It wasn’t how the Prince Albert Northern Bears wanted to start the season, but the head coach Steve Young is confident the right pieces are there.

The Bears opened their 2025-26 regular season with a 4-1 loss to the Battlefords Sharks at the Art Hauser Centre on Saturday. Despite the loss, Young said there were plenty of positives from the young Bears roster.

“We knew they (Battlefords) were going to be good,” Young said after the game. “I thought at times we were a little tentative and watched them play a bit, but at the same time there were parts of the game where I felt our girls did what we needed to do against them.”

Andie Marshall had the lone goal for the Bears while Maggie Schell made 40 saves in the Prince Albert goal.

The Sharks bombarded the Bears with shots all night, inclu

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