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WINNIPEG -- Try as they might, a three-goal deficit was too much for the Thunder Bay Chill to dig their way out of.

WINNIPEG -- The Thunder Bay Chill have started their campaign off on the right foot. The Chill blanked WSA Winnipeg 2-0 in their Premier Development League regular season opener in Winnipeg on Saturday evening.

THUNDER BAY -- Losing a baseball game by double digits hurts. It hurts even more when the wide margin is compounded by an injury to a key member of the squad.

The third time is the charm. Or maybe it’s the 10th error of the night. Either way, on Thursday night it added up to the Border Cats first win of the 2014 Northwoods League campaign.

THUNDER BAY -- Jordan Staal thinks the Carolina Hurricanes are closer to the playoffs than people think.

THUNDER BAY -- Organizers of the Staal Foundation Open are putting out another call for volunteers.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats have proven they’re good at climbing out of early holes. The bad news is they keep slipping back in.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats took an opening-day laugher and made it close. But close doesn’t count in baseball. The Cats, who trailed 7-0 to the St.

If the Thunder Bay Chill were a hockey team, their Corsi numbers Sunday would have been off the chart.

Pre-season friendlies are the time to work the kinks out. The Thunder Bay Chill put on a steady, if not spectacular performance Saturday, but just couldn’t generate much on the attack.