The Northwest Giants suffered back-to-back losses to the Cariboo Cougars in a battle for top spot in the B.C. major midget hockey league.
The Cougars got three goals from Austin Gray to win 5-1 in the opening game on Nov. 15 and two goals from Colton Thomas in a 4-1 victory over the visitors the following day.
Josh Latta and Ryland Chernomaz, with an unassisted marker, replied for the 12-4-0 Giants.
The Giants are in Richmond this weekend for a two-game set against Greater Vancouver.
Five straight
The Grandview Steelers fell to 9-11-0-1 following the team’s fifth straight loss in Pacific Junior Hockey League play.
The junior B Steelers led the Delta Ice Hawks 3-2 with less than two minutes left in the third period in a 4-3 double overtime loss at the Ladner Leisure Centre on Tuesday.
Earlier, the Burnaby Winter Club-based club lost 2-0 to the Port Moody Panthers at home on Sunday.
The Steelers fell below .500 following a 6-2 loss to the Richmond Sockeyes on Nov. 13.
Grandview hosts first-place North Vancouver Wolf Pack at the winter club on Sunday. Puck drops at 4 p.m.
100 milestone
Burnaby’s Joey LaLeggia reached a career milestone with the University of Denver NCAA Division I hockey team this week.
The Burnaby Winter Club product tallied his 100th career point with a goal and two assists in Denver’s 8-1 win over Colorado College.
The feat garnered the Denver D-man player of the week in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
The Denver senior was a plus-4 in the game and named first star
LaLeggia is the only active defenceman in the NCAA with 100 or more points.
An even dozen
Burnaby’s Adam Helewka scored his 12th goal of the Western Hockey League season for the Spokane Chiefs in a 5-3 loss to the Tri-City Americans on Saturday.
The third-year Chiefs left winger is currently seventh in goals scored and 14th overall in WHL scoring with 27 total points.
Former NW Giants forward Janssen Harkins, in his second season with the Prince George Cougars, is tied for 16th place with six goals and 20 assists.
Teddy toss Dec. 6
Michael Sandor’s lone goal gave Simon Fraser University a much-needed 1-0 victory over Selkirk College in B.C. Intercollegiate hockey last Saturday.
Sandor’s second-period tally midway through the frame was all SFU goalie Andrew Parent needed to post his first shutout of the season.
The Clan club will be holding its annual Teddy Bear toss on Dec. 6, when it hosts Eastern Washington University in the final regular season game in 2014.
