The Career of Michael Anthony - A Look Through the Mask

**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 03:26 AM

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Michael Anthony to get first Start in WHL

Coming off a 3-2 win over the Cougars Saturday, Everett coaching has decided to sit starting goaltender Lotz for Sundays game - once again against the Cougars. In his place will be 17 year old Michael Anthony, a butterfly goalie standing 6'4" and weighing 245 lbs. Catching up with him we had a few questions

Michael, how are the nerves going into your first game?

Anthony: "Honestly they aren't really there. As many people know I have had a lot of success in my career as a goaltender. My focus today will just be to do well enough to secure the win. If I try to think beyond that I will lose the game for my team. As a new guy in a locker room that is what you never want to happen."

Ah building team chemistry! How has the team dealt with the added knowledge of your fiery past?

Anthony: "Haha, well coaches and management have told me that it is not tolerated. As far as teammates go Nikkel told me that if I am going to hit someone I better damn win. So I think I have my teams support, its not like I am going to go looking for fights."

Well Anthony, before we wish you good luck anything you want to add?

Anthony: "Yeah, Everett - Come out and support us as we make our way towards the Memorial Cup! I only have one year in the CHL so I plan to win it!"

There you have it, a well spoken confident individual. 17 year old Michael Anthony will be starting today's game vs the Cougars. Good luck!

**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 03:39 AM

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Its a little brash but Michael Anthony is officially 1-0 as a goaltender this season along with the Everett Silvertips moving to 2-0. Anthony had 21 saves on 22 shots as his Everett Silvertips handed the Cougars their second straight loss in as many days. Boasting a .954 save percentage the young goaltender was riding high following the win.

Anthony: "Well I said as long as I maintained my focus good things would happen and they did! I just got word from coach that I will be starting again this Thursday against the Americans. *Winks at the camera* That is right ladies I am not just a goaltender at home, I travel so that you too - can enjoy seeing me in action."

Following Sundays win Everett will play 2 straight away games; Thursday they face the Americans and Friday will see action against the Giants. With Murray leading the team scoring 2 goals in 2 games the Silvertips look to build momentum in the early 2012 season.

**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 08:42 AM

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Anthony Struggles - Still Picks Up Win

In a tough fought game the Everett Silvertips outlasted the Tri-City Americans to pick up their 3rd straight win to begin the year. After the first period it was 1-1 and looked like it would be a low scoring affair. However the second period exploded and saw 6 goals, 3 on each side leaving the game 4-4. The Silvertips would buckle down and go on to score the final goal in the 3rd winning by the narrow 5-4 margin.

Michael Anthony had 27 saves on 31 shots for a save percentage of .871. His save percentage over the past two games in .906 with a 2.50 Goals Against Average. He has been given the go-ahead to start back to back days for the first time in his career as Everett will travel to face the Giants for Fridays Game.

Everett is 3-0-0 with Vancouver at 1-1.

**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 12:21 PM

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Anthony moves to 3-0 as Silvertips Win

In the first period it looked like things were going to be a repeat of last night. However, Michael Anthony would buckle down and hold the Giants to only one goal on 21 shots. Ryan Murray would lead the offensive charge scoring and assisting to help get Everett the 3-1 win.

Catching up with Anthony he had this to say about his performance:

Anthony: "You know we really played well today. We played a very physical form of hockey and that allowed my to play my style. I was aggressive as they came into the zone and I could tell it confused the shooters. Their shots became weaker and there was a lot of hesitation. I allowed the one goal on an unfortunate rebound but overall feel like today was by best game thus far."

Anthony finished today's game with a .952 save percentage and moved to 3-0 in WHL play. According to a team source Anthony will again be suiting up this upcoming Wednesday when the Tri-City Americans come to down for the second meeting of the season. The Americans are 2-2-0 with Everett standing at 4-0-0.

**Bluejaysfan65** · 04-27-2013, 12:43 PM

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**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by Bluejaysfan65

Looks great so far! I'll definitely be following this one!

