North Stars make Millionaires pay

Barely warm and back in their seats, fans would be given another opportunity to cheer, as less than four minutes later, the Stars’ would answer again; this time from their captain and undisputed leader. Defenseman Cody Spagrud, notched his team an insurance marker on the power play, launching an absolute missile from the right point, passed the hoard of bodies and sticks in front, deflecting off the far-side post and in, leaving a dent in the metal in its wake.

Matthias Urbanski and MacGregor Sinclair would pick up the two helpers on the Spagrud blast to tilt the game 2-0 in favour of the home side. It remained 2-0 North Stars to the end of the first.

Coming out for the second period, the Millionaires answered back with a goal of their own to cut the deficit to one. The scoring play came courtesy of a gorgeous precision-passing play that saw Logan Foster feed Ethan Schmor in the zone, who then sliced a pass between two outreached sticks to defenseman Jacob Bourchier. Bourchier would make no mistake, creeping down the weak side to finish off the dazzling display. 2-1 was the score.

After continuing to dominate time on attack, with relentless pressure in the offensive zone that saw the Stars fire all kinds of shots on goal, but to no avail; the black, white and silver would eventually break through once again, thanks to Elijah Loon-Stewardson’s second goal of the season. The elder Loon-Stewardson put an excellent move on the goaltender from in tight, en route to delivering puck-to-mesh like a Stevie Wonder song – Signed, Sealed, Delivered, to re-establish his team’s two-goal cushion.

Heading into the third, with the shots 32-14, it was the North Stars ahead, 3-1.

After solid goaltending at both ends throughout the first part of the third, it would be the visiting Millionaires, leading off the third-period scoring race, thanks to their power play.

Sam De Melo’s power-play goal was his first of the year, with the lone assist going to former P.A. Mintos’ star, Jaxon Tait.

Tait would then continue to spur along his club’s offence; picking up the primary helper again, almost exactly one minute later, to tie the game at threes.

After Doig’s goal detailed in the opening of this article, Owen Lamb would slap an exclamation mark on the victory with an empty net, short-handed goal. For Lamb, the goal registered his fifth of the season.

Goaltender, Adam Dmyterko played extremely solid, making 21 saves on 24 shots to take home the victory in his first-ever SJHL game.

Scoring summary

First period:

6:52 BAT Matthias Urbanski (7) ASST: MacGregor Sinclair (7)

10:22 BAT Cody Spagrud (2) ASST: Matthias Urbanski (5), MacGregor Sinclair (8) (PP)

Second period:

2:16 MLV Jacob Bouurchier (1) ASST: Ethan Schmor (3), Logan Foster (6)

10:59 BAT Elijah Loon-Stewardson (2) ASST: Owen Lamb (5), Braydon Buziak (3)

Third period:

7:02 MLV Sam De Melo (1) ASST: Jaxon Tait (4) (PP)

8:03 MLV Tyler Pryhitka (3) ASST: Jaxon Tait (5), Jaden Shewchuk (3)

17:39 BAT Regan Doig (1) ASST: Brett Gammer (1), Cody Spagrud (6)

19:23 BAT Owen Lamb (5) ASST: Matthew Fletcher (1) (EN, SH)

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by Martin Martinson

North Stars make Millionaires pay

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