Saskatoon Stars settle for silver at Esso Cup

The Saskatoon Stars could not have picked a worse time to lose their very first game of the 2018 playoffs.
The Stars — who had rattled off 16 straight wins in the post-season and hadn’t lost a game since January 7 — dropped a 2-1 decision to the defending Esso Cup champion St. Albert Slash in the 2018 national female midget AAA hockey championship final Saturday at Bridgewater, N.S.
Saskatoon, which had earlier defeated St. Albert 4-1 in round-robin and tied the Slash earlier i