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Lakehead isn't blowing opponents out of the water, but like Tim Tebow in the NFL, they just keep finding ways to win. On Friday the No. 9-ranked Thunderwolves built a healthy three-goal lead on the host Windsor Lancers, then hung on to win 4-3.

It looked like a runaway at first, but in the end it was the timely shooting of Ryan Thomson and Greg Carter's stellar defence that kept the Thunderwolves among the undefeated. Lakehead's No.

Jon Kreiner called it one of the top three wins of his basketball coaching career.

According to NHL.com, Thunder Bay's Marc Staal has been cleared for light contact.

Even though they got the split on the road, Lindsay Druery says her squad looked a little rusty last weekend.

The Thunder Bay North Stars and Sioux Lookout Flyers have been leapfrogging each other in the Superior International Junior Hockey League standings for a couple of weeks. The Flyers, at 6-2-1 away from home, sported the league's best road record.

A furious third-period comeback Tuesday earned the Fort Frances Lakers yet another win.

The introduction of a women’s hockey program at Confederation College is just the first step, says school president Jim Madder. The first-year team, which will play a limited schedule in 2011-12, beginning this weekend in Blaine, Minn.

It’s top 10 Tuesday and there are changes afoot for both Lakehead University’s men’s basketball and hockey teams.

They’re undefeated and undisputed, and now the Sir Winston Churchill Trojans can add champions to their list of descriptors.