sportsnet 650 Teams go back and forth to start. No whistle for the first 2:44. Continue to notice how much the Abbotsford defence activate and get up the ice. Good early chance on a one-timer from top of the circle by Abbotsford's Arshdeep Bains . Swallowed ups by Texas goalie Remi Poirier. We're knotted at 0-0 at the 6:33 mark. Shots are 4-3 in Abbotsford's favour. First power play for Texas, with Linus Karlsson going off for tripping Arttu Hyry. Astle on Guillaume Brisebois: 'He eats pucks for breakfast, lunch and dinner.' Canucks kill off the penalty, Karlsson gets a breakaway coming out of the box but he fires directly into Poirier's chest protector. Astle says that Raty has gone to the dressing room for medical attention after colliding with Texas' Trey Taylor. Abbotsford has first power play, with the Stars' Gavin White going off on an interference minor. We're done one, and it's still 0-0. Shots are 10-8 in Abbotsford's favour. Good chances at both ends. Another Artūrs Šilovs save for the collection. Thank you. @abbycanucks | @Canucks #AHL #CalderCup #ProudlyAbbotsford #Canucks Raty still not back for Abbotsford. Šilovs gets a tripping minor to put Texas back on the power play. Abbotsford kills off the penalty. Texas manages just a single shot. There's also a big hit by Abbotsford's Jett Woo on former Canucks prospect Kole Lind. Jett Woo drops Kole Linds. #Canucks Another Texas power play, with Sammy Blais going off on a high sticking minor. Another 'Arty, Arty,' chant after Šilovs blockers away a Cameron Hughes chance. Abbotsford kills off the penalty. Šilovs thwarts late flurry. Oh, Arty. #Canucks Abbotsford takes a third penalty in second period, getting dinged this time for too many men on the ice. They had a single penalty in Game 1. Another Abbotsford penalty kill, led by Šilovs and the puck control of Phil Di Giuseppe. Shots are 9-4 Texas in the second period with just over five minutes to go in the frame. Still scoreless, with 4:08 to go the second period. Shots for the game are 19-15 for Texas. Tristen Nielsen tries to go backhand five-hole on a breakaway but is foiled by the Stars' Poirier. We're deadlocked 0-0 after two periods. Shots are 19-19. Shots are 20-19 in Texas' favour a couple of minutes into the third. It's a much tighter contest than Game 1, which saw Abbotsford have a 46-38 shot advantage. Abbotsford's Jonathan Lekkerimäki is wide open in front of the net when the puck comes to him, but he can't corral it on the backhand. Abby leads 1-0. A tired Texas line has to stay out on the ice after an icing, and the Canucks take advantage, with Hirose's point shot hitting a gaggle of players in front and then slowly trickling past Poirier at 7:39 of the third. Hirose didn't play in Game 1, but came in tonight for Cole McWard. HIROSE GETS ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS! 👏 announced attendance tonight in Abbotsford: 7050 Lind seemed to bait Di Giuseppe off a face-off in neutral ice following a brouhaha in Abbotsford territory. Di Giuseppe drops the gloves, Lind does not. After a discussion by referees, Lind ends up with a penalty as well. They both get unsportsmanlike conduct minors. Texas thought they had tied it with 2:46 when Curtis MacKenzie shovelled one past Silovs in a scrum. The referee called it a goal initially but after a discussions it's waived off, with the officials saying Silovs had it covered. The Texas Stars thought they had tied the game late in the third period, delivering a dagger. After a second look, however, the referees made the call... NO GOAL! Abby wins 1-0. Šilovs gets the shutout with 26 saves. Lind says something to Silovs at the final horn, creating a ruckus in front of the net. There's later a fracas by the Texas bench. The Kole Lind Special™: Get in someone's face Get your chin checked Cry Great clip here sewen@
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadiens Farm Team Drops Game Four After Jacob Fowler Falters
Artūrs Šilovs Continues To Be A Brick Wall For The Abbotsford Canucks During The 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs Another night, another shutout for Artūrs Šilovs. The Abbotsford Canucks goaltender added to his already impressive 2025 Calder Cup Playoff run on Friday, with a 22-save shutout over the Colorado Eagles in Game 1 of the Pacific Division Final. With the victory, Šilovs now has back-to-back shutouts and leads all AHL goaltenders with three perfect outings this post-season.
