Suddenly the Battlefords North Stars are having trouble finding the back of the net as the Notre Dame Hounds handed the club their second straight defeat Wednesday night.
The Hounds beat the North Stars 5-1 in Wilcox in the first game of the North Stars’ southeastern road swing. The defeat comes on the heels of a disappointing 1-0 defeat back at home against Weyburn.
Chance Longjohn opened the scoring with his 11th of the season, Marshall Wilton getting the assist at 5:57.
Then at 8:14 Jared Hamm added to the lead with assists to Olivier Lantagne and Curtis Wiebe,
Matthias Urbanski got the North Stars on the board at the 10:01 mark with assists from Chaseton Braid and Connor Smith, but that would be all the North Stars would get on the scoresheet.
Wilton’s fifth goal of the season at the 4:05 mark of the second made it 3-1, with Colby Brandt and Max Salpeter assisting. Then at 7:21 Salbeter scored from Longjohn and Brandt to make it 4-1.
At the 12 minute mark, with Levi Kleiboer in the box for high sticking,Chaz Smedsrud scored his 16th of the season from Hamm and Wilton on the power play.
There was no scoring in the third period as the Hounds wrapped up a 5-1 win. The North Stars had fired 31 shots at Jacob Standen, who stopped 30 of them to get the win. Taryn Kotchorek took the loss for the North Stars.
Wilton was named the game’s first star with his one goal-two assist performance, with Longjohn named second star and Standen the third star.
With the loss the North Stars drop to 12-3-1-0 on the season. Their road trip continues Friday in Estevan, Saturday in Weyburn, and Sunday in Yorkton. The North Stars return to action at the Civic Centre Tuesday night against Kindersley.
