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A reminder from Comcast Arena at Everett about the Lacrosse playoffs in Everett Saturday…

The Stealth are again in the NLL Playoffs

The National Lacrosse League playoffs are under way and the Stealth are once again in the hunt for a championship title. The Stealth will be hosting the Edmonton Rush tomorrow, April 27, at 4:30 pm, and as a Cyber Club member you can get up close to all the action with a four pack of tickets. Choose from four Lower Bowl Endzone Seats for $80 or four Lower Bowl Sideline Seats for $100. This offer is available at the Comcast Arena box office or you can click here to purchase (Use the drop down menu to select Lower Sideline or Lower Bowl levels. Tickets purchased online or by phone subject to fees). There’s nothing better than playoff lacrosse, so come early, get loud, and cheer on the home team. Go Stealth!

The Silvertips are making their 10th straight playoff appearance.

While their last regular season game is today the Everett Silvertips will continue to play into the post season. It’s been a rough year for the ‘tips with the firing of their coach. Everett is the 8th seed in the playoffs and will face the top seeded Portland Winterhawks. Here’s the schedule and playoff information as provided by the Silvertips…

The Everett Silvertips will be the eighth seed in the Western Conference and face the #1 Portland Winterhawks in the opening round of the 2013 Western Hockey League playoffs.  After clinching their 10th consecutive playoff berth on Friday, the Silvertips saw their playoff fate decided through Saturday’s results and will square off against the Winterhawks for the second time in three years to open the postseason.

#8 Everett Silvertips vs. #1 Portland Winterhawks
Game 1 @ Portland:  Friday, March 22            7:00 pm
Game 2 @ Portland:  Saturday, March 23        7:00 pm
Game 3 @ Everett:  Wednesday, March 27  7:05 pm
Game 4 @ Everett:  Friday, March 29          7:35 pm
*Game 5 @ Portland:  Saturday, March 30       7:00 pm
*Game 6 @ Everett:  Monday, April 1          7:05 pm
*Game 7 @ Portland:  Wednesday, April 3       7:00 pm
* if necessary

Silvertips playoff ticket packages are available now for the best deal on tickets to postseason home games at Comcast Arena.  Single-game playoff tickets will go on sale Tuesday morning at 10:00 am at the Silvertips office, online (CLICK HERE) and by phone at (866) 332-8499.  The Silvertips office is open weekdays from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

For more information about Silvertips playoff tickets, please call the team office at (425) 252-5100 to speak with a ticketing representative.  To keep up with all the latest team news and information, “like” the Everett Silvertips Hockey Club on Facebook or follow @WHLSilvertips on Twitter.

Mayor Stephanson says Comcast Arena at Everett still has a bright future.

Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson today attended the monthly meeting of the Everett Public Facilities District. It’s the first PFD board meeting he’s been to in some time and he told the board he wanted to express his support and gratitude for the job they were doing. He also outlined what he believes the events center needs to do to stay out of the financial trouble that facilities like the one in Wenatchee have faced. “We need to have as few “dark” nights as possible,” said Stephanson. “We need to get down in the trenches, go after business, pull out every attraction, we could even accommodate another pro sports team.” Stephanson acknowledged that in addition to increased competition by other venues, a major challenge for Comcast Arena at Everett was a lack of dedicated parking. “We are working on that as part of Act 2 for the events center,” said Stephanson. “The investments we make will have to be well thought out and pencil a return on investment.”

The Mayor went on to say that Everett was in a much better position than many other cities across the country and even in the state but the economics of Everett are at a new base line. Where several years ago city revenues were at 120 – 125 million, Everett’s revenue is now running between 110 – 111 million. The mayor concluded his comments by noting that Comcast Arena at Everett and other venues in downtown were all helping to build job retention, attract new companies and support of all of them is in the City of Everett’s economic self-interest.

Free Flu and Whooping Cough shots plus ice skating on January 26th

Comcast Arena at Everett has announced an unusual partnership offering an afternoon of free ice skating and flu shots. Here are the details…

The Comcast Arena is putting flu season on ice.

