Column: North Stars starting to roll; SJHL better watch out
The way I see it, there have been three distinct chapters in the North Stars 2016-17 season so far.
Part one was the inconsistent team that would play marvellously one night, and then take a major step back the next game. This took place in the first seven games of the year, when the team went 4-3.
Then came part two, where it appeared the team had turned a corner – winning four straight for the first time all season – before they fell in back-to-back games against Notre Dame and Weyburn. I call this second part of the year, the “can’t win from behind” part of the year. If Battlefords ever gave up the first goal, they wouldn’t win. Slow starts were the reason for the two losses to Notre Dame and Weyburn.
Chapter three of this saga began when the team exploded for 10 goals against Estevan. I like to call this stage the “in sync” stage, when the team followed up a big win in Estevan with three more straight wins against first-place Humboldt, La Ronge and Kindersley.