Although they won't play in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs, the Battlefords Stars are heading into the off-season on a winning note.
The Stars concluded their 2017-18 campaign with a pair of road victories over the weekend as they defeated the Moose Jaw Generals by scores of 5-4 and 7-3 at Mosaic Place on Saturday and Sunday.
It took a six-round shootout to decide the winner Saturday, as Matthew Flodell found the back of the net to give his team the win after Damon McKenzie and Cal Caragata traded goals in the first round of the skills competition.
Adam Beckman led the way for the Stars with two goals and an assist, while McKenzie had a goal and an assist in regulation.
Carsen Robertson also scored in Saturday's win, which saw Joseph Young make 40 saves prior to stopping five shots in the shootout.
Cody Davis, Connor Giebel, Jake Palmer and Ben Wourms-Rowe each found the back of the net for the Generals, who received a 39 save performance from goaltender Ethan Hein.
Beckman was dominant in Sunday's season finale as he scored three goals and assisted on another, while Flodell had a goal and three assists in the victory.
Dylan Esau had a goal and an assist for the visitors, who also got goals from Brendan Albert and Trey Stocker.
McKenzie dished out a pair of helpers in the victory, while Carter Serhyenko had 31 saves.
Jaxon Gorget scored twice for the Generals, who finished in 11th place in the standings with a 9-29-2-4 record.
Casey McDonald also found the back of the net in the loss, which saw Jake Davidson turn aside 32 shots.
Thanks to their wins in The Friendly City, the Stars finished up their campaign with a 17-26-1-0 record and the tenth spot in the SMAAAHL standings.
They ended up three points back of the Saskatoon Blazers for the eighth and final post-season berth, as the Blazers edged out the Beardy's Blackhawks by two markers in the race for the final playoff spot.
Meanwhile, Beckman finished up the season with 78 points, which puts him six markers ahead of Regina Pat Canadians forward Jaydon Dureau for the league scoring title.
Dureau, who is a prospect of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks, has one more game left to play Tuesday as the Pat Canadians take on the Yorkton Maulers in the final regular season contest in the SMAAAHL.
A prospect of the WHL's Spokane Chiefs, Beckman's point total is the most by a Stars player since Spencer Bast had 68 points in the 2013-14 campaign and matches the 78-point campaign Lukas Sillinger had last year to win the scoring title for the Regina Pat Canadians.
Beckman's 44 goals, which are 12 more than Dureau has scored this season, is the most scored by any player in the SMAAAHL since Vancouver Canucks prospect Kole Lind found the back of the net 45 times for the Saskatoon Contacts in the 2014-15 campaign.
It's also the most goals scored by a North Stars player since Josh Laframboise lit the lamp on 33 occasions in the 2013-14 season.
The Stars also had the league's assist leader for this season as Ty Mosimann dished out 50 helpers, which is nine more than Hunter Lamb of the Swift Current Legionnaires.
Josh Bly was the last Stars player to lead the SMAAAHL in assist as he had 44 in the 2013-14 campaign.
