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Knowing they were now in the OUA West driver's seat, the No. 2 Lakehead Thunderwolves went out Saturday and got the job done.

Destiny is the Lakehead Thunderwolves to live or die by this season.

Tyler Megan had a pair of goals to help the Schreiber Filane’s Falcons skate past the Northern Renegades 7-5 Friday in a high-scoring Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League contest at Eagle Lake Arena.

The exam break is over and the Churchill Trojans were up to their old tricks again on Friday. Jared White and Mohammed Syed each had 18 points, leading the Trojans to an easy 68-37 win over the Westgate Tigers in senior boys basketball.

Alannah MacLean and Harry Seaton on Friday showed they can ski with the best the nation has to offer. MacLean took second in the junior women's 1.4-kilometre sprint race at the Eastern Canadian Championships in Cantley, Que.

The slump is over, at least for one night.

Scott Morrison said his starting five had a flat practice on Thursday and weren't much better come game-time Friday night. Luckily he's got reserves like Adam Johnson, Nathan Wainwright and Matt Schmidt to fall back on.

The playoffs are calling and on Friday night the Lakehead Thunderwolves answered the bell. Lindsay Druery dropped 17 points to power the Wolves to a lopsided runaway 67-48 win over the hapless Windsor Warriors.

Matt Murray made 16 stops and was named Team Cherry’s player of the game on Wednesday night at the CHL’s top prospects game in Kelowna, B.C.

Lonny Bohonos was a winner in his Superior International Junior Hockey League coaching debut.