Thanks man! I wanted to try something different as I am playing a few games

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**AmParess** · 04-27-2013, 06:14 PM

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Anthony's Sloppy Play made up for by Power Play

Anthony was weak in net tonight. Very unlike the goaltender we saw last Saturday. It seems something about the Americans makes him struggle in net. He allowed 2 goals coming off 17 shots for a .882 save percentage. The only saving face for the goalie was that he still picked up the win which sees the Silvertips move to 5-0-0 this season. It has been reported that the new starting goalie will sit out Saturdays game against the Seattle Thunderbirds. Anthony will suit up again Sunday to once again face the Tri-City Americans. Will his struggles continue?

Report: Everett Silvertips defeat the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 dropping their record to 2-3-1 while improving to 6-0-0 on the year.

**AmParess** · 04-28-2013, 10:46 PM

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Anthony Finally Slows Down Tri-City

In our last report following the young phenom goalie, Michael Anthony on his path to the NHL, we reported his struggles against the Tri-City Americans. Granted while being 2-0 against the team he manages only a save percentage below 89 % a huge change from his 93% against all other teams combined. Well today Anthony basically spit in the faces of our reporters with an amazing night in net.

Tell us what did you do differently today to finally get this monkey off your back?

Anthony: "Well a couple of things made this possible. First off the play of my teammates was excellent. Quest (Winquist) continues to be hot and scored 2 goals for us in critical points of the game. I did everything I could to just make sure we always had a chance. My focus today was different than in the past few games with the Tri's. They crash the net hard on rebounds so that is what I worked on. Having been a goalie for years now saving isn't a thought, its just a reflex. So I put my mind to knowing where the crashers were and trying to control where the puck hit my body and deflected. I slipped up once and they scored but overall it worked great for us and we got the win."

Anthony is now 5-0-0 since coming to the WHL. Tonight he posted a .958 Save Percentage allowing just 1 goal on 24 shots as the Silvertips won 3-1 at home. Anthony and the 7-0-0 Silvertips will make their way to Westman Place to take on the 3-4-0 Brandon Wheat Kings this Friday.

**AmParess** · 04-28-2013, 11:15 PM

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Just a small clear up. All the deleted posts are due to Operation Sports server lags that resulted in about 6 posts of everything.

**AmParess** · 04-29-2013, 01:55 AM

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Silvertips Magical Season Continues

Brandon - The Everette Silvertips are off to an impressive 8-0-0 start behind solid defense, a hot offense in Josh Winquist, and a goalie that seems to stop everything Michael Anthony. The team cruised easily to a 4-1 win last night over the Brandon Wheat Kings and we know why. In the best words though, we'll let fellow teammate Michael Anthony explain...

Anthony: "You know tonight just went our way all things aside. As a reporter you know it doesn't take a lot to light a fire under a hockey player - we're always mad. When Petryk was injured early in the first we went ballistic. We wanted to punish them and we did that with offense. Luckily it was just a bruised knee and he'll play again tomorrow."

The Everette Silvertips will travel tonight to play again tomorrow against their toughest opponent this season, the 6-4-0 Regina Pats. Anthony will be suited up to play as he looks to extend his own winning streak to 7 games.

Oct 12, 2012	1	2	3	F
EVT (8-0-0)	1	1	2
BDN (3-5-0)	0	1	0

Three Stars
	Josh Winquist 2 G, 2 A, 4 PTS, 1 HIT, 12 S, +2
	Tyler Sandhu 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 1 HIT, 4 S, +2
	Landon Oslanski 0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS, 3 HITS, 4 S, +1

Team Stats Comparison
	EVT	BDN
Shots on Goal	37	20
Hits	8	10
Faceoffs Won-Lost	13	13
Penalty Minutes	0:00	6:00
Power Plays Converted	1	0
Power Play Opportunities	3	0
Time on Attack	7:50	5:00

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
EVT	14:03 M. Hayer (5), (J. Winquist, R. Murray)
SECOND PERIOD
BDN	12:44 J. Quenneville (1), (G. Maguire, E. Roy)
EVT	14:28 J. Winquist (9), (T. Sandhu, L. Oslanski)
THIRD PERIOD
EVT	13:36 T. Sandhu (3), (J. Winquist, R. Harrison)
EVT	19:21 J. Winquist (10), (R. Harrison, L. Oslanski)

**AmParess** · 04-30-2013, 08:56 PM

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Anthony Scores Elusive Shutout

Regina - It has taken 7 games and several one goal games for Michael Anthony to record the game fans have been dying to see. Finally in an away game against the Regina Pats he delivered a 29 shot shutout. The Silvertips offense provided more than enough for the goaltender to pick up the win but he never let up scoring himself as the first star of the game for the first time in his career.

