North Stars top Nipawin in wild 6-5 tangle with Hawks
The Battlefords North Stars may have to rebrand themselves the comeback kids, or at least when matched up against the Nipawin Hawks, as realized again Tuesday night.
After falling behind 2-0 by the midway mark of the first period, only to come back to win 3-2 in each of the two previous meetings of the season-series, the Stars saved their wildest comeback performance for the hometown crowd this week at the Civic Centre.
Hawks forward Carson Erhardt opened the scoring just 5:29 into the first period. Snapping a quick shot on goal from the middle of the zone, Erhardt’s fifth of the season put the visitors ahead early, 1-0 Nipawin.
Then, just a minute-and-a-half later, Brodie Girod make it 2-0 Hawks on his sixth of the year, converting on a backhander from in tight for an insurance marker early.