LITTLE'S BIG GAME

Dayton, OH- After a disapointing finish to a hard fought loss in Portland, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves were eager to redeem themselves against the re-building Musicmen in Dayton.
>>>At 12:06 in the first, Timberwolves rookie forward, Bryan Little (pictured) took a tape-to-tape feed from Ales Hemsky and beat Marc-Andre Fleury 5-hole for his second career CCHL goal.
>>>Less than a minute later at 13:04, another Bryan added to the lead, as McCabe intercepted a pass at the Timberwolves blueline and took the puck in on Fleury. Beating the Dayton tender off a backhand under the left blocker.
>>>Ville Leino would score for the Musicmen at 17:43 to cut the Timberwolves lead in half going into the first intermission.
>>>"We started off the period on our heals (two penalty kills in the first ten minutes), scored two quick goals. But didn't play a full twenty minutes and they took advantage," said Timberwolves, Patrick Sharp.
>>>The second period yeilded the same results for Thunder Bay early. Dean McAmmond's high stick put Dayton on the powerplay at 3:46, and former Timberwolves prospect, Alex Goligoski made him pay. Scoring the tying goal 55 seconds later.
>>>The Musicmen could not maintain any momentum as Patrick Sharp would take the lead back for the Timberwolves 40 seconds after Goligoski's tally. Thunder Bay would take the lead into the final intermission.
>>>The third period was played tight by both clubs. As Dayton fought to keep the game within reason, and Thunder Bay focused on keeping the puck outside their blueline.
>>>At 16:54, David Perron put the game away. The sophmore's first of the season came off of some nifty passing from McCabe and former-Musicman, Marian Gaborik.
>>>Fifty-nine seconds later, Little would score his second of the game and end it with a 5-2 win for the visiting Timberwolves.
>>>Thunder Bay outshot Dayton 44-31 and controlled the faceoff circle 47-34.
>>>"Take nothing away from Dayton and the young guys Bill (Corfield) is putting out there for prime ice-time," said Timberwolves GM, Blake Wendt. "They play with alot of heart and that combined with the raw talent will eventually mold them into a strong hockey club in the near future. We played a good game, but weren't nearly as disiplined as I'd like. We can't do this against the top teams in this league. If we can stay out of the box and at least play the oppostion on equal ice, we can definately compete in this league."
>>>The Timberwolves have an off day on Sunday as they travel back to the west coast for a Monday night bout against the Victoria Ronin who destroyed Wisborg on Saturday, 9-0.
>>>"Our gameplan isn't too complicated," said Wendt. "We have to stay out of the box and we have to control the puck. Everything else will fall into place if we can do those things."