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With nearly two decades as Head Coach of the NorthStars, Mike Hall has resigned.  Mike has been with the organization for 30 years and has held positions with the team such as trainer, assistant manager and assistant coach before taking over the Head Coach Position from Abbie Carricato in 1994, right after the Legion Team at the time earned a Bronze Medal at the Air Canada Cup in Kitchener, in 1993. 

Mike currently is the winingest coach in Great North Midget League History and has had four appearances at the National Midget League Championship, Prince Albert Alberta, Sault Ste. Marie, Red Deer Alberta and this past season back in Sault Ste. Marie.

Under the tutelage of Mike the NorthStars have made appearances at many All Ontario Championships as well as many first place Great North Midget League finishes and many playoff titles.

One area Mike is especially proud of is the number of players who have gone on to great hockey careers and also those who have become successful citizens with great careers.

The Soo Hockey Club and the NorthStars would like to wish Mike all the best in future endeavours and thanks so much for your time, dedication and commitment to the organization.  

Well folks the Countdown is on.  The Telus Cup is just around the corner, in fact its only a week from tonight the Opening Ceremonies will take place just before the puck drop of the NorthStars first game.

The Telus Cup organizing Committee has been hard at work getting everything together for next weeks big Tournament.

The Welcome Night on Sunday Night is at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion and is a closed event to the public.  However later in the evening will be a fireworks display that the public is welcome to attend.

Get your ticket packages soon, seats are selling fast.

See you at the Essar...........next week for the Telus Cup National AAA Midget Hockey Championship.

The NorthStars lost a hard fought game this morning in Double overtime to the Whitby Wildcats 4 - 3.
The NorthStars held leads of 2 - 0 after the first period, 2 to 1 after 2 periods. The third was a see-saw battle with
the Wildcats tying the score at 2 each at 13:40 of the third.  The Northstars then stormed back and went ahead at the 7:07 mark.
Whitby tied it again at 4:25, which setup the first overtime period.  The two teams traded back and forth for the entire 10 minutes
and ended up tied still, at the buzzer.  The second overtime the NorthStars went right into the Wildcats end but couldn't score and Whitby went the other way and scored the winner just 39 seconds into the period.
Jake Kment was in goal for the loss, while all three NorthStars goals went to Ryan Vendramin.

The scoring summary is:
1. Ryan Vendramin from Anthony Stefano and Cody Caron at 16:55 of the first period.
2. Ryan Vendramin from Anthony Stefano and Brandon Grandinetti at 6:32 of the first period.
3. Ryan Vendramin unassisted at 7:07 of the third period.

The NorthStars now play in the Bronze game at 9:30 tomorrow morning against the loser of the other
semi-final between Ottawa Jr 67's and the Vaughn Kings.

To advance to the Semi Finals was all in the NorthStars hands today. The last game of the round robin they had the
unbeaten Whitby Wildcats as an opponent. The team faced adversity and defeated the Wildcats by a score of 6 - 3.
Whitby jumped out to a 1 - 0 lead at 10:58 of the first period.  With time ticking away in the first the NorthStars
rallied back and scored two goals in the last 1:14 of the period to take a 2 - 1 lead into the dressing room.
At the 17:07 mark of the second Whitby tied the score but the NorthStars wouldn't quit and scored at the 11:13 mark.
Whitby scored again at the 4:40 mark, the NorthStars answered back with a goal at 1:52 to finish the period with a 4 - 3 lead.
The third saw the NorthStars score 2 to end the game with a 6 - 3 win.

Brian Kment was stellar between the pipes for the NorthStars.

Scroing for the NorthStars were:
1. Matt Mitchell from Jaron Rowe and Kaelean O'Flynn at 1:14 of the first period.
2. Anthony Stefano from Cody Caron at 00:13 of the first period.
3. Jack MacLeod from Matt Pinder and Devin Shell at 11:13 of the second period on the power play.
4. Matt Pinder from Anthony Stefano and Devin Shell at 1:52 of the second period.
5. Matt Pinder from Jack MacLeod and Cameron White at 15:37 of the third period.
6. Jaren Bellini from Matt Pinder and Devin Shell at 4:42 of the third period.

