Junior A New Westminster Salmonbellies scorers played to the nines against Delta this weekend.
Anthony Malcom and Josh Byrne both garnered a game-high nine points in New West’s 16-10 win over the Delta Islanders in Ladner last Saturday.
The win game New West the season series over the current third-place B.C. Junior Lacrosse League club and its eighth straight victory heading into Wednesday’s battle of the bigwigs in Coquitlam.
Malcom led all scorers with five goals and four helpers, while Byrne, who is currently averaging four goals per outing in his first five games this season, recorded his fifth consecutive hat trick since returning from college.
Connor Robinson, who leads the scoring chase over Delta’s Eli McLaughlin by nine points, upped his season totals to 74, including his sixth hat trick and 32nd goal of the year.
Ross Bowman was sharp again in goal, stopping 41 Islander shots.
The New Westminster keeper currently leads all goalies with an 83.21 save percentage, while averaging 6.85 goals against.
Johnny Pearson also moved into the 30-goal club on Saturday with a pair of goals for New West.
The visitors hopped on top of Delta in the opening period, outscoring the Islanders 9-4, including six goals in a six-minute span.
The junior ’Bellies chased Islanders’ starting keeper Ryland Hood from the cage at 13:29 minutes of the first period. Matt Keith made 28 stops the rest of the way for Delta.
New West had a sharp 30.65 per cent shot average on Delta in the game.
New West is at the Coquitlam Sports Centre on Wednesday for a battle for first place with the junior Adanacs. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
