For the first time this season, the Grandview Steelers are not alone.
The Pacific Junior B Hockey League club no longer sits atop the Tom Shaw Conference standings unopposed, after splitting a pair of games on the weekend.
While Grandview recovered from Saturday’s 2-1 setback in North Van with a come-from-behind effort against Abbotsford, they now sit tied with the Delta Icehawks for first place.
Delta, who is the Steelers’ next opponent, has peeled off nine straight wins to improve to 14-6-0-0, pulling even with Grandview (12-4-0-4) in the standings.
In their game on Sunday against Abbotsford, the Steelers never led except until the last minute, when Nico Bruno cashed in a powerplay chance with 50 seconds left in regulation.
The Pilots took a 2-1 lead early in the second, but Braeden Gurney, with his second of the day, drew Grandview even midway through the frame.
Gurney collected three points on the day, while new addition Wyatt Elmer, a recent cut from the B.C. Hockey League’s Chilliwack Chiefs, picked up two assists.
A day earlier, the North Van Wolf Pack erased a 1-0 deficit with two unanswered goals to beat the Steelers 2-1. Counting the lone Grandview tally was Marc Lafrance.
Grandview’s next game comes Sunday, 4 p.m. against Delta at the Burnaby Winter Club.
Chiefs rally past Rockets
The Vancouver Northeast Chiefs scored four straight goals to erase a 1-0 deficit en route to a 5-2 victory over the second-place Okanagan Rockets in B.C. Major Midget Hockey action.
The Chiefs got two goals from Logan Bromhead and a three-point effort from Arshdeep Bains in the win, while Burnaby’s Christian Buono counted a pair of assists.
The Chiefs would fall 4-3 in overtime to Okanagan a day later, despite three-point efforts from linemates Haydn Delorme, Liam Everson and Ethan Leyh. The team visits the Kootenay Ice this weekend.
