The Battlefords North Stars have released their schedule for the 2015-16 regular season.
The regular season schedule will feature 13 of their 28 home games on Fridays nights, with seven Saturday games, three Tuesday games, three Wednesdays, one Thursday and one Sunday game.
There will also be 28 road games plus two more at the Showcase event in Warman.
The Kindersley Klippers will be the North Stars’ main opponent this season as they meet eight times during the regular season and once during the exhibition schedule. They face Kramer Division rivals, Notre Dame and Humboldt, six time and the same with Flin Flon and Weyburn. They play La Ronge, Nipawin, Melfort, Estevan, Yorkton and Melville four times during the season, while their Showcase games, Oct. 5 and 6 are against Estevan and Yorkton.
In addition to the usual SJHL venues, the North Stars play regular season games in Edam, Pinehouse and Wadena, which is this year’s host of Hockey Day in Saskatchewan in January.
Exhibition play begins Sept. 1 at home against Kindersley and includes two games against Humboldt and the Lloydminster Bobcats of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, with games against the latter opponent in Lloydminster and Wainwright.
The regular season starts Friday, Sept. 18 at home with Kindersley, the start of a home-and-home series. Also of note is a shorter Christmas break as the North Stars play Dec. 31 in Kindersley and Jan. 2 at the Civic Centre.
The SJHL regular season ends March 5. The playoff format remains the same with 10 of 12 teams making the cut.
The North Stars are now selling season tickets and plan a season ticket blitz Thursday, July 9 at Co-op Mall from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A few North Stars players are expected to be there. Tickets will be reduced back to the early bird special prices for that event and those who purchase a 10-pack, flex pack or season ticket will be entered into a draw for two weekend passes to the Craven Country Jamboree.
