AAA Stars still in hunt after wins over Argos

Fauchon said he has never seen the standings this close.

“We’ve got our work cut out for us,” he said. “The teams that we’re battling with for those remaining spots are playing well. The good thing is we play Yorkton twice so we can kind of take our destiny into our own hands against them.”

Yorkton is currently in seventh, two points ahead of Battlefords.

On Sunday, eight different goal scorers helped lift Battlefords to the victories, although rookie Adam Beckman stood out with five points in the two games.

Mackenzie Donovan and Jordan Mish also each had four points.

“Everybody stepped up,” Fauchon said. “Everybody was ready to go. We knew that we needed to win these games on the weekend if we wanted any chance at staying in the playoff hunt.”

Both goaltenders played well.

Joseph Young stopped a whopping 49 shots in Sunday’s shutout, while Lance Alm stopped 32 of 33 pucks thrown his way in Saturday’s win.

“Joe [Young] stood on his head yesterday for the shutout,” Fauchon said. “It was just a good overall team effort. We got everybody going – all 20 guys going this weekend, and it paid off for us.”

The next game for the Stars is Tuesday night at home against the Saskatoon Contacts, a team that isn’t in that mix because they sit in fourth place with a 22-10-0-3 record. That puts them 17 points ahead of Battlefords.

Puck drop on Tuesday is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre.

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by Nathan Kanter

AAA Stars still in hunt after wins over Argos

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