The Battlefords North Stars have five games played to this point in the season, and without looking too far ahead, they are getting ready for the 2015-16 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Showcase.
The SJHL Showcase takes place Oct. 4-7 in Warman. The idea is to feature all the players in the SJHL to the numerous scouts from the NCAA, CIS, WHL and likely the NHL who will attend. The games also count towards the SJHL regular season standing this season, which has added excitement for the teams.
The North Stars will play two games during the four-day event. The schedule for the North Stars has changed, as they will now be playing Monday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. against Estevan and Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. against Humboldt. They were originally scheduled to play Monday and Tuesday, but the SJHL had to make some changes to the schedule to accommodate all 12 teams in the league.
Along with the SJHL games being played, there are two prospects games scheduled that will feature 1999- and 1998-born players. The two prospects’ games will be played Sunday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Admission for the showcase is free for all games and no advance tickets are available.
The rosters for these two games have been announced and the North Stars have a handful their prospects invited to the event. The list of North Stars’ prospects include: 1998-born defenceman Dawson Boehm, who is from Martensville and plays with the Beardy’s Blackhawks; 1998-born defenceman Austin Wieler of Laird, who plays with the Saskatoon Contacts; his teammate, 1998-born forward Chance Adrian, who hails from Dalmeny; and 1998-born forward Owen Lamb, who is from the Battlefords and a member of the Battlefords Midget Stars.
The 1999-born prospects of the North Stars invited to play in the game are goaltender Joel Grzybowski from the Saskatoon Blazers and Austin Shumanski of the Yorkton Maulers, who are both from Hafford.
