Young leads the charge in home opening win
After two periods of play in Saturday’s home opener, the Battlefords North Stars were all squared up 0-0 with the Kindersley Klippers, much the same as Friday’s season opener.
But this time, the North Stars didn’t need overtime to pick up the win, thanks to captain Layne Young leading the way in what ended up as a 4-0 win.
“[Young] is a player that’s special,” North Stars head coach Brandon Heck said on the post-game interview on CJNB/CJNS. “With him — and not to compare him to guys like Gretzky — but when they get that first one, they smell blood and they go harder for more almost. He’s got that in him.”
The North Stars scored three goals in a span of 2:15 early in the third period to shut out Kindersley for the second straight game.