The North Stars managed to come out on the winning side of a low-scoring affair Friday night against the Flin Flon Bombers.
The first period was a penalty-fest as the Bombers got five penalties against the North Stars' four. Infractions included some fancy stick-work from Flin Flon in the form of high sticking and two slashing calls, while the North Stars got two interference calls, along with slashing and roughing penalties.
The rivals stayed out of the box considerably more in the second, while the Bombers contained the North Stars after the home team got 19 shots versus the Bombers' seven-shot first period performance.
The brick wall efforts of Bomber goalie Pierce Diamond paid off for the Manitoba visitors, as Calvon Boots scored the first goal of the game. Not two minutes later, the North Stars returned on the attack and defencemen Jacob Bayne and captain Cody Spagrud pulled the team ahead.
North Stars goalie Joel Grzybowski shone in the third as Flin Flon tried to muster some chances but had difficulty breaking out of their defensive zone.
North Stars forward Regan Doig's hard play earned him a total of fourteen penalties minutes including a boot from the game, along with Flin Flon's Issac Jackson, two seconds before the final buzzer.
The North Stars play the Bombers Saturday night before the struggling Weyburn Red Wings come to town for a Sunday night scuffle.
