The peewee two Silvertips played a pair of close games in Trail this past weekend, taking it to the Smokies on both Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday, it took the road-weary ’Tips the first half of the game to shake off the dust, as the Smokies jumped out to a 2-0 lead heading into the half way ice clean.
Ty Sanford tipped a Leyton Boyd slap shot into the top corner to finally beat the Trail goaltender with just over five minutes left in the second period.
Defenceman Blake McBeth steamed up the middle, drawing the Trail defenders towards him, before making a pass to Colby Feist who scored on a shot over the goalie’s glove to tie it up for the Silvertips, midway through the third period.
Feist would add a second goal, and the eventual game winner on the power play with just over three minutes left in the game, in an identical fashion to his first goal.
The early morning on Sunday seemed to again adversely affect Salmon Arm, as they upped the ante and gave up the first three goals to Trail, heading into the ice clean.
Malcolm Petty’s shot from the corner on the power play with nine minutes left in the second would be stopped by Trail’s netminder, but Feist was in the right place at the right time, tapping in the loose puck, as it lay unattended on the goal line.
A determined Petty managed to snap his scoring drought just 40 seconds later on a scramble in front of the net.
Sanford found the net for the second game in a row beating the Smokies goaltender with a top corner shot at the four minute mark of the second.
Taylor Howard would tuck one in short side a couple minutes later on the power play, his hard work down the boards not going unrewarded.
Sanford would seal the deal with the fifth unanswered goal of the game for the Silvertips, going bar-down after Feist’s hard work driving down the wing and circling behind the net before sliding Sanford the puck.
“We didn’t get down when they got ahead of us. We stayed positive and made some good plays. I thought our passing was pretty good,” said Silvertip Lucas Piekarczyk.
The Tips are on the road again this weekend as they head to Kamloops on Saturday.