Vancouver Sun
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
It's another Arty party as Šilovs adds to stellar playoff in Abbotsford Canucks' net
There's something about Artūrs Šilovs and the playoffs it seems. Šilovs was superb pinch hitting in the Vancouver Canucks ' net in last year's NHL post-season, and he's shining once again this time around in the AHL playoffs for the Abbotsford Canucks . The 24-year-old Latvian made 22 saves in a 2-0 win over the Colorado Eagles before an announced crowd of 6,158 at the Abbotsford Centre Friday night to open the best-of-five AHL Pacific Division final. Game 2 is Sunday (6 p.m.) in Abbotsford , and the series shifts to Colorado after that, starting with Game 3 Wednesday. Abbotsford and Colorado are among the eight teams still standing in the AHL playoffs. Šilovs has stopped 76-of-77 (. 987 save percentage) in Abbotsford's last three games. Abbotsford ended off the last round with wins of 3-1 and then 2-0 over the Coachella Valley Firebirds. He was named the game's first star in all three of those outings. 'He's been a rock back there,' Abbotsford captain Chase Wouters told the media afterwards. 'He's doing it for us out there right now and that's what it takes this time of year.' "Being in the right spots and being above that speed, not allowing them to transition and get those numbers up there." Head Coach Manny Malhotra addressed the media following tonight's 2-0 win over the Colorado Eagles. FULL MEDIA | Abbotsford got a second-period marker from centre Ty Mueller to open the scoring and then an empty-net goal in the waning seconds from defenceman Victor Mancini on Friday. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Former Vancouver Giants goalie Trent Miner made 22 saves for the Eagles, who are the farm club of the Colorado Avalanche. The Eagles were the top-scoring team in the AHL during the regular season, averaging 3.47 goals per game. Colorado (43-21-5-3) finished first in the Pacific Division, two points ahead of runner-up Abbotsford (44-24-2-2). The Canucks did go 6-2-0-0 against the Eagles in their regular season series. Šilovs was thrust into playoff duty last year with Vancouver after injuries sidelined both Thatcher Demko and Casey DeSmith , and he wound up with a 2.91 goals against average and a .898 save percentage in 10 appearances. With Demko injured and DeSmith departing as a free agent, Šilovs had a chance for an extended run in the Vancouver cage off the top of this season. But he gave up 15 goals in his first three starts, free agent addition Kevin Lankinen flourished and Šilovs was sent to the minors when Demko was healthy. Šilovs was 2-6-1, with a 3.65 goals against average and an .861 save percentage with Vancouver this season. Šilovs and Nikita Tolopilo split duties with Abbotsford in the regular season. Šilovs was 14-5-1, with a 2.41 goals against average and a .908 save percentage. In these AHL playoffs, Šilovs is 6-1, with a 1.50 goals against average and a .942 save percentage. Tolopilo has one relief appearance in the post-season so far, coming on to start the second period in what wound up being a 5-4 overtime loss to Coachella Valley in Game 2 of the last round. SEwen@ @SteveEwen
Edmonton Journal
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
It's another Arty party as Šilovs adds to stellar playoff in Abbotsford Canucks' net
Article content Šilovs was superb pinch hitting in the Vancouver Canucks ' net in last year's NHL post-season, and he's shining once again this time around in the AHL playoffs for the Abbotsford Canucks. The 24-year-old Latvian made 22 saves in a 2-0 win over the Colorado Eagles before an announced crowd of 6,158 at the Abbotsford Centre Friday night to open the best-of-five AHL Pacific Division final. Game 2 is Sunday (6 p.m.) in Abbotsford, and the series shifts to Colorado after that, starting with Game 3 Wednesday. Abbotsford and Colorado are among the eight teams still standing in the AHL playoffs. Šilovs has stopped 76-of-77 (. 987 save percentage) in Abbotsford's last three games. Abbotsford ended off the last round with wins of 3-1 and then 2-0 over the Coachella Valley Firebirds. He was named the game's first star in all three of those outings. 'He's been a rock back there,' Abbotsford captain Chase Wouters told the media afterwards. 'He's doing it for us out there right now and that's what it takes this time of year.'
