Salmon Arm Silverbacks

The Salmon Arm Silverbacks are a junior ice hockey team from Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League. The Silverbacks returned a BCHL team to Shuswap/Salmon Arm 12 years after the previous team ceased operations, known at various times as the Totems, Blazers, and Tigers between 1982 and 1989.

Salmon Arm Silverbacks
City	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
League	British Columbia Hockey League
Division	Interior Division
Founded	2001
Home arena	Rogers Rink
Colours	Purple, silver, black, and white
Owner(s)	Salmon Arm Silverbacks Hockey Club
General manager	Brooks Christensen
Head coach	Tyler Shattock
Website	sasilverbacks.com

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, PTS = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoffs
1982–83	56	26	29	1	—	248	259	53	8th	Lost in Preliminary
1983–84	60	22	38	0	—	357	429	44	8th	Did not qualify
1984–85	52	7	44	1	—	211	420	15	12th	Did not qualify
1985–86	52	10	42	0	—	253	445	20	12th	Did not qualify
1986–87	Folded
1987–88	52	17	34	1	—	245	308	35	11th	Did not qualify
1988–89	60	26	32	2	—	284	328	54	7th	Lost in Preliminary
2001–02	60	32	23	—	5	249	269	69	3rd in Interior	Lost in Preliminary
2002–03	60	38	19	2	1	281	235	79	2nd in Interior	Lost in Preliminary
2003–04	60	42	17	1	0	300	219	85	1st in Interior	Lost in Finals
2004–05	60	34	22	1	3	268	225	72	3rd in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
2005–06	60	41	17	0	2	259	192	84	2nd in Interior	Lost in Semi-finals
2006–07	60	36	21	0	3	291	238	75	4th in Interior	Lost in Quarter-finals
2007–08	60	37	17	3	3	256	201	80	4th BCHL	Lost in Quarter-finals
2008–09	60	40	17	1	2	234	167	83	3rd BCHL	Lost in Semi-finals
2009–10	60	29	25	3	3	227	227	64	9th BCHL	Lost preliminary
2010–11	60	38	19	2	1	239	205	79	3rd, Interior	Lost semi-finals
2011–12	60	16	35	0	9	176	272	41	15th BCHL	Did not qualify
2012–13	56	26	24	2	4	151	172	58	4th, Interior 10th, BCHL	Lost Division Quarter-finals
2013–14	58	25	24	1	8	177	184	58	5th, Interior 10th, BCHL	Did not qualify
2014–15	58	28	21	3	6	187	176	65	5th, Interior 8th, BCHL	Did not qualify
2015–16	58	29	20	5	4	227	184	67	3rd, Interior 8th, BCHL	Lost First Round, 2–4 (Warriors)
2016–17	58	24	28	3	3	181	222	54	6th of 6, Interior 12th of 17, BCHL	Lost div. quarter-finals, 1–4 (Smoke Eaters)
2017–18	58	25	29	3	1	172	231	54	7th of 7, Interior 14th of 17, BCHL	Lost div. quarter-finals, 0–4 (Vipers)
2018–19	58	27	26	—	5	170	203	59	5th of 7, Interior 10th of 17, BCHL	Lost First Round, 1–4 (Vipers)
2019–20	58	30	23	0	5	182	179	65	3rd of 7, Interior 6th of 17, BCHL	Won First Round, 4–0 (Grizzlies) Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	20	9	7	0	2	73	73	22	2nd of 3, Vernon pod 8th of 16, BCHL	Post-season cancelled
2021–22	54	36	12	0	4	204	147	78	2nd of 9, Interior 2nd of 18, BCHL	Won 1st round, 4-3 (Wild) Lost 2nd round, 4-1 (Warriors)
2022–23	54	27	20	0	4	173	162	61	4th of 9, Interior 8th of 18, BCHL	Won 1st round, 4-0 (Spruce Kings) Won 2nd round, 4-1 (Vipers) Lost semi-finals, 4-1 (Vees)
2023–24	54	34	17	0	0	180	137	71	3rd of 8, Interior 4th of 17, BCHL	Won 1st round, 4-0 (Centennials) Won 2nd round, 4-1 (Warriors) Lost semi-finals, 4-3 (Vees)

Notable alumni

• Kris Chucko (Calgary Flames)
• Ryan Duncan (EC Red Bull Salzburg)
• Andrew Ebbett (Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, Phoenix Coyotes, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins)
• Akito Hirose (Vancouver Canucks)
• Taro Hirose (Detroit Red Wings)
• Josh Manson (Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche)
• Brady Murray (Los Angeles Kings, HC Lugano)
• Brendon Nash (Montreal Canadiens, HC Kladno)
• Riley Nash (Carolina Hurricanes, Boston Bruins)
• Ben Street (Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils)
• Travis Zajac (New Jersey Devils)

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

References

• 2019 Coaching change
• 2020 Captain nomination

External links

• Silverbacks Website