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The playoff recipe is simple: win four times and the Thunder Bay Chill are guaranteed in.

From Thunder Bay to Tampa Bay, Tom Pyatt is on the move for a second time in his NHL career. And the 24-year-old couldn’t be happier.

The Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers put a hasty end to the Thunder Bay Border Cats modest two-game winning streak. The Lunkers on Monday erupted for five sixth-inning runs off Cats reliever Joseph Koon, snapping a 4-4 tie on their way to a 9-4 triumph.

Port Arthur Stadium is in the running for the title of Canada’s Favourite Ballpark.

The new faces in the Border Cats bullpen are already paying dividends.

Playing shorthanded does have its downside.

Brandon Swartzendruber scored in the 40th minute, all the offense the Thunder Bay Chill needed Friday night to leapfrog Des Moines into second place in the Heartland Division. And now they’ve got first place on their minds.

It looks like it’s going to be a youthful defensive corps manning the Lakehead Thunderwolves blue-line this fall.

The four-game slide is over, but the Thunder Bay Border Cats still need to work out their bullpen woes.

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