(COURTESY OF BCHL) The BCHL has announced Salmon Arm Silverbacks forward #24 Marcus Mitchell has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending October 9th, 2016. Mitchell led the ‘Backs to a pair of wins in as many nights and piled up seven points along the way. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound native […]

SALMON ARM, B.C. OCTOBER 8, 2016 – The Salmon Arm Silverbacks will sit down for Thanksgiving dinner satisfied they grabbed a pair of much needed wins this weekend. The S’Backs downed the Surrey Eagles 6-3  Saturday night following a 5-3 win over West Kelowna on Friday Evening. The Silverbacks came out flying against the Surrey […]

SALMON ARM, B.C., OCTOBER 8, 2016 –  The Silverbacks (3-6) host the Surrey Eagles (2-6-0-1) on Saturday night at 7pm at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm, one night after the ‘Backs began this Thanksgiving weekend with a 5-3 victory on the road over the defending BCHL and National champion West Kelowna Warriors (5-4). As […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2016 SILVERBACKS ACQUIRE HOPKINS The Salmon Arm Silverbacks are happy to announce that the team has  acquired 97 forward Haydn Hopkins from the Victoria Grizzlies for future considerations Hopkins, a 5’ 9”, 183-pound forward, has spent parts of the last three seasons in the Western Hockey League. Originally drafted in […]

The Silverbacks (2-6) will meet the defending BCHL and National champions on Friday night at 7pm in West Kelowna, the first of three meetings with the Warriors in October and seven in total. The ‘Backs have lost two straight and six of their first eight to begin this 2016-17 season. The Silverbacks were shutout 9-0 […]

SALMON ARM,  SEPTEMBER 30th, 2016 – The Silverbacks (2-5) will visit the Wenatchee Wild (5-0-0-1) tonight (Saturday) at 7pm in Washington state, as each team plays the back half of back-to-back games this weekend. The ‘Backs fell 5-2 at home to the Merritt Centennials (4-2-1-0) on Friday night at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm, while […]

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2-4) host the Merritt Centennials (3-2-1-0) on Friday night, September 30th at 7pm at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm. The ‘Backs will begin the first of back-to-back action, as they will travel south of the border on Saturday and visit the Wenatchee Wild (4-0-0-1) at 7pm. The Silverbacks have re-acquired […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2016 SILVERBACKS WELCOME BACK GOALTENDER BRANDON KEGLER It was exactly this date last year that the Salmon Arm Silverbacks announced they signed goaltender Brandon Kegler  who played with the Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAA program & Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL. Once again the Silverbacks are announcing the return of […]

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2-4) scored eight goals on Sunday at the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack, enough for an 8-6 victory over the Surrey Eagles (0-6). Elijiah Barriga scored the first goal of the game in the first period, his second of the season and on the power-play just 78 seconds into Sunday afternoon’s action. […]

CHILLIWACK, SEPTEMBER25th 2016 – The Silverbacks (1-4) scored a pair of power-play goals on Saturday in a 4-2 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers (3-3) at the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack. The ‘Backs face-off with the Surrey Eagles (0-5) on Sunday afternoon at 1pm at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack. Jared Turcotte scored the first goal on Saturday, […]