The NorthStars will qualify for one of two semi-final games to be held tomorrow, but have to wait to
see who their opponent will be until after the other two games are played today.

The NorthStars were defeated by the London Jr Knights tonight by a score of 4 - 2.
The game was tied at 2 after two periods.  London scored on the power play late in the third to take the 3 - 2 lead then
dumped one into an empty net with 1:36 to go while short-handed. London had two power play goals and a shorthanded empty netter.
The game was full of questionable penalties to both teams, which adversly effected the flow of the game!
Jake Kment was in goal for the loss.
Scoring for the NorthStars were:
1. Matt Pinder from Devin Shell and Jaren Bellini at 6:01 of the first period.
2. Matt Mitchell from Nathan hebert and Ryan Cooke at 3:27 of the first period.

The NorthStars now play the Whitby Wildcats Wednesday at 1:30

The NorthStars had a hard fought tie this afternoon against the Ottawa Jr 67's.  The Northstars scored 25 seconds into the game to make it a 1 to 0 score, but Ottawa stormed back and tied it up at 11:18.  The Northstars again took the lead at the 9:46 mark and before the end of the period Ottawa tied it at 2 on the power play to end the period.
Ottawa scored at 18:41 of the second period and it remained that way until the end of the period.
The NorthStars started the third with a power play goal 15 seconds in to tie it at 3 a piece. At the 15 minute mark of the third the NorthStars scored again on the power play to take a 4 to 3 lead until Ottawa scored on the power play at 6:20 to tie it at 4. 

At the 6:14 mark of the third the NorthStars were assessed a 4 minute head contact penalty and 14 seconds later a second 2 minute head checking penalty to go down 5 on 3?  The NorthStars penalty killing units did a great job in killing off the 5 on 3 and ended the game tied at 4.
Brian Kmnet was in goal for the win.
Scoring went to:
1. Devin Shell from Matt Pinder at 19:35 of the first period.
2. Devin Shell from Matt Pinder at 9:46 of the first period.
3. Matt Pinder from Nick Trecroce and Devin Shell at 19:45 of the third on the power play.
4. Cody Caron from Nick Trecroce and Ryan Vendramin at 15:00 of the third on the power play.

The NorthStars now play the London Jr Knights at 7:30 on Tuesday evening.
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The NorthStars lost this morning to the Vaughn Kings by a score of 4 - 2.
Jake Kment started in goal was replaced by Brian Kment in the second period.
Scoring for the Northstars were:
1. Nick Trecroce from Brandon Grandinetti and Cody Caron at 13:13 of the third period.
2. Ryan Vendramin from Cody Caron and Anthony Stefano 5:28 of the third period.

Next action for the Northstars is monday when they play the Ottawa jr 67's.

The NorthStars opened the Central Region Championships today here in Brockville with a 5 - 1 win over the host team the Upper Canada Cyclones.
Brian Kment got the win between the pipes.  Ryan Vendramin had a hat trick while singles went to Cody Caron and Jaron Rowe on a penalty shot, a Cyclone player closed his hand on the puck in the crease..
The NorthStars next play at 9:00am Sunday morning against the Vaughn Kings.
Scoring for the NorthStars were:
1. Ryan Vendramin from Cody Caron and Nick Trecroce at 15:44 of the first period.
2. Ryan Vendramin from Anthony Stefano and Cody Caron at 7:22 of the first period.
3. Jaron Rowe at 7:46 of the second period on a penalty shot.
4. Cody Caron from Nick Trecroce and Anthony Stefano at 9:34 of the third period on the power play.
5. Ryan Vendramin from Anthony Stefano and Cody Caron at 13:10 of the third period.

The NorthStars would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter.