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Steeltown opens season in Flames

The Grandview Steelers will open its Pacific International Junior Hockey League season against the Ridge Meadows Flames on Sept. 23.

The Grandview Steelers will open its Pacific International Junior Hockey League season against the Ridge Meadows Flames on Sept. 23.

The Burnaby-based Steelers will host its home opener at the Burnaby Winter Club against the newly relocated North Vancouver Wolf Pack on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m.

Grandview will then embark on its busiest month of the season, playing 11 dates in the month of October, including five home games at the winter club at its usual late Sunday afternoon time of 4 p.m.

The Steelers will play Tom Shaw conference foes Delta Ice Hawks, North Delta Devils, Richmond Sockeyes and North Vancouver six times each during the 44-game junior B league season.

Grandview will also play four games apiece against out-of-conference clubs from Abbotsford, Aldergrove, Mission, Port Moody and Ridge Meadows.

The Steelers currently have three exhibition games left on the schedule.

On Friday, Steeltown begins a home-and-home stand at Planet Ice against the Ridge Meadows Flames.

The two teams will then play on Sunday at the winter club.

Grandview finishes up its exhibition schedule the following Sunday, Sept. 11 at home against the Port Moody Black Panthers.