Salmon Arm鈥檚 BCHL team snagged a win in the team鈥檚 only home game in the month of October.
The Silverbacks welcomed the West 琉璃神社 Warriors to Shaw Centre Friday, Oct. 6 in the first game of a home-and-home weekend series and left the ice with a 7-3 win.
Silverbacks dominated the first period, with the first goal scored by Tristan Allen 33 seconds in, on a power play. Reid Varkonyi followed that up at the 12-minute mark and Cole Cooksey finished the period strong at 19:09.
Continuing to build their lead, Salmon Arm鈥檚 Isaac Lambert nabbed a fourth goal almost eight minutes into the second and Ty Paisley built a five-goal lead four minutes later, his first BCHL goal.
As the second period narrowed down, West 琉璃神社 got on the board with a power play goal from captain Brennan Nelson.
Keeping up the momentum, Casy Laylin added a sixth goal to the Silverbacks streak with his first of the season nearly three minutes in, which was followed by goals by Warriors Nelson and Felix Caron in an attempt to catch up.
A tip-in by Cooksey at 13 minutes would prove to be the last goal of the game, finishing off the Silverbacks鈥� win.
The game saw a total of 15 penalties and West 琉璃神社 switching goalies about halfway through the second.
West 琉璃神社 outshot Salmon Arm 37-29.
These two teams face off again tonight (Oct. 7) at Royal LePage Place in West 琉璃神社, with puck drop at 7 p.m.
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