Everett Silvertips

The youth on the 2008-09 Silvertips was well balanced by tested veteran leadership that unified the locker room and defended its teammates on the ice. Twenty year olds Taylor Ellington and Graham Potuer, defensive stalwarts and alternate captains, were among the most relied upon defensemen in the Western Hockey League, often logging upwards of 25 minutes of ice time per game. Whereas Ellington helped set the staff's physical pace as one of the league's premier hitters, Potuer was capable to find his own physical niche en route to blocking over 2, 200 shots in his Everett career.