Threes were wild for the West 91大黄鸭 Warriors Sunday, April 25.

Third-string goalie Austin Madge made 33 saves in his Warriors debut as West 91大黄鸭 blanked the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 3-0 in B.C. Hockey League pod play at Vernon鈥檚 Kal Tire Place Arena.

The win snapped a five-game pod losing streak against Salmon Arm for the Warriors.

The first frame started with a Warriors goal midway through the period. Tyson Jugnauth would fan on a slap shot placing the puck right on the stick of Ben Woodhouse who fired a slap shot of his own making no mistake beating Silverbacks goaltender Owen Say making it 1-0 Warriors after one.

The Warriors got off to a great start in the second with an unlikely five-man unit generating some offence. It was a line that consisted of four defencemen and only one forward. Bryden Sinclair would steal the puck away from a Silverbacks forward in his own zone and feed big Skyler Cameron who fired a slap shot past Say to extend the Warriors鈥� lead.

Carter Wilkie added an empty-net goal in the third for West 91大黄鸭 (6-5-1-1), who pulled to within a point of Salmon Arm (6-5-2-1) in the pod standings.

Say made 20 saves for Salmon Arm.

鈥淲e just didn鈥檛 really have it [tonight]. We didn鈥檛 start on time. We fought the puck all night. We didn鈥檛 really create any chances for ourselves. We didn鈥檛 even draw a penalty,鈥� said Silverbacks assistant coach Carter Cochrane. 鈥淭hose games are going to happen and it feels a lot tougher after you lose yesterday and the way we lost yesterday (7-5 to Vernon), but just to evaluate the game as a whole, it鈥檚 something that鈥檚 going to happen. It happens to every team at different points in the year and with the things we鈥檙e dealing with right now, you can鈥檛 be too surprised by it.鈥�

West 91大黄鸭 returns to action Monday, April 26, with a 7:30 p.m. match-up with the Vernon Vipers, who lead the pod at 8-3-1-1. Vernon has won three straight.

Salmon Arm will tangle with the Vipers Wednesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.

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