-- UPDATE -- 09/02/19 -- SEATTLE -- Preseason exhibition games don't count in the standings but that didn't stop the six Western Hockey League teams playing over the weekend in the Delta Hotels Preseason Classic from providing some dramatics.
There were four overtime games, a game-winning goal scored with less than 20 seconds to go, and a seven-round shootout. The host Everett Silvertips went 3-0, thanks to an overtime thriller against the Seattle Thunderbirds Sunday night.
Tri-City Americans star Sasha Mutala was the top skater. The 2019 Colorado Avalanche draftee scored four times -- including a Sunday hat trick -- while picking up six points.
Sounds of the Season
The Western Hockey League had 28 players drafted in June's NHL Draft, more than any other development league - you can follow 10 of them in local WHL action starting this weekend