It was just a little more than seven minutes, but what a seven-minute run for the Grandview Steelers’ Jacob Siebenga it was.
The 16-year-old Pacific junior B Hockey League rookie counted all three of his team’s goals in a 3-1 road victory Friday over the Ridge Meadows Flames.
Unfortunately, it was the only offence for the club in a two-game weekend, which saw them fall 2-0 to Aldergrove on Sunday.
Still, those three goals in a winning effort were something that Vancouver Canucks’ coach Willie Desjardins would gladly take right now.
Grandview battled the Flames through more than 50 minutes of scoreless hockey, before the 6-foot-1 forward from Surrey put the Steelers in the lead with a powerplay marker at 12:51 of the third. Just 33 seconds later, Siebenga extended the advantage to 2-0, then capped the night with an empty-net goal in the final minute.
Five players picked up assists, while netminder Colin Forbes was near-perfect in turning aside 32 shots.
Two days later, the Steelers again went through a goal drought but this time were unable to solve the puzzle, as Kodiaks’ goalie Caleb Ziemann stopped all 25 shots for the shutout.
Eric Callegari did all the damage, giving Aldergrove the lead 21 seconds into the third, then hitting the empty net.
In the loss, Matteo Paler-Chow did well to keep his team in the game, kicking out 41 shots.
The Steelers, who still sit atop the Tom Shaw Conference with a 11-3-0-4 record, visit North Vancouver on Saturday, and host Abbotsford on Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Burnaby Winter Club.
