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Lucas Debenedet is red hot.

Lakehead’s collapse down the stretch continued on Friday night. Adam McKee scored two minutes into the third period, the difference in Western’s 4-3 OUA men’s hockey home-ice win. It was Lakehead’s fourth straight loss.

A strong first quarter was about all the Lakehead Thunderwolves could take out of Friday’s 10-point road loss to Laurier. The Wolves led the Golden Hawks 22-14 after 10 minutes, but surrendered the lead in the second, allowing No.

Brian Adams Jr. continued his impressive run Friday at the Northern Ontario man’s provincial curling playdowns in Schumacher, Ont. The Thunder Bay skip scored a pair in the 10th end to knock off Sault St.

Jayde Turcotte turned aside all 21 shots she faced to backstop the Thunder Bay Sportop midget AA Queens to a 3-0 victory over Team Detroit on Friday morning in their opening game of the Tier 1 – 2 Nations Elite Showcase in Milwaukee.

Thunder Bay curlers hold their own at the Northern Ontario provincial men’s play-downs in Schumacher. Brian Adams Jr.

Brian Adams Jr. is making the most of Brad Jacobs’ absence from the Northern Ontario men’s provincial curling playdowns. The Thunder Bay skip on Thursday improved to 3-0 at the Schumacher, Ont.

Bill McDonald says if you told him before the start of the season he’d still be in the hunt for first place with four games to go in the OUA season, he’d have been a happy hockey coach.

Jylisa Williams and the Lakehead Thunderwolves have the OUA basketball playoffs in their sights, but they’re not quite there just yet.

This is not the time for the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team to hit a slump. Yet Lakehead has now dropped six of their past eight contests as the playoffs loom closer on the horizon.