The Grandview Steelers are hitting their stride.
The junior B Steelers chalked up their fifth and sixth straight wins and are unbeaten in January, following a 5-3 victory at home over the Mission Outlaws and Tuesday’s 6-5 overtime win in Delta.
Recent pickups Adam Rota from Port Moody and Quinn Thompson from Victoria’s junior A Grizzlies, played big roles in the wins.
Rota scored two goals and was named first star in the win over Mission, while Thompson collected four points, including the game-winning goal in the opening half-minute of extra time in the victory over the Ice Hawks.
“The young guys are starting to settle in,” said head coach Aldo Bruno. “They’re excited, the guys are more confident. ... I’m really proud of the way we’re working.”
At home, Timothy Chow, who skates on the first line with Rota and Thompson, got the game-winner late in the second period.
At the Ladner Leisure Centre, Grandview came back from a 3-0 deficit early in the second period, sparked by a pair of goals by Braeden Gurney.
Rota and Chow, on a power play, gave the visitors a 5-4 lead less than half a minute apart early in the final frame.
Delta’s Stephen Hawco tied in up a minute later to force the extra time.
Cole MacInnes backstopped both wins for the Steelers.
The wins boosted Grandview’s record to 19-13-0-3 – third best in the 10-team loop.
The Steelers face a stiff test on Saturday, when they meet league-leading North Vancouver Wolf Pack at the Harry Jerome rec centre at 7 p.m.
“If we want to go anywhere we have to get through the North Vans and the Richmonds,” Bruno added.
Grandview is back at home on Sunday against Abbotsford at the winter club.
Puck drops at 4 p.m.
