The Northwest Giants continued its dominance-by-committee march through the B.C. major midget hockey league.
The Giants knocked off the North Island Silvertips 4-1 on Saturday and an 8-1 on Sunday in a weekend sweep in Nanaimo.
Eric Margo had a goal and two assists in Saturday's win, the club's 30th this season, while Colton Kerfoot matched his teammate with a similar three-point game in Sunday's one-sided win.
Kerfoot and Jarid Lukosevicius both had a goal and a helper in the opener.
Nick Lyons tallied his first two goals of the season in Sunday's victory.
Major Kaila and Margo also chipped in with a goal and an assist.
Jackson Cressey had three helpers, including his 30th assist of the year, in the win.
Jansen Harkins, David Begert, Trevor McLean, and Zach Landon also scored single goals for the Giants this weekend.
Rookie netminder Bo Didur kept his unbeaten record intact for another week, racking up his 19th win without a defeat in Saturday's win.
Liam Smith got the victory on Sunday.
The win keeps the Giants eight points ahead of the Cariboo Cougars in the race for first place.
Third-place Okanagan Rockets are a full 14 points in arrears with two games in hand on the front-running Giants.
Former Burnaby Winter Club product Matthew Barzal leads the scoring race with 97 points, including a league-high 68 assists.
Barzal and Cariboo's Liam Blackburn share the goal-scoring lead with 29 goals apiece.
Barzal is currently averaging more than three points per game in league play for the Northeast Chiefs and is on pace to surpass former Giants' forward Alex Kerfoot's 2011 total of 108 points.
This weekend, the Chiefs have a home-and-home engagement with the Valley West Hawks, while the Giants are at home to the last-place Kootenay Ice.
The Chiefs play the Hawks at Planet Ice in Coquitlam on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 11: 45 a.m.
Game times for the Giants two-game home stand are 7: 45 p.m. on Saturday and 9: 30 a.m. Sunday, both at the Burnaby Winter Club.
- tberridge@burnabynow. com
