Night 113

In Trail at the Cominco Arena the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (36-17-2) erased a two-goal third period deficit to defeat the Smoke Eaters (31-20-2-4) 4-3 in overtime. Trailing 3-1 the 'Backs killed off two penalties in the first five minutes of the final frame leading to Cody Michelle's tenth goal of the season. With the marker the Saskatchewan resident becomes the 11th player to hit double-digits in tallies. After another penalty kill and a miraculous Superman save by Kris Moore defenceman Charlie Vasaturo snapped a 40 game goal drought with 3:36 left to tie the contest. The New Jersey resident was back at it in overtime for his second two-goal game of the season. With the victory the team extended their season long winning streak to eight games and guaranteed at least a fourth place finish in the Interior Conference. Salmon Arm's record in overtime also improved to six wins and two ties.

Despite the exceptional penalty killing by the Apes in the third period it was the Smokies controlling the special teams by finishing two-for-seven on the power play and six-for-six on the PK.

The Silverbacks opened up the scoring 85 seconds in on Jayson Reardon's first of the season as apart of a strong two point night. Trail responded halfway through the first with goals 73 seconds apart to take the lead. Travis St. Denis potted his second powerplay goal of the night in the second period to extend his team's lead to two.