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Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (6-4-3) will look to make it six straight wins against the West Kelowna Warriors (5-5-2) on Sunday night when the two meet for the seventh time this season.
The Backs are coming off a 7-5 loss to Vernon last night, while the Warriors were shut out by the Vipers 2-0 on Friday.
Tonight’s game has a 6 p.m. puck drop.
Season H2H
| Date | Score | Record | Goalie |
| April 3 | 2-1 L | 0-1-0 | Say 38/40 |
| April 8 | 4-3 OTW | 1-1-0 | Say 31/34 |
| April 11 | 5-3 W | 2-1-0 | Say 32/35 |
| April 15 | 6-4 W | 3-1-0 | Vanderkooi 25/29 |
| April 18 | 6-5 SOW | 4-1-0 | Say 27/32 |
| April 21 | 5-2 W | 5-1-0 | Vanderkooi 26/28 |
Us
Keep the Strong Starts Coming: The Backs had another strong start on Saturday, scoring the first goal for the 11th time this season, while also out-shooting Vernon 18-7 in the first period.
Backs Top Line in Warriors Nightmares: Sullivan Mack, Noah Serdachny and Simon Tassy have combined for 37 points in their six head-to-head games against West Kelowna this season. Serdachny and Tassy each have 13 points, while Mack has 11.
Step Forward for Special Teams: On Saturday, the Backs power play went 1-for-3, scoring for the first time in five games. The penalty kill was very good and went 2-for-2.
Them
Short Squad: The West Kelowna Warriors are without captain Elan Bar-Lev-Wise, who is still serving his nine-game suspension, and they’ve also missed the services of Marcus Joughin badly, who sits second in team scoring with 13 points. They’ve been forced to play with 10 forwards for a couple games now.
High Scoring Affairs: After a 2-1 score to start the pod season between the Backs and Warriors, the teams have now combined for 42 goals in the last five head-to-head meetings. That’s a lot of goals.
Leading Scorers
Backs:
Points – Noah Serdachny & Simon Tassy (20)
Goals – Simon Tassy (11)
Assists – Noah Serdachny (14)
Wins – Owen Say (4)
SV% – Owen Say (.892)
Warriors:
Points – Carter Wilkie (14)
Goals – Carter Wilkie (8)
Assists – Marcus Joughin & Tyson Jugnauth (9)
Wins – Johnny Derrick (3)
SV% – Johnny Derrick (.914)
Special Teams
Backs:
PP – 18.4% (9th) / PK – 65% (16th)
Warriors:
PP – 29.5% (3rd) / PK – 83% (T-6th)
Players to Watch
SILVERBACKS: LUCAS MATTA
Matta scored a big goal to get the Backs to within one late in the third on Saturday and he also assisted on Tassy’s game-opening goal. The rookie played a ton of minutes Saturday because the team had to roll five defencemen.
He has three points in his last four games.
WARRIORS: TYLER CRISTALL
Cristall has scored against the Silverbacks in four straight games now. Seven of his 10 points this season have come against the Backs.
Tune In
As always, all games will be streamed live on BCHL TV, with the Braby Motors pre-game show getting underway at 5:45 p.m.
