North Star Chiefs win Sutter South Cup
The Red Deer North Star Chiefs are preparing for Provincials this month after winning the Sutter South Cup on home ice last weekend.
The minor midget AAA hockey team defeated the Lethbridge Headwater Hurricanes 2-1 in overtime on Sunday to earn their way into Provincials, and assistant coach Mike Salmon couldn’t be happier.
“Lethbridge definitely had a good team, they won our league series against us this year so we had to overcome a good hockey team to win,” says Salmon. “We had to play really stingy defensively, it wasn’t easy at times. Sometimes they were in our end for a couple of minutes at a time but we weathered the storm, had good goaltending, good team defense which is huge and then we had a couple of timely goals from some players who stepped up and scored at the right times.”
Prior to the gold final victory, the North Star Chiefs defeated the NWCAA Bruins 3-2 in the semi-final which followed victories over the Okotoks Oilers, SEAC Tigers and NWCAA Stamps as well during their successful playoff run.