Another hard fought battle between the Armstrong Co-op Salmon Arm Midget Female Tier 1 and Kamloops resulted in a 1-1 tie.
The game was played in Kamloops on Dec. 14. The lone goal was scored by Jenna Lazar (Vernon) and assisted by Cailee Brauml (Vernon) and Hanna Scherck (Vernon).
Another excellent effort by goaltender Jaime Sedore (Salmon Arm) and solid defence by Haily Hasskell (Salmon Arm) and Chloey Martin (Sicamous).
Salmon Arm is leading the league with a 5-1-1 record with Kam-loops close behind with a 3-3-1 record. The next home game is in Vernon on Dec. 21 at the Civic Arena at 1:30 p.m.
Nail biter
Hockey can be a strange game and the Bantam Tier 2 Silvertips experienced that this weekend as they played three games in three days.
Friday was an evening game in Kamloops and the Tips had a tough time coordinating their efforts and fell short with a 7-2 loss putting that series at 1-1 for the season. A well earned goal came from Aaron Plessis and the second marker was delivered by Jason Herd.
Saturday brought what proved to be a tired squad to the rink and the Tips needed to be awake for Penticton, as they have had their number all season. The Scotiabank Silvertips had a hard time finding the energy necessary to beat Penticton and their egos got a little bruised by a 10-1 loss. The lone goal was scored by Trent Thompson.
Sunday morning arrived and the Silvertips had to play Penticton for part two. Well this match proved to be a completely different beast.
Penticton did not see the Tips coming and Salmon Arm took great pride in showing what they had. The Tips got down 1-0 part way through the first period but with a half a second left on the clock in the first, Salmon Arm scored to tie it up.
The tough side of the team appeared to be willing to play hard for 60 minutes as they ground out every play. Penticton did manage to go ahead again in the second and the score stayed 2-1into the third period.
The tough got tougher in the third and forced Penticton to draw some penalties. The Tips capitalized immediately and tied the game at two. As the period continued so did the infractions and Salmon Arm mustered another power play goal taking the lead 3-2.
The crowd readied their fingernails with 1:30 left on the clock and with 0:53 seconds left, the Vees tied it up 3-3 and that was the way the game ended. Strange game, two days, same teams, and completely different results.
Salmon Arm played a great game with the scoring coming from Jordan Campagnolo Evan Hughes and Harley Bootsma and hats off to Ryan Freed who stood tall in the net to keep the Silvertips in it.
