Harroch shutout leads way, as Stars blank Broncos 4-0

Florence’s 11^th of the season opened the scoring, making it 1-0 Stars just over three minutes into the first, when his shoot-in from center took a wild bounce off the glass stanchion and into the vacated net, as Broncos’ goalie Race Ramsay had left his crease in anticipation of the puck going around the wall.

Serving as the lone goal of the opening frame, the goaltenders stole the show otherwise through the first, stopping 16/16 (Harroch) and 11/12 (Ramsay), respectively.

Harroch was locked in throughout the night’s performance, making key saves on crafty forwards such as Alex Morozoff (#39) pictured here. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

In the second, Bear gave the Stars an insurance marker at 2-0, on a highlight-reel breakaway tally for his seventh of the year.

After Emmett Wurst won a puck battle ahead to Dace Prymak at center, Bear took off cutting towards the opposition blue line, where he received a perfect dish to spring in alone on the Broncos’ goalie. Showing no hesitation, Bear then picked his spot and snapped a shot, just inside the bar and into the net.

Klein scored his fifth of the campaign on a shot from the slot, when Kesslering found him alone in front; before Doell ultimately sealed the evening with his ninth, into the empty net to make it 4-0 Battlefords.

With the victory the North Stars have now won three straight, and improve to 24-10-5 on the year, with 53 points. The team will go for their fourth straight win this weekend when they return to play against the Melfort Mustangs, Friday.

The NAPA Auto Parts North Stars Hockey Broadcast will be available on 1050 CJNB. The Ultra Print Pregame Show will begin at 7 p.m., with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.

Scoring summary

First period:

3:09 BAT Zane Florence (11) ASST: Tynan Ewart (22)

Second period:

2:20 BAT Colby Bear (7) ASST: Dace Prymak (14), Emmett Wurst (5)

10:27 BAT Keiton Klein (5) ASST: Steven Kesslering (16)

Third period:

18:19 BAT Holden Doell (9) ASST: None (EN) (SH)

4-0 North Stars, the final.

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by Martin Martinson

Harroch shutout leads way, as Stars blank Broncos 4-0

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