By Craig Stein
The Battlefords North Stars ran their winning streak to nine games Tuesday as they out-shot the visiting La Ronge Ice Wolves 44-19 on their way to a 4-1 victory.
The Stars scored three times in the third period to break a tie and pull away, including a pair of Keaton Holinaty powerplay goals. Holinaty finished with two goals and an assist. Brett Horn (1g-1a) and Cody Spagrud also found the net, and Taryn Kotchorek made 18/19 saves, as the Stars held the Ice Wolves (2-15-0-3) to single digits in shots in each period.
Aaron MacKay made 40/44 saves and Jared Blaquiere scored for La Ronge.
The Stars (17-5-0-0) are now five points up on Humboldt for the Finning lead.
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That lead in the Finning Division increased to five points for the Stars because the Notre Dame Hounds held off the Humboldt Broncos 4-3 on Tuesday.
Ben Duperreault, Adam Dawe and Brandon Sookro all had a goal and an assist for the Hounds (10-7-1-1). Duperreault leads the league in scoring with 31 points (13g-18a). Jacob Arsenault opened the scoring for the Hounds with a first period powerplay goal.
Michael Korol scored twice for the Broncos (14-6-0-1) while Xavier Labelle also hit the net.
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