Stars lose in shootout

Alex Galbraith scored twice, including the winner midway through the third period, leading the Dryden Ice Dogs to a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday night.

Galbraith beat Guillaume Piche just 47 seconds after the opening faceoff, then after Thunder Bay’s Mitch Galbraith evened the score at the 7:38 mark of the third, the Dryden forward did it again, handing the Ice Dogs their sixth Superior International Junior Hockey League win in a row.

With the victory Dryden jumped into a tie for second place in the league standings. The North Stars (13-8-1) fell to fourth.

In other SIJHL action Friday night, Tom Paine scored the shootout winner and the Duluth Clydesdales withheld a third period charge by the Sioux Lookout Flyers (5-15-3) and held on to win 5-4.

Duluth (6-13-2) held a 4-1 lead with six minutes to go, but Darnell Ferland, Kalan Ewald and Casey Mertens scored before the buzzer to even the score.