Stars move up in national ranking
As they have been for most of the season, the Battlefords North Stars are near the middle of the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s top 20 weekly rankings.
This week they moved up one spot from 13th to 12th, after a 6-5 overtime loss to the Melfort Mustangs Wednesday and a 6-0 win over the Nipawin Hawks Friday.
There are teams from various different leagues ahead of the North Stars, with a number of the usual suspects. The Penticton Vees, as they have been for the past decade it seems, are steamrolling their opponents as they’ve skated to a 41-6-0-1 record so far this year. They’re in second place behind the Soo Thunderbirds, who are 36-4-1. I do believe Penticton should be above Soo because, well, the BCHL is a better hockey league than the NOJHL.
The North Stars ranking in the top 20 has been relatively consistent all season, having bounced between 12th and 15th for the last month and a half.