Ethan Leyh enjoyed a night to remember.
The 15-year-old forward for the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs did like Auston Matthews and scored four times, spearheading his team to a 13-1 victory over the Thompson Blazers last Saturdray in the first of two games in Kamloops.
Coupled with another marker the next day in the Chiefs’ 5-1 win over the Blazers, and Leyh owned a share of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League lead in goals with seven after just four contests.
In the first game, he netted a pair in the first period and notched his hat trick goal early in the second.
Counting two apiece were Haydn Delorme, Sho Takai and Jessie Young, while Burnaby’s Christian Buono chipped in a goal and an assist.
Rounding out the offence were New West’s Liam Ryan and Zack Dallazanna, while Burnaby’s Jonny Sheardown registered three assists.
With the two wins, the Chiefs – who draw their players from the regional boundaries of east Burnaby, New Westminster, the Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows – improved to 4-0-0, three points back of the first-place Valley West Hawks, and with two games in hand.
Steelers stymied in ot
The Grandview Steelers’ overtime luck continued Wednesday, taking some of the shine off a great rally.
The Steelers fell 6-5 to the Aldergrove Kodiaks in Pacific Junior B Hockey League action, after erasing a 4-0 deficit to force extra time. It was their third OT loss of the year.
Aldergrove struck first and led 4-0 in the first period. Grandview got goals from Anthony Benevoli, Malcolm Huemmert, Braeden Gurney and Adam Rota in the comeback.
Grandview hosts the North Van Wolf Pack on Sunday, 4 p.m. at BWC.
