The Battlefords Stars were in Saskatoon Friday night in midget AAA action against the Saskatoon Blazers, but came out on the short end of a 3-1 final score.
Rylan Nivon opened the scoring just 29 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 Blazers. In the second Kyle Bosch and Noah Looman added to the lead to make it 3-0.
The Stars didn't score until there was just 2:22 left on the clock, as Ben Hiltz scored from Jayden Nachtegaele and Dawson Bacon for the lone Stars goal.
The Stars outshot the Blazers 38-30 but Jake Taylor stopped only 27 of the 30 shots in net to end up on the losing side of the scoreboard. Joel Grzybowski got the win for the Blazers.
The Battlefords Stars now drop to 4-2-0-1 on the season. Next action for the Stars is Tuesday night at home to Beardy's Blackhawks at the Civic Centre. Game time 7:30 p.m.
