The Iron Range Ironheads exploded Sunday for three first-period goals and held on to down the Thunder Bay North Stars at the annual SIJHL Showcase in Duluth.
Casey Skolnik, Benjamin Brouillard and Spencer Peratalo scored a pair of power play goals and a shorthanded marker in the first 12:50 of the game to sink the Stars.
Sam Dubinsky and Brennen Dubchak tallied 83 seconds apart in the third, but try as they might, the North Stars could not net the equalizer.
Colton Ishmael made 38 saves to earn the win. Carter McEachern was yanked after just 2:43, allowing goals on his first two shots. However replacement Marc Nother, who allowed the third goal, was tagged with the loss, stopping 25 of 26 shots.