Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have traded 2001-born defenceman Cole Nisse to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Nipawin Hawks in exchange for future considerations.
Nisse played in 52 games last season for the Backs’, recording two goals and three assists, while also dressing in all five playoff games. In 2017-18, the Salmon Arm native AP’ed in four games, tallying one assist.
“This was a tough one because Cole is a local kid and we really spent a lot of time with him last year and expected that he was going to be here this year,” Silverbacks head coach and general manager Scott Atkinson said. “But we felt that the group that we brought in just sort of pushed him from our team and we wanted to try to find him a spot where he could develop as a hockey player.”
The Silverbacks would like to thank Nisse for his time as a Silverback and wish him well with his new organization.
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