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An opening-night loss wasn’t exactly what the No. 5 Lakehead Thunderwolves were looking for on Friday night. So on Saturday Ben Johnson and rookie Dwayne Harvey decided to do something about it.

Kelsey Bardsley and Carolyn Fragale led the way for the Lakehead Thunderwolves, but their combined 23 points wasn’t enough to stop a tough University of Toronto Varsity Blues squad on Saturday night.

Weekend splits have become the norm for the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team.

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow could stop Jake Puskas from delivering an undefeated season to his team. The St.

There was no redemption on the road for the Lakehead Thunderwolves. The Wolves battled back in the fourth quarter, but fell 69-64 to the Ryerson Rams Friday night. Brendan King had a dozen for the Wolves while Matt Schmidt chipped in 10.

Patrick Sharp is trying to see the silver lining to an NHL lockout that’s about to cross into its third month.

Neither Adam Sergerie nor Mike Busniuk thought it was necessarily a bad penalty. But what the Lakehead Thunderwolves captain and interim coach did concede is that Brennan Menard’s second-period high-sticking double minor was costly.

Carolyn Fragale will be counted on for offence this season. If she produces at this level, expectations might have to be raised a little higher where the Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball program is concerned.

Mitchell Hannusch can do it all.

A charity hockey game that was to feature several locked out NHLers has been canceled. The group of NHL players were expected to appear for a game in Thunder Bay on Monday, Nov. 12 in support of Right to Play and First Assist Initiative.