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Turris top Grandview Steeler of all-time

Junior B club on a six-game win streak
Kyle Turris Steelers
Ottawa Senators centre Kyle Turris drops a puck for the ceremonial faceoff prior to the Grandview Steelers game at Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday, Oct. 8.

Ottawa Senators centre and former Burnaby Express star Kyle Turris has been named the Grandview Steelers all-time top player.

Turris played for the Pacific Junior B Hockey League team as a 15-year-old in 2004-05, scoring 13 goals and assisting on 16 others in 31 games. The next year he helped the Express of the B.C. Junior Hockey League win a national junior A championship and then followed it up by being taken third overall pick by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2007 National Hockey League entry draft.

With the Senators travelling to Vancouver to play the Canucks Tuesday night, Turris was able to attend the Steelers game Sunday evening at the Burnaby Winter Club, where the team announced its top 10 all-time players. Against the Canucks, Turris had an assist and scored to extend the shootout as the Senators won 3-2.

Turris talked to the Steelers prior to Sunday’s game in which they defeated the Mission City Outlaws 6-1. Braeden Gurney scored two goals while Burnaby’s Mateo Coltellaro and Michael Martino had a goal and an assist each as did Jordan Myers. Ian Prevost of Burnaby also scored for Grandview while Nico Bruno of Burnaby had three assists.

At the North Surrey Rec Centre last week, the Steelers downed the Surrey Knights 6-2 with Coltellaro scoring twice. Bruno and Anthony Benevoli, another Burnaby boy, had a goal and an assist apiece while Ethan Reilly of Burnaby and Prevost had singles. Matteo Petrelli made 19 saves for the win.

After jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on Wednesday (Oct. 11), the Steelers rode Dolan’s goalkeeping to a 3-2 victory in Aldergrove over the Kodiaks. Cale Dolan made 35 saves, while Benevoli, Prevost and Connor Alderson scored for Grandview, extending the Steelers win streak to six games.

The Steelers will take a 7-4-0-1 record into Sunday’s game (7:15 p.m.) at BWC against the Port Moody Panthers (3-5-0-1). BWC.