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Jarome Iginla scored three times and Dany Heatley scored twice and Thunder Bay’s Eric Staal earned an assist in his Olympic debut as Canada crushed Norway 8-0 on Tuesday at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver.

Thunder Bay’s Jason Myslicki finished 45th of 45 competitors in Sunday's Nordic combined 10-kilometre event. Myslicki, 32, started the cross-country portion of the race in 43rd spot after a poor result in the ski-jumping competition.

Runners bundled up for the fifth annual Hypothermic Run on Sunday. The half marathon had 44 registered participants race in the wind and snow. Running Room Ltd hosted the event in support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Thunder Bay Chapter.

Undeterred by the return of Badger stars Clinton Springer-Williams and Didi Mukendi, the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team routed Brock for a second consecutive game, Saturday night at St. Catharines. The 72-53 win keeps No.

In their final meet before the OUA Championships later this month, the Lakehead Thunderwolves track and field team ran to four first-place finishes and seven podiums results overall at Saturday’s Lake Superior Challenge at St. Scholastica in Duluth.

On Saturday’s senior night, the Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s volleyball team came up big, beating the RMC Paladins 3-1 at the C. J. Sanders Fieldhouse in Thunder Bay. Set scores were 25-23, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-14.

The Lakehead women’s basketball team’s alone time at third in the OUA West was short lived as they lost 68-62 to the Brock Badgers, Saturday night at St. Catharines, Ontario.

Haley Irwin made her Olympic hockey debut an impressive one. The Thunder Bay forward scored twice as Canada demolished Slovakia 18-0 in its first game of the Vancouver Games.

Jordan Smith potted the OT winner Saturday night to lead the Lakehead Thunderwolves to a come-from-behind 3-2 road victory over the last-place Brock Badgers.

Head coach Jon Kreiner and his Lakehead Thunderwolves women’s basketball team took a big step towards hosting their first playoff home game since 1999 as they beat the Brock Badgers 71-57 on Friday night at St. Catharines.