Richmond Sockeyes are streaking towards the holiday break.
The Pacific Junior Hockey League club remained perfect in December (4-0-0) with a 5-3 home ice win over the Langley Knights on Monday night at Minoru Arenas. Richmond has now won 12 of its last 14 games and taken over top spot in the Tom Shaw Conference with 24-5-0-2 record. The second place North Vancouver Wolf Pack (23-3-0–2) sit two points back but do enjoy three games in hand.
Troy Kaczynski continued his outstanding season by scoring a pair of late third period goals to snap a 3-3 tie. The 20-year-old Richmond Minor product now has 33 goals and 61 points in 29 games — both tops in the league.
The Knights had pulled even with goals 62 seconds apart midway through the final stanza. Matthew Bissett also scored twice, while Tyler Andrews had the other.
Nathan Alalouf made 21 saves for the win.
Richmond also recorded a 4-2 triumph over Ridge Meadows last Friday. Among the goal scorers was Jacob Wozney who recently re-joined the club from the Nanaimo Clippers of the B.C. Hockey League. The 18-year-old local product had 34 points in his rookie campaign a year ago.
The Sockeyes host the Grandview Steelers on Thursday (7 p.m.), then play their final game of 2014 on Friday night at Abbotsford.
