Flyers keep Stars winless

The elusive first win of the season still escapes the Thunder Bay North Stars.

After Brandon Wolframe gave the North Stars a 1-0 lead four minutes into Wednesday’s Fort William Gardens contest, the Sioux Lookout Flyers scored five straight, then withstood a third period comeback effort to skate away with a 5-3 win.

Bryan Borders notched a pair for the Flyers, who left the first up 3-1. Jacob Brown, Anthony Wolfe and Chris Hoffman also scored for the visitors.

Wolframe added a second goal with six minutes to go in the final stanza, and assisted on Brennen Dubchak’s final effort, which came at 19:20 of the third and goalie Carter McEachern on the bench.

The Stars (0-4-1) have just one point in five outings, good for sixth place in the seven-team Superior International Junior Hockey League. Sioux Lookout improved to 4-2-0, tied for second with idle Fort Frances.