Anthony: "You know I've been feeling great lately and the team has been playing amazing. I am happy I could finally put this one together and hope it carries over to next game. This one goes out to my family, hope I'm making them proud. Also hope NHL scouts are taking notice, I only have one year so I hope I'm making the necessary noise."

He certainly is. On a side note, the man Anthony has stated he believes deserves to be the number one overall pick fondly called Quest (Winquist) had his 8 game point streak snapped today in the teams 4-0 win.

Anthony suits up again Tuesday to face the 6-3-0 Moose Jaw Warriors in an away game. Silvertips are 9-0-0 how long will their run last!?

Jan 1,	1	2	3	F
EVT ()	2	0	2	4
()	0	0	0	0

Three Stars
	Michael Anthony 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%, 29 SA
	Ryan Murray 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 2 HITS, 4 S, +2
	Manraj Hayer 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 6 HITS, 2 S, +1

Team Stats Comparison
	EVT
Shots on Goal	28	29
Hits	23	19
Faceoffs Won-Lost	25	35
Penalty Minutes	2:00	0:00
Power Plays Converted	0	0
Power Play Opportunities	0	1
Time on Attack

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
EVT	0:59 Stadnyk (1), (M. Mueller, R. Murray)
EVT	19:48 R. Murray (5), (R. Harrison)
THIRD PERIOD
EVT	7:27 S. Soumelidis (1), D. Leedahl, L. Grayson)
EVT	10:11 M. Hayer (6), (T. Sandhu)

**AmParess** · 05-01-2013, 03:36 AM

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Everett Hits Double Digits

Moose Jaw - It has been stunning to watch. The Everette Silvertips have began the year an astonishing 10-0-0 after winning a 3rd period thriller today against the Warriors. Some are questioning how long they can keep this up while others are asking why they don't just give them the championship. In a thrilling game that was back and forth it came down to being a 2-2 game late in the 3rd. The Silvertips had been down twice already and battled back before with just under 5 minutes remaining Winquist found a loose puck under the Warrior goaltender and sent it home. Michael Anthony could not be reached for comment following the win due to a team meeting being called with team officials only stating, "We want to insure our team stays focused and does not get a big head." How could you not at this point?

Tomorrow night the 6 game road trip continues with away game number 4 visiting the 4-4-2 Swift Current Broncos. Anthony will suit up again before he and the team will take a much needed day off.

Oct 16, 2012	1	2	3	F
EVT (10-0-0)	0	1	2	3
MJ (6-4-0)	1	0	1	2

Three Stars
	Reid Petryk - EVT 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 1 HIT, 3 S, +3
	Michael Anthony - EVT 2.02 GAA, .931 SV%, 29 SA
	Josh Winquist - EVT 1 G, 0 A, 1 PT, 1 HIT, 8 S, +2

Team Stats Comparison
	EVT	MJ
Shots on Goal	23	29
Hits	11	11
Faceoffs Won-Lost	19	7
Penalty Minutes	4:00	6:00
Power Plays Converted	0	1
Power Play Opportunities	3	2
Time on Attack	9:25	7:09

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
MJ	5:23 S. Fioretti (5), (C. Hansen, K. McFaull)
SECOND PERIOD
EVT	4:13 R. Petryk (1)
THIRD PERIOD
MJ	3:26 J Edmundson (3)
EVT	7:44 R. Petryk (2), (R. Harrison)
EVT	15:07 J. Winquist (11)

*This is being played on Superstar currently. My teams play has just been astounding and I feel happy with the numbers as I am facing a good deal of shots depending on the ability of opposing teams.

**Bluejaysfan65** · 05-01-2013, 04:47 PM

What sliders are you using?

**AmParess** · 05-01-2013, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Bluejaysfan65

What sliders are you using?

Just the standard superstar sliders

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