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Victoria Grizzlies maul Surrey Eagles

Victoria visits Langley on Saturday night
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The Victoria Grizzlies served notice they can be counted on as one of the top teams in the B.C. Hockey League as the playoffs fast approach.

Six days after knocking off the league-leading Penticon Vees, the Grizzlies struck early and often on Friday night in Surrey to defeat the Coastal Conference second-place Eagles 6-2.

Jack Gorton, bound for NCAA Div. 1 Boston University next fall, got things started for the Grizzlies, scoring on a breakaway just two minutes into the game. That was followed by a shorthanded marker from Grizzlies leading scorer Olivier Picard, and then rookie Anthony Carone tallied with three minutes left in the period to put Victoria up 3-0 at the break.

Luc Pelletier, with his first of two on the night, scored on the power play midway through the second period to put the Grizzlies up 4-0.

The only blemish on Grizzlies netminder Oliver Auyeung-Ashton’s night was two power-play goals 30 seconds apart early in the third by Eagles leading scorer Jacob Bonkowski that cut the Grizzlies lead to 4-2. Picard added a late power-play goal to round out the scoring.

The victory moved the Grizzlies to 19-13-4-2 on the season, good for fifth place in the conference, two points back of third-place Alberni Valley. The Eagles fall to 24-11-2-1.

The Grizzlies now head to Langley to face the Riverment tonight at 7:15.