Last night in La Ronge, the Battlefords North Stars and La Ronge Ice Wolves went toe-to-toe and put forth a pretty exciting 60-minute effort. The Wolves ended up defeating the Stars 5-4 on a goal scored with 91 seconds left in the game.
La Ronge opened the scoring mid-way through the first period when Marc-Andre Carre went wide on the defence and caught Kyle Birch over-committing. He centere the puck out fornt, and Ben Findlay had a wide-open net and scored his seventh of the season.
A few minutes later, the Ice Wolves went to the power-play and scored one of the nuttiest goals I've ever personally witnessed.
Tyson Greenbank skated up the right side of the ice, got to the blue line, and rifled the puck a long the glass - trying to dump the puck in. Kyle Birch came out of his net to stop the puck behind him, and instead, the puck took a big ol' bounce off the glass and right into the back of the net.
The North Stars though were able to persevere. Brett Miller received a pass from Mitch Wall and threw the puck out front, and it deflected off of Dustin Stevenson of La Ronge and by Adam Bartko.
The Stars tied the game mid-way through the second period. Josh Daley received a pass beside the Wolves net, took a shot, and Blake Peake was right there to stuff home the rebound.
Moments later, the Wolves grabbed their lead back. A defensive turnover by the Stars resulted in Doug Lindensmith's 10th goal of the season.
After 40 minutes, the Stars came out flying in the third period. They peppered Adam Bartko with shots, and were finally rewarded when Brett Miller centered a pass out in front, and Ryan Andersen one-timed it home to tie the game at three.
Doug Lindensmith struck again for the Ice Wolves after he beat the defence wide, and snuck one through Kyle Birch.
You guessed it, the Stars bounced back. Brett Miller netted his 12th of the year from an awkward angle on the left side of the ice. The puck took a few bounces, then barely snuck across the line.
After the Stars tied it, they had a tremendous chance to make it 5-4. Josh Daley was robbed point-blank by the former North Star netminder.
The Ice Wolves sealed the deal with 91 seconds left. Doug Lindensmith (again) beat the defence wide (again) and threw a shot on net. Birch stopped it, but Nolan Souchotte was right there to bang home the rebound.
Tonight the Stars will look to split their two-game road trip when they face the Nipawin Hawks.
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