Apparently back-to-back losses are a huge motivator.
The New Westminster junior A Salmonbellies answered back after suffering a pair of losses with a round-house effort.
The ’Bellies blasted its next two rivals by a combined score of 33-4 – and reclaimed their mojo.
Tuesday’s 17-4 win over Burnaby saw the home team bust open a 3-2 contest with 14 straight goals, with Jayden Campbell scoring four times.
Carter Dickson picked up three goals and four assists, while Connor Robinson tallied once and set up eight others. The 21-year-old Robinson broke the 100-point barrier in his 16th game of the season – three games quicker than last year.
Charlie Kurtenbach chipped in two goals and five assists, while Jeremy Bosher and Colton Bykowsky chipped in two goals apiece.
Earlier in the week, New West put up a clean sweep by manhandling the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen 16-0.
Robinson finshed with three goals and seven assists, while Dickson hit for the hat trick and set up four others.
Netminder Erik Kratz, meanwhile, wasn’t overly busy but stopped all 16 shots.
New West fired 77 shots on the Nanaimo net.
The outburst came after the Queen’s Park team had suffered losses to first-place Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam last week.
PoCo caught the ’Bellies by surprise with five straight goals to start the game, then defended well as the visitors scrambled to mount a reply.
Trailing Coquitlam by four points and with second place secured, the 13-4 ’Bellies visit
the Delta Islanders on Satur-
day, then hosts the same crew next Tuesday, 8 p.m. at Queen’s Park Arena.
