Wolves boys hockey team splits games

The goals came early and often for the North Star Wolves last Tuesday afternoon at the Libro Centre as they defeated Herman 17-3. The Wolves lost 5-0 to Tecumseh Vista last Thursday.

The North Star Wolves boys hockey team played twice last week and had vastly different results.

The Wolves entered the week after losing their first game on the road 6-1 against L’Essor but had two home games. The first was against the Herman Green Griffins at the Libro Centre, and the result was decided early.

North Star scored frequently in that Dec. 9 game and ended up with a 17-3 victory.

The Wolves led 9-0 after one period and 13-0 after with North Star scoring four more times in the third period to Herman’s three.

Mason Long scored three goals for North Star while Hunter Savard, Ryan Reid, Nick Gray, Luke Mailloux and Griffin Hansen scored twice. Owen Mongeau, Dallas Dumouchelle, Beau McGrath and Ty Crawford also scored for the Wolves.

“It was good,” Crawford said of the win. “We played pretty good.”

Crawford said they want to focus on positional play going forward and playing their game. They also want to work on penalty killing.

“It was a good game. We passed the puck and worked really hard,” added Hansen. 

Hansen also said working on their penalty killing is needed, as is working on break-outs. He believed their positional play was good and that the Wolves played hard.

Dumouchelle thought the game was slow paced. He wanted to see his team play faster with and without the puck.

“We played alright,” he said. “We got pucks deep and passed it around.”

Goalie Cage Rainville agreed it was a slow-paced game. He said he didn’t face a lot of shots but was happy his team won the hockey game.

“It was a fun game to watch,” he said, adding he thinks they can go “pretty far” this year.

Mailloux added the game was slow.

“We did pretty well. We kept possession of the puck,” said Mailloux. “We had good puck movement.” 

North Star head coach Glen Holden noted it was a fun game for his players, noting many were Grade 9 players. It was the first win for Rainville, one of the Grade 9 players.

“It gives them a taste of high school hockey,” said Holden.

The L’Essor game saw them face a tough goalie and they came away from that game needing to win more puck battles and to finish at the net better.

“They finished, we didn’t,” Holden said of the L’Essor game.

The Wolves returned to the ice at the Libro Centre last Thursday (Dec. 11). After the 17-goal performance against Herman, North Star could not find the back of the net in this game, losing 5-0 to Tecumseh Vista Academy.

The Wolves don’t play again until after the Christmas break. Their next game is Jan. 6 at home with it being a rematch with L’Essor. That game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

Wolves boys hockey team splits games

By Ron Giofu