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Jr. B Steelers struggle in first half of schedule

The Grandview Steelers were batting 0.500 at the halfway mark of the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

The Grandview Steelers were batting 0.500 at the halfway mark of the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

The Burnaby-based junior B club sqaundered leads in the first and second periods before falling 4-3 to the last-place North Vancouver Wolf Pack at home on Dec. 16.

Second star Vik Sanghera gave Grandview a 1-0 lead after the opening period and a 2-1 advantage on a power play late in the middle frame, but neither lead held up.

Earlier, the Steelers let a 4-1 lead slip through their fingers in Maple Ridge.

Grandview lost 6-5 to the Ridge Meadows Flames after giving up five consecutive goals, including three unanswered second-period counters, at Planet Ice on Dec. 14.