Richie Zobak and Jonathan Juliano scored early goals and the Traverse City North Stars were able to make it stand up as they claimed a 2-1 victory over the top-seed USNTP U-17 team and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five North Division semifinal series. Goalie Jeremy Kaleniecki stopped 35 of 36 shots.

Game 2 is tonight at 7 PM in Ann Arbor, and the series shifts to Centre ICE for games 3 & 4 (if necessary) starting April 7th.

Read Stars Claim Opener at TraverseCityNorthStars.com

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