Thirteen isn't such an unlucky number for the Kimberley Dynamiters.

With Monday night's 5-4 win over the visiting Nelson Leafs, the Nitros have a 13-game win streak-the club hasn't lost a game since the end of October.

Their success has also vaulted them into the top spot in the Eddie Mountain division and the Nitros now have a two-point lead over the Fernie Ghostriders-the former leader-with one game in hand.

The Nelson win was also that much sweeter for the hometown team, as the Dynamiter organization picked the night to celebrate their 80th anniversary, drawing over a thousand fans.

"A thousand and five fans, I think there were tonight, so the atmosphere was awesome," said Richard Hubscher, ended up with a goal and an assist. "When we scored, the building erupted and it was a great feeling."

Each intermission featured a game between future hockey stars, with little kids taking to the arena ice and the upper mezzanine featuring performances from the Kimberley Pipe Band and Cranbrook's Mount Baker Secondary cheerleading squad.

Senate Patton drew the crowd to their feet within the first 25 seconds of the game, cutting in from the left side and beating Nelson stopper Andrew Walton through the five-hole with a hard low shot.

The Nitros doubled their lead eight minutes later, when Corson Johnstone took a shot from the point that went through a few people until Jordan Revie found the puck and put it into the back of the net.

The Leafs were able to regroup in the second period, when James Sorrey scored after the halfway mark.

But the Nitros responded soon after, even while down a man with Olli Dickson in the penalty box, as Hubscher scored shorthanded.

Leafs forward Dallon Stoddart got hauled down on a breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot, which he converted, beating Braeden Ostepchuk low on the stickside.

Both teams traded goals with a dozen seconds left in the frame; the Nitros getting a goal from Jared Marchi, who banged in a rebound, while Eric Spring scored for the Leafs with a second left on the clock.

The Leafs looked like they were going to engineer a comeback, as they got another one past Ostepchuk six minutes into the third period, but the Nitros responded two minutes afterwards on the power play, as Rylan Duley scored the game winner off a rebound in the slot.

The club's success over the last month and a half can largely be credited to two players, according to Hubscher.

"Our goaltending-it is just amazing," he said. "Every game, they're the top, best player on the ice, by far."

The three wins in three nights were tough for the club, but everyone pulled through to hold the lead in the third frame to earn the win, said Nitro head coach Roman Vopat.

"Today, you could tell we ran a little bit out of energy in the third period, but it was a good team effort and the result isn't always pretty, but it's the result that's important," Vopat said.

While the Dynamiters sit in first place in the Eddie Mountain division, they'll to put in some more work to catch the league-leading Kamloops Storm, who sit eight points ahead in first place overall.