The Grandview Steelers snapped the North Vancouver Wolf Pack’s winning streak at six games following a 5-3 victory at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.
The win also snapped a three-game losing slide for the Burnaby-based Steelers.
Despite the change in fortune for both teams, neither won or lost any ground in the Pacific Junior Hockey League standings.
North Van remained in first place in the Tom Shaw conference, a point ahead of second-place Delta Ice Hawks. The Steelers remained in fourth place, 10 points back of the leader.
Second star Cameron Seto opened the scoring on a power play at 3:56 with his first of two goals.
But it took a runaway third period and the goalkeeping of Nicolas Bruyere to ensure Grandview its 13th win of the junior B campaign.
Quinn Lenihan tied the game 3-3 early in the final period. Jordan Hall and Mitchell Steinke, with an empty-net marker in the final minute of play, scored later in the period to give Grandview the win.
Bruyere stopped 31 shots, including 11 in the final frame, for the win.
Grandview, at 13-11-2-2, has a busy week ahead of it, meeting the defending Keystone Cup champion Richmond Sockeyes in a home-and-home series, beginning Thursday in Richmond. The two teams meet again at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday, beginning at 4 p.m.
The Steelers also have a return match with the Wolf Pack at the Harry Jerome Rec Centre on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.
Rookie leader
Sixteen-year-old Grandview Steelers’ forward Christopher Seto continues to lead the junior B rookie scoring with a league-high 16 goals and 29 points.
– Tom Berridge
