Cam Sarna recorded a goal and an assist in the Wolverines' 5-2 loss to Battlefords on Sept. 23. Photo: sasksportsphotography.com

By Ryan Flaherty

first win elusive

North Stars hand Wolverines third straight loss

Sep 23, 2025 | 11:30 PM

The Warman Wolverines offence remains a work in progress and while they scored multiple goals for the first time on Tuesday night, it wasn’t enough in a 5-2 loss to the Battlefords North Stars at Access Communications Centre in North Battleford.

Linken Fisher tallied twice, Josh Knittig had a goal and two assists and Anthony Campbell added three helpers as the North Stars jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, dealing the Wolverines their third straight loss to open the 2025-26 SJHL season.

After losing both halves of a home-and-home series with the Humboldt Broncos over the weekend, the Wolverines came out hungry for their first victory. However, an awkward bounce saw them fall behind less than five minutes in with the teams skaing four-on-four, when Campbell had the puck slide off his stick in the slot before bouncing off Gavin Granger’s stick and through the legs of Warman netminder Eric Kahl, who was making his first start of the season after Griffin Wright fell ill shortly before puck drop.

Fisher doubled the North Stars lead in the second period after the Wolverines gave the puck away in front of their own net to Kobe Sawyer, who slid a pass across for Fisher to deposit into a wide open cage.

The Wolverines cut the deficit in half early in the third thanks to some good work by Cam Sarna, who dug the puck out of the left wing corner and fed it in front to Ethan Dundas, who buried his first career SJHL goal. Sarna and Dundas each finished the night with a goal and an assist.

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But midway through the frame, Fisher restored the two-goal cushion on a North Stars power play, beating Kahl from the slot. Knittig then pushed the lead to 4-1 with under five minutes to play, converting a cross-ice pass from Raiden Zacharias.

The Wolverines responded just 35 seconds later as Sarna netted his first SJHL goal and when Battlefords d-man Gavin Granger was penalized for roughing shortly thereafter, it presented Warman with a glimmer of hope and a chance to play 6-on-4 with Kahl on the bench.

But Campbell won the ensuing faceoff and Sebastian Miles fired the puck 175 feet dead centre into the empty net, sealing the game for the North Stars, who improved to 2-1-0-0 with the victory. The Wolverines are now 0-3-0-0 to start the season. Warman’s power play struggles continued as they failed to convert on four opportunities, and they are now 0/17 on the man advantage this season. The North Stars scored once on four power plays.

The Wolverines will take another crack at picking up their first win on Friday when they visit the Kindersley Klippers. Game time is 7:30 and you can catch all the action on SaskNow.com.

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