Grady Hodgins made his presence felt at the Telus Cup. The North Stars prospect scored in the bronze medal game and finished with three points (2G-1A) in seven games, helping the Regina Pat Canadians secure a 6-2 win over the Okanagan Rockets to claim bronze at the national men's AAA championship in Peterborough, ON fr...

After being eliminated from the Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals in seven games to the Yorkton Terriers, the Battlefords North Stars have completed their exit interviews, cleaned out their lockers and officially concluded their campaign. This season, the North Stars had a brand-new coach in Connor Logan, as...

As the Battlefords North Stars season concludes, so does the junior hockey career of five of the North Stars graduating players. Some played their entire career with the North Stars, some only came for the season. Nonetheless, all five graduates ended their junior career right here in the Battlefords. Anthony Campbell ...

After a back-and-forth game seven and series, the Battlefords North Stars season has come to a heartbreaking end. The North Stars fell in game seven of the SJHL semifinals, 6-3 to the Yorkton Terriers in Yorkton. The North Stars came back from down 3-0 to tie it, but Gabin Bartha scored the game winning goal with less ...

The Battlefords North Stars are back in Yorkton to face off with the Terriers in game seven of the SJHL semifinals. It's the biggest game of the entire season so far and will be the last for one of the teams. With the Weyburn Red Wings and Flin Flon Bombers also playing in game seven tonight, it marks the first time si...

The Battlefords North Stars will play in their first game seven since the 2019 season after the Yorkton Terriers took down the North Stars 6-3 in game six. Tylan Henrikson had a pair of goals in the win and now has three goals in his last two contests. Henrikson opened the scoring at the 3:52 mark of the first period w...

The Battlefords North Stars are hosting the Yorkton Terriers tonight in game six of the Sask. Junior Hockey League semifinals. Leading the series 3-2, the North Stars have the opportunity to punch their ticket to the Canterra Seeds Cup Finals with a victory. A finals appearance would be their first since they won the C...

The Battlefords North Stars have taken a 3-2 series lead in the SJHL semifinals and are knocking on the door of their fourth finals appearance in the last eight seasons when championships were awarded (championships were not awarded in 2020-2021). They won game five by the score of 3-2, led by a 31 save performance by...

After a tough 7-2 loss at home against the Yorkton Terriers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals, the action heads back to Yorkton on Saturday for Game 5 in a series evened up at 2-2.It's been a series with a battle of the top lines at the forefront. The Terriers' first line prevailed in Game 4. J...

The Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals between the Battlefords North Stars is guaranteed to go at least six games after the Terriers tied the series at 2-2 with a dominant 7-2 win. Yorkton got on the board first when Vinay Junek brought the puck towards the net from the corner, scoring on the backhand to put ...

After a 3-2 win over the Yorkton Terriers in Game 3, the Battlefords North Stars aim to go up 3-1 in the series when they host Game 4 on Wednesday. The top line for the North Stars shined in Game 3 with Josh Knittig (2A), Anthony Campbell (1G-1A) and Finlay Klippenstein (1G-1A) all had two point nights. Knittig's pair ...

The Battlefords North Stars have gone up 2-1 in the SJHL semifinals against the Yorkton Terriers with a win at home in game three. "I thought our structure and our systems were really good," said North Stars assistant coach Owen Lamb postgame. "We made some in-game adjustments and obviously a great perfo...

Game three of the Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals between the Battlefords North Stars and Yorkton Terriers goes tonight at the Access Communications Centre in North Battleford. The series is currently tied 1-1. The Terriers took the opening game with a 3-2 comeback effort, while the North Stars evened up t...

The SJHL semifinals between the Battlefords North Stars and Yorkton Terriers will head back to the Battlefords tied up at 1-1 after the North Stars won 3-1 over the Terriers to steal home ice advantage in the series. Finlay Klippenstein had a pair of goals including the game winner for the North Stars, while Spencer Mi...

