North Stars fans got their money's worth last Friday as the home team routed the La Ronge Ice Wolves 9-6.
To be exact, home town fans buying adult tickets paid $1.67 per North Stars goal.
North Stars goalie Jake Davidson got the start and Adam Dmyterko dressed as back-up.
Mitch Zambon opened the scoring for the Ice Wolves nine minutes into the game with a shorthanded marker from Antonio Di Paolo and Macrae Setoguchi. The penalty-filled first period (in which the North Stars and Ice Wolves got a combined seven penalties) gave way to a power play goal 16 seconds later by Owen Lamb, with assists from the productive MacGregor Sinclair and Matthias Urbanski.
Elijah Loon-Stewardson scored on the same power play, with assists from Urbanski and Sinclair.
La Ronge's Jake Gudjonson tied the game, with assists from captain Kolby Johnson and Dalton Dosko. North Star Regan Doig potted another before the end of the period to give the North Stars a 3-2 lead, with assists from Ryan Granville and Loon-Stewardson.
The North Stars exploded in the second period with three goals in seven minutes from Brett Gammer, Ryan Gil and Urbanski, to make the score 6-2. La Ronge goalie Chad Duran didn't last half the game in net and was pulled in favour of Jordan Frey.
La Ronge's Di Paolo and Zach Bannister scored to keep the Ice Wolves treading water in the second, but goals by Loon-Stewardson and another by Ryan Gil stifled those efforts.
In the third period, North Star Kaden Boser scored his first of the year while the Ice Wolves were on the power play no less, to make the score 9-4. The Ice Wolves managed two more goals in the third, on the power play from Tyler Johnson and another from Max Kleiner, but fell short.
Urbanski was the game's first star, finishing with a goal and three assists, while Seth Summers and Elijah Loon-Stewardson finished as second and third stars.
Urbanski and Sinclair were in sync for much of the game, and the team's two top scorers finished the game placing 12th and 13th in league scoring as of Monday, each with 19 points.
