The Norman Northstars are once again coming back to Thompson in search of their first win of the season.
The Northstars fell to the Eastman Selects 9-3 on Friday, 10-4 to the Winnipeg Thrashers on Saturday, and 16-1 to the Winnipeg Wild yesterday.
Hunter Rambow, Chase Muswagon and Keistin Saunders scored for the NorMan squad on Friday, with Sheldin Howard, Albert Berard, Sean Yaworski and Jon Tagoona adding helpers. Keian Weseen and Braedin Melsted split the time between the pipes.
On Saturday, Albert Sinclair had two of the four goals for the Northstars, with Howard and Keistin Saunders adding the other two. Berard, Frederick Ledoux, Jonathan Saunders and Jamie Valentino picked up the assists. Weseen stopped 42 of 52 stops on the night.
Valentino had the loan NorMan goal yesterday, with assists from Howard and Rambow 10 seconds into the second period. The final shot count was 64-17 in favour of the Wild. Tristan Thompson and Winnipeg Blues prospect Luke Seremet each had three goals and three assists for the Wild.
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Howard currently leads the Northstars in points with 17 (7G, 10A) in 22 games. Flin Flon, MB native Mitchell Reid leads the team in goals with 9.
The Northstars are at home this coming weekend as they welcome the Central Plains Capitals to the C.A. Nesbitt Arena for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday. Both games will start at 7:30pm.
The Friday night affair, as always, can be heard live on 102.9 CHTM and online at ThompsonOnline.ca.
Current Manitoba Midget "AAA" Standings:
TEAM | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA |
Winnipeg Wild | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 119 | 39 |
Brandon Wheat Kings | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 112 | 47 |
Eastman Selects | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 96 | 62 |
Winnipeg Bruins | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 79 | 60 |
Winnipeg Thrashers | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 86 | 93 |
Pembina Valley Hawks | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 96 |
Yellowhead Chiefs | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 65 | 64 |
Southwest Cougars | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 65 | 68 |
Parkland Rangers | 20 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 64 | 77 |
Central Plains Capitals | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 61 | 77 |
Kenora Thistles | 21 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 77 |
Interlake Lightning | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 94 |
Norman Northstars | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 148 |
GP = Games played
W = Win
L = Loss
T = Tie
OTL = Overtime loss
SOL = Shootout loss
PTS = Points
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against