It’s finally here: game day for the semifinals of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs.
The top-seeded North Stars will host the Viterra Division winning Estevan Bruins tonight for game one, with game two set for tomorrow.
Here’s a look at how the teams have fared in a number of categories.
How They Got Here
North Stars: Swept Weyburn Red Wings 4-0 in quarter-finals (4-3 W, 8-3 W, 8-1 W, 4-3 W)
Bruins: Defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-1 in quarter-finals (2-1 OTW, 5-3 W, 5-4 W, 3-2 L, 5-0 W)
Regular Season Goals
North Stars: 223 goals for (third), 103 goals against (first), +120 goal differential (1st)
Bruins: 225 goals for (second), 201 goals against (10th), +24 goal differential (4th)
Special Teams
Regular season power play: North Stars: 22.8 per cent (second), Bruins 19.5 per cent (fourth)
Power play in playoffs so far: North Stars 33.3 per cent (first), Bruins 8.7 per cent (ninth)
Regular season penalty kill: North Stars 89.1 per cent (first), Bruins 81.7 per cent (sixth)
Penalty kill in playoffs so far: North Stars 92.9 per cent (first), Bruins 91.3 per cent (second)
Leading Playoff Scorers
North Stars (4 GP)
Coby Downs 9 points (0 goals, 9 assists)
Layne Young 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists)
Ben Allen 6 points (6 goals, 0 assists)
Troy Gerein 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists)
Connor Logan 5 points (4 goals, 1 assist)
Bruins (5 GP)
Jason Miller 5 points (5 goals, 0 assists)
Michael McChesney 5 points (3 goals, 2 assists)
Jake Fletcher 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists)
Zach Goberis 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists)
Evan Scott 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists)
Leading H2H Scorers in Regular Season (4 GP)
Troy Gerein 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists)
Kaelan Holt 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists)
Matt McNeil 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists)
Connor Sych 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists)
Jake Fletcher 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists)
Connor Logan 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists)
Goaltending Leaders Playoffs
Taryn Kotchorek: 4-0, 2.00 goals-against-average, .926 save percentage
Nathan Alalouf: 4-1, 2.20 goals-against-average, .933 save percentage
Goaltending H2H Regular Season
Taryn Kotchorek: 2-1, 3.35 goals-against-average, .867 save percentage
Nathan Alalouf: 1-2, 5.41 goals-against-average, .868 save percentage
All games this series can be heard on CJNB/CJNS with the Ultra Print pre-game show hitting the airwaves at 7:15 p.m. All game times are 7:30 p.m.
For the full schedule, click here.
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