THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay North Stars may be peaking at exactly the right time. Alex Remenda scored twice on Monday afternoon and goaltender Keenan Marks was two seconds away from his second shutout of the season as the Stars stretched their undefeated streak to seven games, downing the host Kam River Fighting Walleye 4-1 in a Tournament Centre matinee. “It just started with our captain, and it just continued down the lineup.
Our goalie just stood on his head the whole time and kept us in it all the time,” said Remenda, after potting his 19 th and 20 th goal of the season, going top shelf on Kam River goaltender Ashton Sadauskas at 14:23 of the third and then capitalized on a 5-on-3 power play in the third, taking a pass from Jarred Feist in the slot and slamming it home. The Stars captain, Tyler Jordan, opened the scoring at 18:38 of the first, sent in alone on the Kam River goaltender before beating short side. The win leaves the North Stars (27-10-4), who hold a game in hand, a point behind the Fighting Walleye (29-12-1), who lost for just the seventh time in 32 games under the guidance of coach Larry Wintoneak.
That’s a pretty good place to be, said North Stars coach Rob DeGagne. “We’ve got to beat the teams ahead of us. It’s so close.
That was a big game for us. We still have a game in hand and we’re one point behind. That’s good.
Now we have to go into Sioux Lookout and hopefully get two, though a split would be fine as well,” DeGagne said. The v.
