In 1970 the City of Thunder Bay was formed by the mergers of the cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and the geographic townships of Neebing and McIntyre.
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In commemoration of this event, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves will be wearing the above uniforms tonight against Karlstad at the Canadian National Gardens. This, the last day (New Years Eve) before the 40th Anniversary of the formation of the City of Thunder Bay.
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The Timberwolves will wear a '40' patch on their right chest for the duration of this season and the remaining games in 2010 next season.
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"I think this is a great way to honour the history of Thunder Bay and to pay homage to the former cities and communities that combined to form this beautiful, great city," said Timberwolves General Manager, Blake Wendt.
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Wearing Fort William jerseys: Marian Gaborik, Jonas Hiller, Mike Fisher, Ryan Johnson (Thunder Bay native), T.J. Oshie, Bryan Little, Ales Hemsky, Matt Niskanen, Jay McKee & Bryan McCabe
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Wearing Port Arthur jerseys: Keith Ballard, Joey MacDonald, Marc Savard, David Perron, Ethan Moreau, Taylor Pyatt (Thunder Bay native), Dean McAmmond, Nick Schultz & Sheldon Souray... Patrick Sharp (Thunder Bay native) who is on the Injured Reserve until mid-January is the 10th player.
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