Stars captain, Tanner Gold and his North Stars' teammates improved to 3-1 this pre-season with Wednesday night's win in Kindersley. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Martin Martinson

Pre-season's latest

Stars show quick bounce-back with 3-2 win in Kindersley

Sep 14, 2023 | 12:53 AM

It may still just be pre-season, but the Battlefords North Stars showed an ability to bounce-back quickly Wednesday night, with a 3-2 win in Kindersley to close out their four-games in four-nights road swing at 3-1, with just one more game to go on the exhibition schedule.

Both teams came out flying to start the game, combining for 36 shots in the first period alone (21-15 BAT), though at the end of the first, Zakery Anderson’s first of two on the night was the lone to hit paydirt, to give the Klippers a 1-0 lead on home ice.

Following a scoreless first half of the second, the Stars did answer back, however, as forward Bailey Shortall wired home a quick wrister from the top of the left circle just six seconds into a Battlefords’ power play to make it 1-1.

In the third period, Lleyton McLean cashed in for his second of the pre-season just 45 seconds in to give the Stars their first lead of the night, with another quick strike just under two minutes later from Jordan Grill coming shorthanded, to serve as the eventual game-winner.

Anderson scored his second of the game for Kindersley just ahead of the midway mark of the period, though that is as close as the Klippers would come, 3-2 North Stars the final.

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In goal, both Joey Hawco and Cedric Cyr-Dauphinais looked sharp throughout the night, as each allowed just a single goal against. Hawco stopped 17/18, while Cyr-Dauphinais went 21/22.

Kindersley’s Cody Jaman stopped all 23 shots he faced, while Logan Falk went 15/18.

The North Stars will now get a few days to practice and rest up ahead of their final pre-season game this weekend, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in La Ronge. Sunday’s game will be the last before the radio broadcasts begin on 1050 CJNB, with the start of the regular season.

Scoring summary

First period:

13:58 KIN Zakery Anderson (1) ASST: None 1-0 KIN

Second period:

13:43 BAT Bailey Shortall (1) ASST: Tanner Gold, Jace Rask (PP) 1-1 Tie

Third period:

0:45 BAT Lleyton McLean (2) ASST: Owen Underhill 2-1 BAT

2:35 BAT Jordan Grill (2) ASST: None (SH) 3-1 BAT

7:43 KIN Zakery Anderson (2) ASST: Jaydon Jessiman, Brock Evans (PP) 3-2 BAT

3-2 North Stars, the final

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