On Saturday, January 26, the Comcast Arena will host a free public skate and vaccination clinic to serve uninsured and low-income adults in the Snohomish County area. Volunteers from the Medical Reserve Corp and staff from the Snohomish County Health District will help distribute 300 doses of the adult flu vaccine and 300 doses of the whooping-cough vaccine.

Guests of the event will skate on the arena’s main ice rink, the same rink that the Everett Silvertips play on for all their home games.

The South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club sought and received a district matching Rotary Club International grant to help host the clinic. The local Rotary club is partnering with the Snohomish Health District, Verdant Health Commission and Global Spectrum to promote the free vaccination clinic and skate session.

With flu season in Snohomish County proving to be more severe than usual, getting a current flu shot is the best way to prevent infection.

Vaccination is also the best protection against whooping-cough. It is especially important that all pregnant women and people – including teens – who are around newborns get the booster shot to protect the infant.

Download vaccine information sheets and consent forms in English and Spanish at www.snohd.org.

Visit www.flu.gov for more information about flu, and www.doh.wa.gov for statewide updates.

The Washington Stealth kick off their 4th season in Everett Saturday night at Comcast Arena.

Washington Stealth Lacrosse opens its 3rd season in Everett Saturday night in Comcast Arena at Everett. The Stealth had a great opening season in 2010 and did well in 2011 but had a much tougher season last year. This year’s tag line, “Like Hockey with Balls” is causing a bit of attention but Stealth loyalists say it’s the fastest way to explain how lacrosse games work to people who haven’t seen one yet. Tickets are on sale at the Comcast Arena box office or by calling 425-374-7290. Here’s a preview from the team’s website…

EVERETT, Wash. – After a pre-season of bolstering a veteran lineup that has enjoyed NLL championship game appearances in two of the past three seasons, the Washington Stealth are poised to make a run back to the top of the NLL as the team faces the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks in the season opener, Saturday at Everett’s Comcast Arena. Game time is 6:45 p.m.

Bigger, faster and stronger, coach Chris Hall’s squad is teed-up to turn the page in 2013 and make a run at the post season. A run that begins with the defending league champions, which have dominated the all-time series against the Stealth 11-4 dating back to the organization’s time in both San Jose, Calif. and Albany, N.Y.

For Hall, the Stealth’s success in the coming year — and Saturday night’s opener, will rely heavily on the output of his veteran forwards Lewis Ratcliff, Rhys Duch and Athan Iannucci, along with a retooled defensive unit.

As two of the most potent threats for the Stealth, Ratcliff and Duch accounted for two thirds of the offense in last February’s meeting with Rochester in New York, which the Stealth dropped 15 – 12 after giving up a slim lead in the fourth.

“There is a lot less taken for granted this year,” said Ratcliff, who despite finishing 2012 with a team best and seventh ranked league wide 36 goals to go along with 40 assists, wasn’t satisfied with the finish.

“Last year showed us how tough the league is,” said Ratcliff. “There is a new hunger and attitude in working our way back to the top.”

Special tickets and pucks will help raise money for the Snohomish County Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

The Everett Silvertips have extended the deadline to purchase tickets for their annual Snohomish County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation Fundraiser on Friday, December 7th. The Tips will be facing the Seattle Thunderbirds in Comcast Arena at Everett and tickets ordered thru a special online offering are only $15 for Upper Level or $20 for Lower Level seats. That’s a savings of over $3 per ticket compared to the normal online price. Also, five dollars ($5) of each ticket ordered through this promotion will go to the Snohomish County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation. Tickets for the fundraiser must be purchased online to receive discount and will NOT be available for purchase at Comcast Arena Box office.

The Snohomish County Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation fund was created in 2009 for the sole purpose of providing immediate financial assistance to the surviving spouse and children of any officer in Snohomish County killed in the line of duty. The fund operates on a donation and fund-raising basis only. In addition to ticket sales, commemorative pucks will be on sale for $10 each, with the proceeds going to the Snohomish County Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.