The Yorkton Harvest hosted the visiting North Battleford Stars in a two game home stand at the Farrell Agencies Arena Saturday and Sunday.
The Stars shutout the Harvest 8-0 in the first of two games Saturday night, scoring four first period goals and adding two more in each of the second and third periods.
Not only was the Harvest powerplay not working, but to add insult to injury, the Stars scored three shorthanded goals, one in each period, on the way to the win.
Regan Yew and Blake Young led the scoring for North Battleford with a pair of goals apiece while Carter Danczak, Kihisis Derocher, Eric Pfeifer and Tyson Empey each added a goal.
North Battleford goalie Nigel Detbrenner-Rempel was credited with the shutout.
Sunday afternoon a determined North Battleford squad set out to win the second game of the series to claim the four points which would help lift them out of the SMAAAHL basement.
An equally determined Yorkton Harvest team was not prepared to lose their last game on home ice as they outshot the visitors 47-31 on the way to a 7-6 overtime win.
The Stars jumped out to an early two goal off the sticks of Brody Tatchell and Derocher.
Dakota Odgers scored his first of two big goals, a shorthanded marker assisted by Tanner LeSann.
The teams traded a goal apiece in the second period. Danczak scored North Battleford's third goal less than a minute into the second period, while Devin McGonigal replied for the Harvest less than a minute later assisted by Odgers and Levi Morin.
Derocher scored the Stars fourth goal less than a minute into the third period to give North Battleford a two goal lead before Nicholas Pouliot pulled the Harvest within one with a singlehanded marker.
Two quick third period goals, one each by Brock Weston and Reece Fenrich made it 6-3 for North Battleford.
It seemed North Battleford's three goal margin would hold up for the win with five minutes left in the game.
The Harvest, however, had other ideas. LeSann started Yorkton's rally with a pair of goals to narrow the deficit to one goal.
