Silbernagel wasn’t firing on all cylinders in this contest, but he showed flashes of high-end potential and a well-rounded skillset that should translate to higher levels without much hassle. He is very comfortable with the puck on his stick and has a high panic threshold. He never seems rushed into a decision and his calm demeanour is aided by an enhanced ability to buy himself time with his frame and puck-handling abilities. I’d love to see him force the issue on a more consistent basis as when he attacks the net as he’s a difficult player to handle, especially at this level. He can be a bit sleepy at times and take the simple play when I think there is more available on the table. In the moments when he did attack the net with more fervor, it usually led to positive outcomes including his lone goal in the game.

Dominik Silbernagel is the lone standout for the RHA Kelowna program. There was very little rush-offence or moments of “pop” for his team, but Silbernagel had a few quality rush chances, showing some nice range to his stride and overall power that let him get through and around defenders as he skated up ice with the puck. He accelerated rather quickly when in possession of the puck, building speed through the neutral zone and laterally moving his way up ice, he built some good speed and could get around defenders and make slight inroads towards the middle lane. I found once he got his feet moving he was very effective, it was more so just a matter of being consistently able to find the space when in control of the puck to get moving to create offence and speed for his line, as I felt he was primary driver of generating rush offence for his team. He tallied an assist on the lone goal for his team, winning a puck race with his aforementioned great speed and centering it to Ryan Sadovia for the goal.