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Northstars get second win on the road

Goaltender Mark Steeves * got his second win of the season for the Norman Northstars and forward Bryce Horning scored his second game-winner of the season as the team opened a four-game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Kenora Thistles in Kenora, Ont
Bryce Horning Oct 2014
Bryce Horning, seen here in the Norman Northstars home opener Oct. 11 against the Interlake Lightning, got his second game-winning goal of the season in a 4-3 win over the Kenora Thistles Oct. 23.

Goaltender Mark Steeves* got his second win of the season for the Norman Northstars and forward Bryce Horning scored his second game-winner of the season as the team opened a four-game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Kenora Thistles in Kenora, Ont. on Oct. 23.

Horning had two goals in the third period, both assisted by Michael Markus, as the Northstars came from 3-2 down to earn their second win of the Manitoba AA Midget Hockey League season. Daniel Nault had scored early in the final frame to put Kenora up 3-2 after erasing a 2-0 Northstars lead. 

Anthony Keeper Jr. got the Northstars on the board late in the first period on a power play and Taylor Ritchie doubled the lead early in the second period, assisted by Horning and Markus, who both finished with three points in the game. Kevin O’Flaherty and Trevor Kavanaugh replied for the Thistles to make it a 2-2 game at the second intermission. 

Steeves stopped 37 of 40 shots he faced in the net.

That win was the high point of the four-game road trip, as the Northstars fell 5-2 to the Thistles Oct. 24, giving up two goals in each of the first two periods while only managing one per period themselves. Keeper and Tony Apetagon had the goals for the Northstars, who were outshot 40-25 in the game. Steeves made 35 saves in the loss.

It was a similar story on Saturday in Beausejour as the Eastman Selects outscored the Northstars 3-1 in the opening 20 minutes en route to a 5-2 win. Daylon Campbell got the Northstars’ first tally in the opening period with his team down 3-0. Horning and Markus continued to display chemistry as Horning scored to make it a 4-2 game late in the second period with Markus and Riley Nowlin assisting. Steeves stopped 47 shots in the game as the Northstars’ net was peppered with 52 Eastman shots.

The road trip concluded Sunday in Teulon where the Interlake Lightning scored three goals in each period to win 9-2. Horning and Keeper remained hot offensively for the Northstars, tallying one goal apiece, while Markus picked up another assist on Horning’s first period marker. 

Shots in the game were 68-22, with Faulkner performing admirably under pressure, turning aside 58 shots in 60 minutes of play, including 32 in the second period alone.

The Northstars’ next games are Nov. 1-2 in Thompson, when they take on the Parkland Rangers at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena. 

*The original version of this article mistakenly identified Connor Faulkner as the winning goaltender. The Thompson Citizen apologizes for the error.

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