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| Kianna Dietz drives a shot on goal for the Stars. |
The defending Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League champs
had to grind out their 14th straight win of the season on Saturday
night at the Agriplace Arena against a very game Battlefords Sharks side. The
Stars outshot the Sharks, who occupy the basement of the SFMAAAHL, 49-21, but
only managed to pull out a 3-1 victory.
The visiting Sharks played with some good intensity and
confidence and jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 1:38 into the first period on a
goal by Brittany Yeager. They also created a number of strong scoring chances
on five different power-play opportunities causing Stars standout goaltender Emma
Johnson to make a number of quality stops in a 20 save performance.
Saskatoon tied the contest up at 1-1 inside of the final
minute of the first, when Kianna Dietz and Grace Shirley combined to set up
Rayna Jacobson on a pretty looking goal.
The Stars took their first lead of the contest with 10.9
seconds to play in the second, when Jacobson and Shirley combined to spring
15-year-old rookie Brooke Hausermann in alone on the Battlefords goal on a
coast-to-coast rush. The Kamsack product made no mistake tucking her fourth
goal of the season past Sharks goalie Chloe Marshall to give the hosts a 2-1
edge.
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| Chloe Marshall kicks out a save for the Sharks. |
Marshall was stellar in goal for the Sharks making 46 saves
as her squad fell to 2-13-2.
The Stars lost their first game of the 2015-16 campaign back
on Oct. 3 in Melville, when they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Prairie Fire,
and that has been their only setback so far this season in posting a 14-1 mark.
They return to action on Sunday, when they host the Sharks
at 2:15 p.m. at the Agriplace Arena.
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