The Grandview Steelers giveth and they taketh away.
The junior B Steelers were in the spirit of giving last week, handing the league-leading Richmond Sockeyes a 5-2 victory at Richmond Arena on Dec. 18.
At home, the Giants decided to act a bit more like Scrooge, earning the Pacific Junior Hockey League club its 14th win of the year following a 3-1 win over the Langley Knights.
First star Peter Matthews played the role of Ebenezer, setting up newcomer Maximillian Fritz for his second goal as a Steeler before tallying the eventual game-winner in the final minute of the opening period with his first shorthanded goal of the year.
Timothy Chow put the game out of reach with his ninth goal of the season late in the final frame.
Cole McInnes stopped 22 of 23 shots in the Grandview net for his eighth win of the year.
In Richmond, Troy Kaczynski scored a hat trick for the Sockeyes, including an empty-net goal late in the game.
Chow earned the game’s third star, assisting on Jackson Waniak’s third-period marker that closed the deficit to 3-2 midway through the stanza.
McInnes made 33 stops in the loss to Richmond.
Grandview picks up again in the new year, with a home stand against the Aldergrove Kodiaks at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m.
The split kept the Steelers in third place in the Tom Shaw conference with a record of 14-13-0-3.
