Kleiboer nets OT winner on opening night
Familiarity helped the Battlefords North Stars on opening night.
Not necessarily amongst themselves, but amongst their opponents.
North Stars defenceman Levi Kleiboer, who was named an assistant captain for this season earlier in the week, was the overtime hero in a 1-0 win. He said after the game it helped that he had played with Kindersley Klippers goaltender Justen Close when the two were younger.
“I know he has a good glove, so I just ripped her far blocker,” Kleiboer said, recalling his winning goal 1:10 into the 3-on-3 overtime on a shot from between the slot and faceoff dot. “And it went in there, so that was good.”