It may be just pre-season, but already the Battlefords Midget Stars are getting a taste of winning.
The Stars hosted the Saskatoon Blazers Thursday night at the Civic Centre and pulled out a 2-1 victory.
The lone goal of the first period came four minutes in off the stick of Justin Lund. Colby Daniels skated from the corner and fired a shot at Daniel Wapple and he kicked the rebound onto to Lund's stick and he fired it into the open net. Cody Thiel also drew an assist on the play.
The game's next goal was scored with two minutes left in the second period on the powerplay. This time Dylan Fluter scored from Daniels and Robin Yew.
The Blazers scored once in the third period, as Jesse Roden scored from Justin Schoffer.
In the end, Blair Mahon was solid for the Stars making 24 saves. The Blazers' goalies split time with Wapple giving up one goal on 17 shots and Cody Secord giving up one goal on 15 shots.
The Stars were 1/7 on the powerplay while the Blazers were 1/9. Daniels was credited with the Stars' player of the game honour.
Next for the Stars is a Sunday evening tilt in Saskatoon with the Blazers. The Stars moved to 2-0-0-1 in pre-season while the Blazers are 0-5-0-0.
