North Stars off to league finals after second consecutive sweep

Layne Young and Coby Downs had four points each, while Keaton Holinaty scored twice, his sixth and seventh of the post-season. Downs and Young remain first and second in playoff scoring, with 20 and 18 points in just eight games, respectively.

The North Stars continued to start quickly, striking three times in the first 12 minutes.

Connor Logan opened the scoring three minutes in, before Downs and Young added goals as well.

In the second, Holinaty netted two goals from in tight, one of which was on the power play to stretch the visitors’ lead to 5-0 before the second intermission.

With that lead after two periods, the North Stars have now never trailed at the end of a period yet in these playoffs.

Jared Blaquiere tallied the final North Stars goal, his first of the playoffs late in the third.

Michael McChesney was the only goal scorer for the Bruins.

The final shots on goal favoured the North Stars 43-32.

It is currently unclear who the North Stars will face in the finals, as the Nipawin Hawks currently lead the Flin Flon Bombers 2-1 in the other semifinal series, after Flin Flon won 3-2 on Tuesday.

The North Stars are also the first team to sweep the first two rounds of the SJHL playoffs since the Yorkton Terriers in 2011.

More to come.

Nathan.kanter@jpbg.ca

by Nathan Kanter

North Stars off to league finals after second consecutive sweep

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