Saturday the AAA Stars played their second of three road games, taking a thriller, 2-1.
For the third straight tilt, not only did the Battlefords matchup against a team ahead of them in the standings, but they continued to be clutch, walking away with their second shootout win in their last three, this time against the Trojans.
The Regina native, Tanner Brewster, picked up his second goal in December during the opening frame, giving him nine on the campaign. Tyson Meyers and Jayden Nachtegaele picked up the assists.
In the second period, the Trojans capitalized on a rare power play opportunity. Josh McDougall scored his seventh with three minutes left to deadlock the game at one. Marshall Wilton and Carter Budzak collaborated on the mark.
The final stanza displayed some exceptional goaltending from Lance Alm, who absolutely stood on his head. The Stars netminder kicked away 17 third period shots from the Trojans, who were constantly applying the pressure, sending it to overtime.
After the fourth period solved nothing, it was Alm stealing the show, once again, in the shootout.
Rewind to the first of December when the AAA Stars took the Prince Albert Mintos to a shootout. Alm stopped all three players en route to a victory.
This time around, the breakaway challenge went a full eight rounds.
Donavon Beatty and McDougall exchanged goals in the first frame.
Then, it was Alm stopping seven shooters in a row before Mason Mullaney took on the role of hero, catapulting the Stars to a 2-1 victory, extending the win streak to three games.
The AAA Stars have not finished a game in regulation during the month of December.
Sunday was no different.
Keelan Saworski scored his team-leading 10th of the season from Brewster and JC Dubecky.
The boys from Regina (Saworski, Brewster) have a combined seven points in their last four.
Ben Hiltz quickly made it 2-0 AAA Stars in the opening frame on the power play. Fresh off scoring the shootout winner, Mullaney had the assist, along with Jordan Mish.
The Tisdale Trojans wouldn’t throw in the towel down 2-0, storming back with three unanswered goals of their own.
Colby Brandt had two of those, giving him his 6th and 7th on the campaign, while McDougall registered the third.
It was Brewster who scored with seven seconds left against the Mintos last Tuesday to bring it into overtime, and it was him again tying it in Tisdale with 3 minutes left in the final period. The mark made it ten for him this season. Nachtegaele set him up.
The December streak came to an end as Logan Foster finally beat Jake Taylor on the 48th shot of the game. Taylor had been phenomenal all game long while the Trojans outshot the team in front of him 48 to 28.
The penalty kill was also fantastic for the black and white on Sunday, going a perfect 7/7.
AAA Stars have still yet to lose in regulation this month and are on quite a run. They continue to climb the standings with their timely goals and solid goaltending from both netminders.
The Battlefords record is now back to .500 at 10-10-0-3, and have shown the rest of the league they are not a team you can sleep on.
On deck is a Tuesday night game at the Civic Centre against the Saskatoon Contacts.
