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Karlstad, Sweden- In the Kingdom of Sweden, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves played their worst game of the season when they had hoped to turn their fortunes around after dismal loss at home against a provicial rival.
>>>Every team in the CCHL is only as good as their netminder between the pipes. For the Timberwolves, Tim Thomas and his league leading goals against and save percentage have kept them in close games. So when the Flint, Michigan-native didn't immediately bounce back up after a hard run by a Killers player. There was an eerie hush on the Thunder Bay bench.
>>>"Nobody wants to see their number one (goalie) go down like that," said Keith Ballard. "Timmy's a great team player and has got us out of alot of jams this season. We owed it to him to hold it together and take the game back. We didn't."
>>>Thomas was assisted off the ice by trainers with what appeared to be some kind of head or neck injury after the collision. He did not return to the bench for the remainder of the game.
>>>Rookie, Brian Elliott was called upon for the second time in his young pro-career. His reward for making it this far? To get throttled for seven more goals after Thomas' one in the first.
>>>"You can't blame Ells for this loss," said Bryan McCabe. "He's a young guy coming in cold against the best team in the CCHL. We didn't shore things up for him and let him get into a groove. Karlstad deserves all the credit in the world for shutting us down before we could shut them down."
>>>Like McCabe and the rest of the players, the Timberwolves coaches we just as sympathetic for Elliott.
>>>"I'm not putting this on Brian," said assistant coach, Ryan McGill. "Should he have stopped some of those shots? Of course. But given the situation and the way his team played in front of him against a team like Karlstad. He didn't have a chance. Timmy wasn't there on the bench for support. He was a sacrificial lamb out there."
>>>Thomas isn't expected to play for the remainder of this road trip. Due to logistics, he traveled with the team to Havana for Friday nights game against the Moon. Joey MacDonald was recalled from Duluth and will be dressed. Whether he will start has not been determined after the shelling of Elliott. But it isn't likely.
>>>"We'll decide after the morning skate," said head coach, Craig Hartsburg. "Neither guy is coming in well rested. It's not a situation we were looking forward too. But these are the cards we are dealt, so we'll deal with it."
>>>After arriving in the states, Thomas will switch planes and head back to Thunder Bay, as the rest of the hockey club heads to Denver for Sundays game against the Spurs.
KRL 8
Karlstad, Sweden- In the Kingdom of Sweden, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves played their worst game of the season when they had hoped to turn their fortunes around after dismal loss at home against a provicial rival.
>>>Every team in the CCHL is only as good as their netminder between the pipes. For the Timberwolves, Tim Thomas and his league leading goals against and save percentage have kept them in close games. So when the Flint, Michigan-native didn't immediately bounce back up after a hard run by a Killers player. There was an eerie hush on the Thunder Bay bench.
>>>"Nobody wants to see their number one (goalie) go down like that," said Keith Ballard. "Timmy's a great team player and has got us out of alot of jams this season. We owed it to him to hold it together and take the game back. We didn't."
>>>Thomas was assisted off the ice by trainers with what appeared to be some kind of head or neck injury after the collision. He did not return to the bench for the remainder of the game.
>>>Rookie, Brian Elliott was called upon for the second time in his young pro-career. His reward for making it this far? To get throttled for seven more goals after Thomas' one in the first.
>>>"You can't blame Ells for this loss," said Bryan McCabe. "He's a young guy coming in cold against the best team in the CCHL. We didn't shore things up for him and let him get into a groove. Karlstad deserves all the credit in the world for shutting us down before we could shut them down."
>>>Like McCabe and the rest of the players, the Timberwolves coaches we just as sympathetic for Elliott.
>>>"I'm not putting this on Brian," said assistant coach, Ryan McGill. "Should he have stopped some of those shots? Of course. But given the situation and the way his team played in front of him against a team like Karlstad. He didn't have a chance. Timmy wasn't there on the bench for support. He was a sacrificial lamb out there."
>>>Thomas isn't expected to play for the remainder of this road trip. Due to logistics, he traveled with the team to Havana for Friday nights game against the Moon. Joey MacDonald was recalled from Duluth and will be dressed. Whether he will start has not been determined after the shelling of Elliott. But it isn't likely.
>>>"We'll decide after the morning skate," said head coach, Craig Hartsburg. "Neither guy is coming in well rested. It's not a situation we were looking forward too. But these are the cards we are dealt, so we'll deal with it."
>>>After arriving in the states, Thomas will switch planes and head back to Thunder Bay, as the rest of the hockey club heads to Denver for Sundays game against the Spurs.
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