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The hockey Thunderwolves are on a roll. The Wolves thumped the host Nipissing Lakers 5-1 on Saturday to secure the weekend sweep, capturing their third straight OUA win to pull within a game of .500.

And just like that the Lakehead Thunderwolves are in first place. But the Brock Badgers made them work for it Saturday night at the Thunderdome, at least for 20 minutes.

THUNDER BAY -- After a rough first half of the season the Lakehead Thunderwolves were hoping to turn things around in the New Year. If a turnaround does happen it won’t start with their first regular season game of 2015.

THUNDER BAY -- Four straight goals erased an early deficit and propelled the Fort Frances Lakers to their eighth straight win.

TORONTO - Sergei Bobrovsky won a Vezina Trophy in 2013 and now has a contract to show for being one of the NHL's top goaltenders. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed Bobrovsky to a US$29.

Late in the first half, the Lakehead Thunderwolves appeared to be on cruise control.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves got eight goals from eight different goal scorers on Friday night Added together they equalled a victorious start to the second half of the OUA men’s hockey season.

Katie Ulakovic will be the first person to tell you her offensive game struggled in the first half. But the fifth-year veteran hasn’t let her down.

THUNDER BAY -- Diane Walker says there’s a definite correlation between exercise and the state of one’s mental health.

THUNDER BAY -- Fourteen athletes from Ultimate Gymnastics are heading south this weekend to represent the club for the first time ever in the United States. The 2015 Gopher Invite, hosted by Maple Plain, Minn.