The North Stars left it all on the ice in the final game of their three-in-three swing, Saturday. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
One for the record books

Stars point streak ends at league-record 36 straight, with loss in Estevan

Jan 14, 2023 | 11:44 PM

After four straight months of undefeated play in regulation time, the Battlefords North Stars saw their SJHL-record 36-game point streak come to an end, Saturday night in Estevan.

The North Stars fell 5-0 to the Estevan Bruins in the final stop of their three games in three nights road swing, still taking four of a possible six points on the trip.

A 1-0 game at the end of the first on Gabriel Filion’s sixth of the season, the Bruins would add four unanswered in the third period, including three in two minutes on their way to the 5-0 final.

Keagon Little led the way offensively with a pair of goals, while Jackson Millar stopped 30/30 for his first shutout of the season, and Kade Runke and Evan Forrest also scored for the home team.

Despite the loss, the North Stars have still won 16 of their last 17, and with a league-best 33-1-2-1 record, remain 20 points up on the field for first place overall in the league standings.

The Stars will now get a couple of nights off, before returning to play Tuesday night in La Ronge. The Ultra Print Pregame Show will begin at 7 p.m., with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.

Scoring summary

First period:

9:09 EST Gabriel Filion (6) ASST: Tyler Guy

Second period:

No scoring

Third period:

6:43 EST Kade Runke (23) ASST: Gabriel Filion (PP)

7:27 EST Keagon Little (4) ASST: None

8:29 EST Evan Forrest (9) ASST: None

14:29 EST Keagon Little (5) ASST: Ilia Chmelevski, Robbie Stewart

5-0 Bruins, the final

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