Nick Patterson
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Former Everett Herald sports editor, reporter and columnist.
Everett, Wash.
Joined December 2010
I wanted to take a little time to gather my thoughts before posting about the devastating layoffs that took place at The Herald yesterday, when more than half of what was left of the newsroom was lost. 1/
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Landon DuPont's production, Clarke Schaefer's development and the deployment of overagers are among the Silvertips things that are making me go, "Hmmm."
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We’re halfway through Everett’s seven-games-in-10-days stretch, as well as more than a quarter of the way through the season, so it seems like a good time to do a quick post on some of …
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Buckle up Silvertips fans, a brutal seven-in-10 stretch begins Friday, and this will show us just what Everett is made of:
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We’re about to find out just what the Silvertips are made of. On Friday Everett begins an absolutely brutal stretch of games as the Tips play seven times in 10 days. Wasn’t this the typ…
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It's deja vu all over again as the Silvertips trade for Rylan Gould. And it's another wrinkle in the CHL-NCAA dynamic.
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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before … The Silvertips made a trade Tuesday that you may recognize, as Everett acquired overage forward Rylan Gould from Swift Current in exchange for …
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It's deja vu all over again as the Silvertips trade for Rylan Gould. And it's another wrinkle in the CHL-NCAA dynamic.
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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before … The Silvertips made a trade Tuesday that you may recognize, as Everett acquired overage forward Rylan Gould from Swift Current in exchange for …
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The Silvertips are contenders, but there's still work to be done on the roster, and the time to do that is now rather than later:
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Once upon a time I wrote a column about then-Silvertips general manager Garry Davidson. In that column I gushed about how much I enjoyed watching Davidson at work as, in defiance of the WHL’s…
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A few days after the fact, here are some thoughts on the Silvertips acquiring veteran goaltender Anders Miller:
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Here’s the hazard of trying to cover a team from half the world away. I do my best to keep up with everything that’s happening in Silvertipsland. However, being 11 time zones away, pret…
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Hey, it's been four months, but I'm finally back with another Silvertips blog post, though this time it's from considerably farther away:
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Hey everyone, it’s been a while! And there’s a good reason for that. During the summer my family and I embarked on a grand adventure and relocated to Dubai, and the United Arab Emirates…
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FOR RELEASE: Everett Herald journalists call for community support in battle against low wages, story quotas
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UPDATE: The Everett NewsGuild is calling on Herald subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas. (1/5) https://t.co/AtI226kH0c
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If you read The Everett Herald, we know you support local journalism and the effort reporters put into covering your community and Snohomish County. Since we formed our union in 2022, we’ve been...
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Buried at the end of this press release is big news: Julius Miettinen is confirmed to be returning to Everett next season. He’ll be the first Finn since Rasmus Rissanen in 2010-11 to play his 19-year-old season for the Tips, as every other Finn went back home to play pro at 19.
Two new Tips in the fold! An overview of our two #CHLImportDraft picks:
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In this new WHL landscape, there's no tomorrow. That's especially true for the 2025-26 Everett Silvertips:
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As the 2024-25 WHL trade deadline approached, I advocated rather strenuously for the Silvertips to push all their chips into the pot and go all-out for the franchise’s long-awaited first league cha…
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Here are some Everett Silvertips draft thoughts, particularly the implications of sending goalie Jesse Sanche to Penticton as part of the expansion draft:
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It’s draft week in the WHL. The Penticton expansion draft and the first round of the prospects draft took place today, while the rest of the prospects draft and the U.S. priority draft happen…
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The WHL expansion draft for the Pentiction Vees takes place Wednesday. What might happen for the Everett Silvertips?
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What kind of player are the Everett Silvertips about to lose? On Wednesday the WHL conducts its first expansion draft since 2007, as the incoming Penticton Vees stock their roster for their inaugur…
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Here's a breakdown of the first-round playoff series between the Everett Silvertips and Seattle Thunderbirds:
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Here’s a breakdown of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series between the Everett Silvertips, the top seed in the Western Conference, and the eighth-seeded Seattle Thunderbirds: Scoring …
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Is this the best Everett Silvertips team ever? Let's do a bit of a deep dive:
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OK, it is, quite frankly, too early to be doing this. But with the regular season over we have a full data set to work with, and with several says before the playoffs begin I just happen to have a …
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So it's Everett vs. Seattle in the first round of the WHL playoffs. Will the series between the I-5 rivals be any better this time?
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When I think about the Everett Silvertips facing the I-5 rival Seattle Thunderbirds in the playoffs, my immediate thought doesn’t flash to an epic series, a specific game or a particular play…
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Congrats to the Everett Silvertips, who clinched the Scotty Munro Trophy for the WHL's best record. But will the Scotty Munro winners actually be underdogs in the playoffs:
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Congratulations to the Everett Silvertips, who based on their 2-1 victory at Spokane on Sunday night, combined with Calgary’s 8-4 loss at home against Edmonton, clinched the Scotty Munro Trop…
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Life has gotten in the way of posting, but the arrival of March means we've reached the final stretch of the WHL season, and we're still asking the question: Who are the real Everett Silvertips?
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Sorry it’s taken so long for me to write another post. From the complication of snow days to vacations away to being incapacitated-level sick, life has gotten in the way big time the past few…
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Taking a moment to appreciate the Silvertips' playoff streak:
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I haven’t had much opportunity to write recently because life has gotten in the way. But with the Silvertips clinching a playoff spot with their 4-1 victory at Kamloops on Friday night, I fel…
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So what should we make of the Silvertips' January so far? Cause for celebration or cause for concern?
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January was a month of change in the WHL. We saw all kinds of action at the trade deadline as I think there were far more movers and shakers than anyone expected. Everett was involved as well, in s…
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