A former Silverback stole the show in Victoria. Stopping 43 shots, Kyle Dumba was able to shutout his former team 2-0 in a game that the Silverbacks dominated. On Victoria’s Teddy Bear night, things looked bleak for the team heading in with their top six scorers and top two goalies out with either injury or […]
Victoria is missing five of their best players. Alex Newhook, Alexander Campbell, Riley Hughes, Carter Berger, and Jermaine Bucheler were all selected to Team Canada West with the World Junior A Challenge. It’s good news for the Grizzlies, but also for Salmon Arm to take on a team who leads the league in goals scored, […]
A night of royal heroics was cut just short. Leading 3-0 heading to the third, Salmon Arm would surrender two goals in the final seven minutes but held on to win 3-2. Noah Wakeford had a pair for the Silverbacks while Justin Wilson scored the game winner on the power play. The opening period saw […]
Crossing over to the island, Salmon Arm will be hoping be cash in some wins. With four straight losses, the Silverbacks haven’t lost their 5th place spot in the Interior Division, but teams placed 1-4 are starting to distance themselves. With fewer games played than anyone else in the Division, Salmon Arm does have the […]
It was a good start and a tough finish for the Silverbacks. For the sixth time this season they scored the first goal of the game, but for the first time lost in regulation when doing so they lost, falling 5-2 to the Merritt Centennials. Salmon Arm did not receive a single power play in […]
Each game has gotten better for Salmon Arm in Merritt. Things started with a 5-0 loss in the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, and that was followed up last weekend with a 4-3 OT loss. The impressive past of the most recent game was that Salmon Arm went down 3-0 after the first, but came back […]
In the third it looked like Salmon Arm had crawled back in, but the Wenatchee Wild put their backburners enroute to a 8-3 win. Making his return from injury, Aiden Jenner started off his first shift with a big hit on Brandon Koch. The Silverbacks nearly opened the scoring at home four minutes in, but Noah […]
The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have traded defenceman Max Wutzke to the Chilliwack Chiefs in exchange for future considerations. 19 year old Wutzke was in his third season with the Silverbacks. Coming back from a significant injury last season, Wutzke had 10 penalty minutes in five games with the team this year. He played 98 games […]
Forget, or remember and move on. Those are the options for Salmon Arm as they take on the Wenatchee Wild Friday night in the Shaw Centre. Two weeks ago the Wild came to town, and beat the Silverbacks 7-1. Things were close heading to the third with a 2-1 Wild lead, but five goals in […]
It had nearly been two months since Justin Wilson suited up for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. In nine games prior to receiving an upper boddy injury, the 20 year old forward led the team in scoring with 12 points in nine games. Even after missing nearly two months, he came back sitting eighth in team […]
