The Battlefords North Stars broke free of the Weyburn Red Wings in the third period of their first game at the Showcase in Warman.
The North Stars prevailed 4-1, with all the goals in the game coming in the third period. It was an outstanding performance by Parker Rey in net for the North Stars stopping 19 of 20 shots.
It was also an overall dominating performance by the offence, who fired 44 shots at Weyburn’s Noah Decottignies.
The turning point came late in what was a penalty-filled second period, when Taylor Schmidt of Weyburn got two high-sticking infractions to put the North Stars on the man advantage.
They capitalized in the third period as Brett Gammer scored from Seth Summers and Rylan Nivon on the power play at 1:26.
That was followed up at the 7;40 mark with a goal from Austin Becker, with Summers assisting again.
Kaden Boser made it 3-0 with Matthias Urbanski and Summers assisting.
An interference penalty to Logan Spence put the Red Wings on the power play and it was Liam Rutten who scored the lone Weyburn goal of the game at 9:27 from Braden Birnie.
Quintin Loon-Stewardson finished the scoring with his third of the season from Elijah Loon-Stewardson and Noah Form at 17:09.
For the North Stars it was their fourth straight win to start the season, just a day after beating Estevan at home. The win capped a busy day of SJHL action at the Showcase: earlier games saw Melfort blast Notre Dame 5-1 and La Ronge over Kindersley 4-2.
The next game for the North Stars at the Showcase in Warman is Tuesday at 1 p.m. against the Flin Flon Bombers. The game is being televised on SaskTel Max and on the SJHL’s Facebook page.
Three games are scheduled at the Showcase Monday: Estevan versus Humboldt, Notre Dame and Nipawin, and Flin Flon against Weyburn. Â Â Â Â Â