The Battlefords North Stars have finished their preseason and now look forward to beginning the regular season Friday night 鈥� against the same opponent.
The Kindersley Klippers will be the opposition at West Central Events Center on Friday night, while the North Stars will host the Klippers again Saturday night at home at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
The North Stars completed their preseason Sunday afternoon, finishing with a 1-3 record in their four games against the Klippers.
The North Stars ended up losing their third in a row at home Thursday by a 3-0 count. The Klippers got goals from Max Kathol in the first, Brett Neumeier in the second and Boston Maxwell in the third. Kristian Lyon got the start in net for the North Stars.
The North Stars were then set to go to Kindersley Friday night but the game was pushed back to Sunday afternoon because of bad weather conditions. That game finally saw the North Stars put in a performance that the fans were used to seeing.
After Kyle Ford scored to make it 1-0 Klippers, Ryland McNinch made it 1-1 with a goal late in the first, with Wilson Steele and Patrick McInnis assisting.
In the second, Josh Pufahl and Ford scored again to make it 3-1 Klippers. But a power play goal by Jaxon Steele from Timon Prexler cut it to 3-2.
The third period saw the North Stars erupt with three straight goals. With both Ethan Ironside and Ethan Grabowski in the box for holding and tripping, the Stars had a two man advantage. They capitalized as Kevin-Thomas Walters scored from Prexler to make it 3-3 at 4:04, and then Ryder Kenyon gave the North Stars the lead, Walters assisting, at 4:47.
Steele made it 5-3 at the 6:29 mark. Ford鈥檚 hat trick goal in the final minute completed the scoring as the North Stars held on for a 5-4 win.
Austin Schwab stopped 16 of 20 shots; meanwhile the North Stars fired 32 shots at Klippers goalie Brett Sweet, putting five of those shots into the net.
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