Big third period gives North Stars 2-0 series lead over Kindersley
It looked like the series between the Battlefords North Stars and the Kindersley Klippers would be tied after 40 minutes in game two.
The North Stars found themselves shorthanded for four of the first six minutes of the game, allowing the Klippers to generate quality scoring chances.
It wasn’t until late in the period that Kindersley was able to get on the board. Austin Calladine snuck behind the North Stars defence after two Battlefords players checked the same Kindersley player, and Calladine fired a wrist shot over the glove of Tyler Fuhr to give the Klippers the 1-0 lead heading into the second period.
Early in the second period the North Stars tied the game on a similar play. North Stars captain Kendall Fransoo was at his own blue line and spotted Coby Downs at the Klippers blue line. Fransoo sent the stretch pass there, and Downs came in on a breakaway, beating Nathan Hargrave glove side to tie the game just 2:23 into the second period.