Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have acquired 18-year-old goaltender Brett Balas from the Drumheller Dragons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in exchange for future considerations. Balas, a Calgary, Alta. native, started the 2019-20 season with the defending Western Hockey League champion Prince Albert Raiders, after appearing in three games for them last […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (19-8-2) host the Langley Rivermen (12-14-2) at the Shaw Centre on Friday night for the only time this season. The only other head-to-head meeting will take place in Langley on Feb. 4. Tonight’s game has a 7 p.m. puck drop. Last Time Out The Backs are coming off […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have acquired 20-year-old forward Lucas Breault from the St Michaels Buzzers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in exchange for 18-year-old goaltender Dylan Kruss and future considerations. Breault, a Toronto, Ont. native, has played the last season and a half at Union College in the NCAA, where he […]
West Kelowna, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks lost 6-2 to the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday night at Royal LePage Place. Their record now stands at 19-8-2. GAME SUMMARY The Backs were up against the wall early in this one, as the Warriors came out flying and scored just 16 seconds in. After a […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (19-7-2) travel to West Kelowna on Saturday night to take on the Warriors (4-18-5) for the fifth time this season. The Backs are 3-1 so far against the last-place Warriors, winning on Sept. 8 (4-1), Sept. 24 (4-3), and Oct. 1 (6-1), before losing the most recent matchup […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks came up just short on Friday night, falling 2-1 in a shootout to the Vernon Vipers. It was the first meeting of the season between the bitter rivals and turned out to be a goaltending duel between Ethan Langenegger and Riley Herbst, with a combined 69 shots […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (19-7-1) travel to Vernon on Friday night to take on the Vipers (13-10-2) for the first time this season. It’s the first of six meetings this season, all six of which will take place in the next 18 games, meaning every third game between now and mid-January will […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks fell 3-1 to the Wenatchee Wild on Thursday night at the Shaw Centre, dropping their record to 19-7-1 this season. They were outshot for just the sixth time this season, mustering only 24 shots on goal in the game, including four in the third period. GAME SUMMARY […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have traded 20-year-old defenceman Noah Lugli to the Wenatchee Wild in exchange for future considerations. The 6-foot-5 veteran tallied six assists in 25 games this season for the Backs after playing in 93 games the past two seasons between the Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL), Wellington Duckes (OJHL) and Minnesota […]
Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks (19-6-1) host the Wenatchee Wild (11-10-4) at the Shaw Centre on Thursday night, four days after besting them 3-2 in overtime. It’s the fifth of seven meetings this season. The Silverbacks are currently 4-0 in the head-to-head games, winning 3-2 on Oct. 4 at the BCHL Showcase in […]