The Battlefords North Stars have gone down 1-0 in the SJHL semi-finals after a 3-2 loss to the Yorkton Terriers. It was an opposite start to the series for both teams as opposed to the first round. The Terriers fell in game one of the first round, while the North Stars won the opening game in round one. The North Stars...

The Battlefords North Stars are set for Game 1 of the second round of SJHL playoffs against the Yorkton Terriers tonight at Westland Arena in Yorkton. The North Stars advanced after beating the Melfort Mustangs in five games in the first round. Linken Fisher scored the overtime series winner in Game 5.In the Highway 10...

Josh Kotai is levelling up his hockey career. On March 24, former Battlefords North Stars goaltender Josh Kotai signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the New York Islanders. Kotai was a part of the North Stars Centennial Cup winning team in the 2022-23 season, when he also won the SJHL Goalie of the Year honour with...

After taking down the Melfort Mustangs in five games in the first round of the SJHL playoffs, the Battlefords North Stars now turn their attention to the Yorkton Terriers. Unlike the first round, the third-seeded North Stars will not have home-ice advantage and will be in Yorkton to start the series against the second-...

The Battlefords North Stars have a couple of 20-year-olds moving onto NCAA Division Three for the 2026-27 season. North Stars captain Anthony Campbell and assistant captain Alessio Nardelli have committed to SUNY Plattsburgh University in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). From Quebec, Platt...

The Battlefords North Stars are moving onto the second round of the SJHL playoffs after a 4-3 double overtime win against the Melfort Mustangs in game five of the first round, winning the series 4-1.Linken Fisher was the hero in overtime as the North Stars joined the Flin Flon Bombers as the second team to advance to t...

After a tough 9-4 loss to the Melfort Mustangs in Game 4 of the first round, the Battlefords North Stars will be back at the Access Communications Centre on Saturday for Game 5. The North Stars are up 3-1 in the series with another chance to close it out. In the fourth game, Alessio Nardelli scored a pair of goals for ...

The Battlefords North Stars and Melfort Mustangs will play in game five on Saturday after Melfort extended the series with a dominant 9-4 win at the Northern Lights Palace. Unlike game three, the North Stars got off to a quick start. At the 8:49 nark, Alessio Nardelli scored his third goal in the playoffs. From the poi...

The Battlefords North Stars have an opportunity to sweep the Melfort Mustangs at the Northern Lights Palace tonight. After winning Game 3 Tuesday night with a score of 6-3, the North Stars took a 3-0 series lead. While the North Stars have gotten contributions across the board, their best player has been goaltender Kae...

The Battlefords North Stars have taken a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Melfort Mustangs with a 6-3 win in Melfort in game three. It was the third straight game that the Mustangs put up 40+ shots, but North Stars goaltender Kaeden Serpa turned away 37 of the 40 shots that he saw in the win. "He stopped some g...

In the first round of the SJHL playoffs, the Battlefords North Stars took both games one and two at home and will go into Melfort with a chance to make it a 3-0 series. Both the first two games were incredibly close, with the North Stars finishing on top both times. They won 4-2 including an empty netter in game one, w...

For the second night in a row, the Battlefords North Stars survived a third period comeback attempt from the Melfort Mustangs took a 2-0 series lead after winning game two by a score of 3-2. Kaeden Serpa stopped 41 of 43 shots in the win, and has saved 81 of 85 combined in games one and two."Sigh of relief. I thou...

The Battlefords North Stars came out of the gate strong with a 4-2 win over the Melfort Mustangs to take a 1-0 series lead in the first round of the playoffs. North Stars goaltender Kaeden Serpa had 40 saves on 42 shots in the win. For the North Stars, it was huge to get the first win of the playoffs out of the way to ...

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs are finally upon us, and the Battlefords North Stars face off with the Melfort Mustangs in the opening round. The North Stars finished in the third seed in the SJHL with a 35-15-4-2. They finished the season strong with a couple straight wins over the Kindersley Kli...