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Ryan Parent is heading back to Nashville.

Tony Colistro learned a valuable lesson on Saturday night – stick with what works. A night after trouncing the Des Moines Menace 7-2, the Thunder Bay Chill coach tweaked his starting lineup for the rematch, with much less satisfying results.

The Border Cats bats finally came alive on Friday night, but despite scoring double digits for the first time this year, the team still wound up on the losing end of yet another Northwoods League contest.

The Des Moines Menace are the defending Heartland Division champions, but one wouldn’t know it judging by their performance Friday night.

It’s official, the Thunder Bay Border Cats are the weakest-hitting team in the Northwoods League. It’s starting to cost them ballgames.

A.J. Schugel is trying to be Babe Ruth in reverse.

JOHANNESBURG - Gonzalo Higuain scored three goals in Argentina's 4-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup on Thursday, a result that put the South Americans on the brink of qualifying for the next round from Group B.

In 2006, Patrick Sharp watched Eric Staal bring the Stanley Cup home to Thunder Bay. Last summer it was Jordan Staal’s turn.

Tom Pyatt began the NHL season as spare change with the Montreal Canadiens organization, a body filling a hole with the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs, an emergency replacement.

Patrick Sharp may or may not wind up in Toronto next season. For now the veteran forward will relish his role in bringing the Stanley Cup to Chicago for the first time in 49 years.