Stars look to keep momentum rolling into Portage for Game 1 of Anavet Cup
Following their Canalta Cup victory last week, the Battlefords North Stars now shift their focus to the Anavent Cup, with Game 1 tonight at Stride Place in Portage, home of the MJHL champion, Portage Terriers.
The North Stars’ and Terriers’ playoff runs leading to their respective league championships have been all but mirror images of one another.
The North Stars, who entered the post-season as the second seed in the SJHL, began their run to the cup with a wild seven-game series against the seventh-seeded Flin Flon Bombers. After coming out victorious with a decisive effort in the deciding seventh-game, the team then went on a tear that saw the Stars post a combined 8-1 record over their final two series, against eighth-seeded Yorkton, and third-seeded Melfort, en route to the championship, with their lone loss coming by just a single goal.