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Saturday, February 4, 2012
By Doug Diaczuk
The Lakehead University women’s basketball team is right back where they need to be, the win column. The Thunderwolves earned their first win in four games after defeating the visiting Waterloo Warriors by a score of 70-50. The win improves LU’s record to 8-9, while Waterloo drops to 1-16 in the OUA West Division.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
By Matt Vis
In their final regular season home game, playing in front of the largest crowd of the season, the Thunder Bay North Stars rallied past a two-goal deficit before coming up empty at the end.
The Wisconsin Wilderness defeated the North Stars 3-2 in Superior International Junior Hockey League action on Friday night at the Fort William Gardens.
Friday, February 3, 2012
It’s a real simple theme for the 16th edition of Thunder Bay’s Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic curling charity ’spiel in two weeks: More everything.
More curlers, more money raised of breast cancer research is what organizers want and a continuing awareness of early detection at the Linda Buchan Centre for Breast Cancer Screening and Assessment — they’ll take it all.
Friday, February 3, 2012
By Ross Brewitt
Leftovers. The way it is, and the way it should be. Not so long ago I was on the NHL website and tuned into the video of Brendan Shanahan describing an incident leading to a suspension of three games.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Whether it’s Summerside, P.E.I., or Thunder Bay, Don Cherry loves the atmosphere that comes with Hockey Day in Canada.
The 13th annual edition of the CBC’s coast-to-coast lovefest of the sport on Feb. 11 will be based out of the Prince Edward Island town and hold satellite stops in six other cities, including the Lakehead.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
By Diane Imrie
What a true gift it was to be at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships last week to witness history, as Patrick Chan skated to victory in record-breaking style.
As the crowd rose to their feet with 20 seconds left in his program, drowning out the music with their cheers and whoops and hollers, it brought goose bumps to my arms and a tear to my cheek.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
By Matt Vis
Replacing the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s all-time wins leader among coaches can’t be easy, but Lonny Bohonos got off to a great start.
In their first game since Bohonos replaced Todd Howarth as head coach, the Thunder Bay North Stars defeated the Wisconsin Wilderness 4-0 on Wednesday evening at the Fort William Gardens.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
By John Cameron
The Brennan Wark foursome heads to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee (near Kingston), where the Northern Ontario champs open play this weekend with an expectation they will have a shot at the national title.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Thunder Bay North Stars named former NHLer Lonny Bohonos as their interim head coach on Monday — one day after letting go of the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s most decorated bench boss in controversial fashion.
Monday, January 30, 2012
By Tom Annelin
The American Hockey League’s most recent player of the week honour went to Thunder Bay’s Carter Hutton.
The Rockford IceHogs goaltender was recognized for a 4-0-0 week while allowing just five goals in those four outings by turning aside 121 of 126 shots he faced helping the IceHogs put together their longest winning streak of the season.
