The L Turner Contracting Atom A Development Silverbacks picked up a banner for the rafters of the Shaw Centre this past weekend in West Kelowna.
The team went into the OMAHA playoffs as the second-ranked team in the division. They started the weekend by winning their first three games against West Kelowna and both Penticton teams.
Sunday morning the team played the Kelowna Ice Dogs, but lost creating a four-way tie for first place, with each team having three wins and one loss.
Once all the tie-breaking formulas were run and calculators burnt out, it was determined that Salmon Arm would play Kelowna again, this time for the championship. In the final, the Silverbacks scored two goals on the first three shifts of the game, and they never allowed Kelowna to get back into the game.
The Silverbacks won the championship game with a decisive 7-2 victory.
The banner-winning team is made up of:
Goalies: Isaac Mitchell and Lucas Patterson
Defencemen: Max Beckner, Kayle Janzen, Brayson York, Treyden Currie, Landon Ruth and Nathan Mayes
Forwards: Caleb DeHoog, Maddux Martin, Trent Thiessen, Oscar Mayes, Connor Howell, Rylan Blackstock, Eli Eklund, Gage Parrell and Jaxon Hadath.
Coaches: Gregg Patterson, Daron Mayes, Kevin Beckner, Josh Mitchell, Sheldon Parrell and Dave York.