The North Stars next game is Friday November 1st, 7:30 p.m. at the Access Communications Centre against the Notre Dame Hounds. (Byron Hildebrand/Facebook)

By Austin Mattes

Battlefords North Stars

North Stars grab another win over the Ice Wolves

Oct 27, 2024 | 7:52 AM

The Battlefords North Stars improved to 8-4-1 on the season last night after beating the La Ronge Ice Wolves for the fourth time this season.

The North Stars came out to a hot start in the first period, getting two early goals, one coming from Jackson Allan on the powerplay and the other from Josh Knittig short handed to take a 2-0 lead.

La Ronge answered right back though, getting a goal of their own from Hudson Cameron to make it a 2-1 game.

Still, this didn’t take away the North Stars momentum as they got another goal just 40 seconds after from Treycen Wuttunee to extend the lead to 3-1.

But just like the night prior, whenever the North Stars tried to pull away the Ice Wolves found the back of the net, this time from Taite Donkin, making it 3-2 going into the intermission.

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In the second period the North Stars dominated, locking down the Ice Wolves, outshooting them 19 to eight and scoring the two lone goals.

The first goal came from Nikita Ivashchenko on the power play and the second one from Elijah Anderson unassisted to take a 5-3 lead going into the final period.

For the third period, the North Stars started off strong but as they reached the midway point, the Ice Wolves started to gain momentum.

This resulted in two big goals for La Ronge to make it 5-4 and bring the game within one goal.

Despite this late push from the Ice Wolves, the North Stars were able to hold on in the final minutes and win the game with a final score of 5-4.

The North Stars outshot the Ice Wolves 41 to 34, went 2/7 on powerplay and stopped La Ronge six out of eight times on the penalty kill.

Justen Maric stopped 30 of 34 shots in the win.

The North Stars next game is Friday November 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Access Communications Centre against the Notre Dame Hounds.

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