North Stars sweep Wings for second straight year
Rookie forward Elijah Loon-Stewardson scored his first career playoff goal in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night, netting the overtime winner that catapulted the Battlefords North Stars to the second round of the playoffs.
His game-winning-goal halfway through the first overtime gave the second-seeded North Stars a 3-2 win over the Weyburn Red Wings in game four of their quarter-final series and completed the four-game sweep.
“Good things happen to good people and [Loon-Stewardson] has worked extremely hard,” North Stars head coach Brandon Heck said in the post-game show on CJNB/CJNS. “He’s a pleasure when he comes to the rink. He listens. He wants to get better. The guys love him.
“His poise with the puck is evidence by that play. How many people would have shot that and he took it to the forehand, on a hard backhand pass too. That’s a tough pass to handle, so credit to him for having the confidence.”