Salmon Arm B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks defeated the Surrey Eagles 4-1 on Wednesday night at the Shaw Centre to stay in first place in the BCHL. Their record now sits at 13-3-1. There were lots of check marks in this one: the penalty kill went 5-for-5, the power play went 1-for-3, the team got […]
Salmon Arm B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks lost 2-1 to the West Kelowna Warriors on Friday night at Royal LePage Place to fall to 11-3-1 this season. GAME SUMMARY It was a very uneventful first period of play, as the shots on goal were just 3-2 for West Kelowna at the 8:49 mark of the […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (11-2-1) are riding high after taking down the 11-1 Penticton Vees on Wednesday and tonight they’ll be looking for their fourth straight win against the West Kelowna Warriors (3-9-3-1). This is already the fourth of six head-to-head meetings this season for the Interior Division rivals. Salmon Arm is […]
Salmon Arm B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks beat the Penticton Vees 5-2 on home ice on Wednesday night to improve their record to 11-2-1 on the season, hopping the Vees for first place in the BCHL in the process. GAME SUMMARY There was action pretty much right from the get-go, with the shots on goal […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — Wednesday is the most highly anticipated matchup of the season thus far, with the 10-2-1 Salmon Arm Silverbacks hosting the 11-1-0 Penticton Vees at the Shaw Centre. This is the first of six head-to-head meetings this season for the Interior Division rivals. They will play twice in November (Nov. 13 and 15), […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The BCHL has named Salmon Arm Silverbacks goaltender Ethan Langenegger the Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 13. The 19-year-old Kamloops native won both of his starts this past weekend, stopping 53 of the 54 shots he faced and finishing with a .981 save percentage, a 0.49 goals-against […]
Salmon Arm B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks blanked the defending champion Prince George Spruce Kings on Saturday night on the road by a score of 1-0. It was the Backs’ 10th win of the year, as their regular season record now sits at 10-2-1. The Spruce Kings fall to 4-6-3. GAME SUMMARY The opening 20 […]
Salmon Arm B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks won in dramatic fashion on Friday night for #PinkTheRink night at the Shaw Centre, clipping the Chilliwack Chiefs 2-1 in overtime thanks to a brilliant game-winning-goal from forward Nick Unruh. Their regular season record improves to 9-2-1, while the Chiefs fall to 8-4-2. GAME SUMMARY The first period […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — Last Saturday’s 7-1 loss for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (8-2-1) at the hands of the Coquitlam Express is long gone in the minds of both players and staff. Tonight is their first chance to make up for last weekend’s showing and they’ll have to earn it, going up against a Chilliwack […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have traded 2001-born defenceman Ben Hamilton to the Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in exchange for future considerations. The 6-foot-4 blueliner played in six games this season for the Backs, recording one assist. “First off, we’d like to thank Ben for all his effort […]
