North Stars aim for second consecutive win tonight.
The Battlefords North Stars are coming off a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over the Melfort Mustangs at the North Battleford Civic Centre. That was thanks to a Matthias Urbanski tally with just under 20 seconds to go in added time.
For the North Stars, the win was their first of the season. Urbanski’s timely marker improved their record to 1-2 to start the season, and perhaps even more importantly, helped them avoid an 0-3 start to the new season.
On the other side of the ice, it is a similar storyline for the Humboldt Broncos. The Broncos will also be looking to improve from a 1-2 start to the season, after dropping their first two games in a home-and-home set with defending league-champion Nipawin, before a big 2-0 win over the Notre Dame Hounds.
Tonight’s matchup between the North Stars and Broncos will mark the first meeting of the season between the division-rivals and the first since the Broncos’ devastating April 6 bus crash.