Despite outshooting Salmon Arm 43-16 in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series, the West 91´ó»ÆѼ Warriors were not able to get more than one puck past Silverbacks goaltender Eli Pulver.
He stopped 42 shots as the Warriors lost 2-1 in Salmon Arm Tuesday (Apr. 23) night.
Salmon Arm took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Jonah Aegerter (2) and Cole Cooksey (6).
It was late in the second period before the Warriors got on the board with a power play goal from Jack Pridham, his eighth of the playoffs.
Pulver and West 91´ó»ÆѼ goaltender Matthew DellaRusso shut the door for their teams in the third period.
The Warriors will try to even the Interior Conference Semi Final series tonight (Apr. 24) with Game 4 in Salmon Arm at the Shaw Centre.
Game 5 is Friday (Apr. 26) night at Royal LePage Place with a start time of 7:00 p.m.
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