The Podollan Inn peewee tier two Silvertips played host to 11 other teams in their home tournament this past weekend.
The ’Tips opened their round robin with a game against Williams Lake on Friday.
Ty Bailey scored first for Salmon Arm, slipping the puck past the Williams Lake netminder on the power play.
Ty Sanford flew down the right wing a few minutes later, and roofed the puck to send the ’Tips into the first intermission with a two-goal lead.
Taylor Howard’s hard backhand early in the second would put Salmon Arm up by three and they wouldn’t stop there.
Mason Balon’s shot would catch the goalie going the wrong way, and Zander Stewart’s seeing eye shot from the point would find the back of the net to spot the ’Tips a five-to-zero lead going into the third.
Colby Feist and Connor Johnson would round out the scoring for the Silvertips, who took it to Williams Lake by a 7-0 final.
Goaltender Rod May picked up the shutout for Salmon Arm.
Their first of two games on Saturday proved to be their best, even though they came out on the losing end of a 3-2 contest against Arbutus.
Sanford got his second of the tournament early in the first period, sprung on a breakaway by defenceman Stewart.
Lucas Piekarczyk would hammer a rebound past the Arbutus netminder to hand the ’Tips a two-goal lead early in the second.
Arbutus proved too strong in transition for the ’Tips as the opposition scored three unanswered for the win.
’Tips netminder Gabriel Murrels-Allaway kept the home team in the game with a strong third period.
West Kelowna also proved to be too strong for Salmon Arm, in their second game on Saturday, handing the Silvertips a 5-1 loss.
Kamloops opened the scoring in Sunday’s game, but Bailey tied it up midway through the first period, set up by linemates Taylor Howard and Connor Kociuba.
Feist would notch a power-play marker to knot it at two as time wound down in the second.
Marino Bordin would give the ’Tips the lead early in the third, but Kamloops would storm back to tie it up a few minutes later.
Kamloops took the lead with three minutes left in the game and then scored into the empty net to seal the victory.
The Silvertips rest this weekend before travelling for a pair of games the following Saturday and Sunday.