WOLVES WIN WITH HILLER'S 56 SAVES

THU 6
BEV 2
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA- Despite the loss of Patrick Sharp until mid-January with injury. The Thunder Bay Timberwolves came to California swinging.
>>>Patrick Sharp, a Thunder Bay native was injured in Wednesday nights game at home against Wisborg while blocking a shot that ended up catching the forward underneath the shoulder.
>>>With Sharp out of the lineup, Taylor Pyatt was recalled from Duluth for the west coast trip and Ryan Johnson was named an alternate captain in Sharp's absense. All from Thunder Bay.
>>>Replacing Sharp on the top line with Marc Savard (pictured) and Marian Gaborik, was David Perron.
>>>Rookie T.J. Oshie assumed Perron's spot on the second line with fellow rookie, Bryan Little and Ales Hemsky.
>>>Pyatt made his 2009-10 debut on the third line with Mike Fisher the pivot with he and Dean McAmmond.
>>>Johnson centered the forth line with Ethan Moreau and a double-shifted Gaborik.
>>>Despite being thoroughly outshot by thirty, Jonas Hiller kept his club in the game and a pair of powerplay tallies from Gaborik helped the Timberwolves skate out of California with a solid 6-2 win.
>>>"If not for Jonas, we're toast," said Timberwolves head coach, Craig Hartsburg. "We've relied on our goalies to bail us out far too often this season. If not for our offense exploding, the Lawmasters could have done alot of damage."
>>>"It's always a good thing to come home for a couple extra days off with a win," said defenseman Sheldon Souray. "Hiller did a great job behind us, and you could feel the confidence of the guys building with every save."
>>>Thunder Bay does not play again until Tuesday, when they welcome the defending Cup champion Remparts to the Canadian National Gardens. The Timberwolves won their last game against Quebec 5-1.
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>>>3-STARS
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>>>*** Marc Savard (THU) - Goal & 2 assists
>>>** Marian Gaborik (THU) - 2 powerplay goals
>>>* Jonas Hiller (THU) - 56 saves on 58 shots for the win
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>>>Other news and notes...
>>>With the World Junior Championship fast approaching, it's time to take stock of the Timberwolves' prospects who will take part in the tournament:
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>>>Canada:
>>>Alex Pietrangelo (D)
>>>Martin Jones (G)
>>>Louis Leblanc was a last day cut and Patrick Wiercioch re-aggrivated a previous knee injury from earlier in the >>>year at Denver University.
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>>>United States (not final):
>>>Derek Stepan (F)
>>>A.J. Jenks (F)
>>>Danny Kristo (F)
>>>John Carlson (D)
>>>Mike Lee (G)
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>>>Sweden:
>>>Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (F)
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>>>Czech Republic:
>>>Andrej Nestrasil (F)
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>>>Prospect Denis Reul (D) has been loaned to Alder Mannheim of the Deutchland Elite League. Reul, a German-native had been assigned to the Timberwolves top minor-league affiliate in Duluth, Minnesota after two seasons in the QMJHL.