North Stars cut down roster to 46 players
There were no surprises in the first round of cuts at Battlefords North Stars training camp.
The club trimmed its roster to 46 bodies on Friday afternoon, from 70, and most of the cuts were younger players.
“[Cuts] are always difficult and to be honest, we made some moves we maybe wouldn’t have made but we’re just using our roster and doing it by age,” North Stars head coach and general manager Brandon Heck said. “We wanted to take a look at 40 guys that we believe can make the team this year and in order to do that, we had to let go [of] some [younger] guys that probably outplayed some of these guys.”
Only one 1997-born player and two 1998-born players were among the 24 cuts, with the rest being 1999, 2000, or 2001-born players.