North Stars rally in third to top Ice Wolves 5-2
The Battlefords North Stars avoided a scare on Friday night against the La Ronge Ice Wolves, using four third period goals to come back and win the game 5-2.
The win improved the Stars record to 21-5-1, while La Ronge dropped to 6-21-0-2.
“I didn’t mind our first two periods,” North Stars head coach Brandon Heck said following the game, where the club trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes. “I thought in the second period we just didn’t bare down on a lot of our chances. Two or three crossbars, open nets where pucks are rolling or we’re not shooting quick enough so maybe there was a sense of panic that way but I thought we had a lot of zone time.”
MacGregor Sinclair opened the scoring thanks to a steal and dish from Dakota Huebner, but the Ice Wolves found the back of the twice in the second, first early on at even strength and then late on a 5-on-3 power play.