Local Sports

Local mixed martial artist Nathan Gunn (7-1) will get his chance to avenge his first career loss later this month. The Thunder Bay welterweight will jump in the ring for the second time with the Alberta-based Maximum Fighting Championship promotion.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves will live to see another day.

At a hockey game, deafening silence is not what the players want to hear. To combat a repeat of last year, when hundreds of tickets went unsold for the Cavendish University Cup, the Lakehead Thunderwolves have set out to put student bums in seats.

Tyler Harrison got a weird bounce and fired a wrist shot past Kyle Moir 15:31 into double overtime, giving the York Lions a 3-2 win on a night rife with upsets as the OUA men’s hockey playoffs got under way.

Thunder Bay’s Haley Irwin had a goal and an assist and Meghan Agosta netted five points for the second time in three outings, leading Canada to a 13-1 romp over Sweden in Olympic women’s hockey on Wednesday.

The Wisconsin Mustangs want to put the International back in the Superior International Junior Hockey League on a permanent basis. The Spooner, Wis.

The province is not seriously considering allowing mixed martial arts competition in Ontario, the Canadian Press reported Wednesday.

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.