Hockey’s version of ‘The Dog Days of Summer’ would have to be in January, right?
Certainly the Grandview Steelers might agree, as they suffered their fourth loss of the month on Tuesday, a surprising 9-6 setback in Delta.
A 4-3 lead early in the second period proved extremely fragile in the offence-first contest, as the Ice Hawks outscored Grandview 6-2 over the final 38 minutes.
The Steelers grabbed a 3-2 lead on tallies from Braeden Gurney, with two, and San Chung with the first period winding down. But Delta’s Sam Kozlowski tied it up with 1:31 left in the frame.
Just 1:38 into the second period, Gurney restored the Steelers’ lead with his third of the day, but the ‘Hawks replied with a pair of markers. While Lucas Santucci made it 5-5 midway through the game, the home team would take the lead for good at 15:30 of the second and tally the next three goals.
Timothy Chow also scored for Grandview. Gurney now has 22 goals in 36 games, third most in the Pacific Junior B Hockey League.
The Steelers, who are second in the Tom Shaw Division at 21-12-1-2, host first-place North Van, 4 p.m. Sunday at the Burnaby Winter Club.
