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Alberta may have been down, but as the UQTR Patriotes quickly learned, they’re rarely out.

Alberta may have been down, but as the UQTR Patriotes quickly learned, they’re rarely out.

The Manitoba Bisons were seconds away on Thursday afternoon from having to crawl out of deep hole to start the Cavendish University Cup. But along came a hockey miracle, the kind every kid dreams about growing up, but few ever achieve.

John Ferguson Jr. has spent a lifetime around hockey rinks. From the old Montreal Forum, where his father John Sr.

Hunter Tremblay earned a trophy in Thunder Bay, just not the one he’d hoped to win this season.

The Saint Mary’s Huskies made the national headlines earlier this year, bringing former NHLer Mike Danton on board to help their struggling team.

Mike Danton just wants to be one of the guys.

The St. Francis Xavier X-Men got the loudest applause at the Cavendish University Cup pre-tournament news conference in Thunder Bay on Wednesday.

It was 31 seconds the University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres Patriotes will never forget.

If there are any Lakehead Thunderwolves parents in town, the players would appreciate it if you put any Sunday dinner plans on hold. They plan to be otherwise occupied.