North Stars teammates gather around goaltender, Logan Cunningham to celebrate following Saturday night's win. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Martin Martinson

Rolling into playoffs

North Stars top Klippers in regular season finale to win third straight

Mar 17, 2024 | 12:16 AM

The Battlefords North Stars wrapped up their regular season schedule Saturday, topping the rival Klippers, 3-2 in Kindersley, to extend their winning streak to three straight heading into the postseason.

A scoreless game at the end of the first, and a 2-0 Klippers’ advantage at the end of two, the North Stars’ comeback effort was led by Kobie Anderson, who took control with a pair of assists in the first half of the third to draw his team even.

The first came on a precision pass cross-seem to Treycen Wuttunee at the side of the net, for a power-play strike just five minutes in, on Wuttunee’s second of the year.

Anderson then continued to dazzle shorthanded, ragging the puck down the ice and keeping control until he found Colton Getzlaff on another beautiful dish for Getlaff’s third of the season, and second in his last two games.

North Stars’ forward Kobie Anderson was all over the ice Saturday night, setting up open teammates and battling on faceoffs, as seen here. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

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Just a minute after Getzlaff’s tying goal, Elijah Anderson’s 11^th of the year put the North Stars ahead for their first lead of the night, firing the puck just under the crossbar off a setup from Hunter Burgeson, for what would stand as the game-winner.

Stars’ goaltender, Logan Cunningham was excellent between the pipes for a second straight night, stopping 34/36 in the win, on his way to 74/77 on the weekend as a whole.

With the win, the North Stars finished the regular season fourth overall in the SJHL standings with a 36-15-5 record. As a result, the team will face the Melville Millionaires (32-23-1) in the first round of the playoffs, in the league’s #4 vs #5 matchup.

Game 1 of the best-of-seven series will be next Friday, March 22 at North Battleford’s Access Communications Centre. The NAPA Auto Parts North Stars Broadcast will be available on 1050 CJNB with the Ultra Print Pregame Show at 7 p.m. and puck drop to follow at 7:30 p.m.

Scoring summary

First period:

No scoring

Second period:

12:20 KIN Russ Demo (5) ASST: Easton Inglis, Tylin Hilbig 1-0 KIN

12:54 KIN Kale Taylor (8) ASST: Brock Mueller, Zakery Anderson (PP) 2-0 KIN

Third period:

4:59 BAT Treycen Wuttunee (2) ASST: Kobie Anderson, Jordan Grill (PP) 2-1 KIN

9:45 BAT Colton Getzlaff (3) ASST: Kobie Anderson (3) (SH) 2-2 Tie

10:45 BAT Elijah Anderson (11) ASST: Hunter Burgeson, Treycen Wuttunee 3-2 BAT

3-2 BAT, the Final

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