The Salmon Arm Armstrong Co-op Female Midget A hockey team defeated Kelowna 5-2 in exhibition action on Saturday afternoon in Salmon Arm.
Salmon Arm opened the scoring midway through the second period when Brooke Miller (Salmon Arm) scored a shorthanded goal with a bar down rocket from the slot. Kelowna tied the game a minute later on the same power play. Mikayla Stirling (Salmon Arm) scored on a rebound a minute later after some great work from Cassidy Marshall (Armstrong) in the corner to make it 2-1.
Early in the third, Sarah Whitehead (Salmon Arm) scored the goal of the game when she came down the left wing, powered around a defender and then backhanded a beauty short-side shelf. Just 10 seconds later, Emily Clarke (Vernon) scored with a great low shot under the sprawling Kelowna goalie. Miller scored her second of the game with five minutes left to play to make it 5-1.
Taylor Thomlinson (Salmon Arm) played well in the net in her first period of Midget hockey as she shared the duties with her fellow goaltender Bailey Berndt (Enderby). Makenna Southam (Vernon) and Tareyn Hanson (Enderby) were solid on defence.
