Salmon Arm Minor Hockey's Bantam Selects, sponsored by Shell, pulled a Cinderella-story comeback after finishing fifth-overall in the regular season.  The heart and soul of the Selects really showed through all three of their hard-played, first-round playoff games against the Sicamous Attack, the Vernon Diablos and friendly rivals, the Salmon Arm Ice Demons.  In the semi-final game, the Selects played an equally impressive match against another tough team, the Vernon Icemen, and came out with a 2-1 victory.  Then came the playoff final again against the regular season #1 ranked team, the Vernon Diablos, who were undefeated in regular season play.  This proved to be the most heart-stopping action of the playoffs, with 60 minutes of solid play from both teams, ending in a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation time.  The battle resumed with equal intensity at the beginning of the first sudden-death overtime, and with less than one minute left to play, the Salmon Arm Selects clinched the playoff win with an tremendous end-to-end rush by defenseman Sean Lowe who buried the puck in the back of Vernon's net!

Shell Bantam Selects: (bottom from left) Peter Harding, Theoren Daynes, Ryan Rithaler, Wil Harding, Derek Ross, Colton Cochard, Dane Nicholson, Bryan Kemp.  (top from left) Head Coach Brian Kemp, Brandon Jones, Daniel Friesen, Davie Lachapelle, Steven Miller, Ben Scheidegger, Sean Lowe, A.J. McMail, Jesse Richardson, Asst. Coach George Rithaler, Manager Ken Nicholson.  Missing: Asst. Coach Darcy Cochard.