Three Melfort power play goals sink North Stars
The score indicated things were close, but the shots on goal did not.
What was clear, however, after Friday’s 4-3 regulation loss to Melfort, was the criticism of the Battlefords North Stars effort from their head coach.
“We got outworked,” Brandon Heck said in the post-game interview on CJNB/CJNS. “I don’t think I liked one of our player’s performances, other than our goaltender, who kept us in. It was a very disappointing effort. Players didn’t want to pay the price for the win and the [Mustangs] would do whatever it took.”
The shots favoured the Mustangs 38-23 in the end, including 13-6 in the third, as North Stars goaltender Joel Grzybowski held them in with 34 saves.