WOLVES BOUNCE BACK IN BC

Victoria, BC- Having struggled the past couple of games, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves traveled to Victoria Island hoping to close out a nightmare of a road trip with something good to bring home.
>>>Thirty seconds into the contest against the Ronin, Thunder Bay's Marc Savard scored his 10th of the season from Nick Schultz and Marian Gaborik.
>>>Victoria's Joachen Hecht answered the bell with one of his own at 8:49 in the first.
>>>The scoring in the opening period would end there as the Timberwolves would outshoot the home club 10-6.
>>>"We're two close hockey clubs on paper and in the rankings," said Timberwolves assistant coach, Ryan McGill during the intermission. "On the ice it's no different. It's a game about who makes less mistakes is who is going to win in games like these. I thought we played tight and matched their intensity."
>>>The second periods lone goal came off the stick of Victoria's Ryan Getzlaf. His 12th of the season from Martin Havlat and Thunder Bay-native, Jordan Staal.
>>>Shots in the middle period favoured the Ronin 8-6.
>>>Having not won a game yet this season when down going into the third period, things looked bleak for the Timberwolves.
>>>But at 9:42, Ales Hemsky decided to change the fortunes of Thunder Bay. Scoring his 10th of the season from Bryan Little (pictured) and Matt Niskanen.
>>>Eighteen seconds later at 10:00, Marc Savard put the Timberwolves on top again with a snap shot off a couple quick passes from Patrick Sharp and Nick Schultz.
>>>Things looked bright for Thunder Bay taking a 'W' out of British Columbia.
>>>Jordan Staal tried to crush his hometown team's hopes at 15:38 when he tied things up with his 12th on the year.
>>>"We didn't really get down after Staal's goal," said Sharp. "The momentum swung in their favour and their fans got back in it, but we held our ground and still had alot of gas in the tank. We knew if we could get them to overtime and pressure them, we'd have a really good chance."
>>>Overtime it would be and for the first time this season, a win was in order when trailing after two periods. Off the opening faceoff, Bryan Little drove to the Ronin net and after a tape-to-tape feed from Radek Dvorak, Little fired a shot five-hole on the Victoria goaltender.
>>>"It's great to finally be rewarded for hard work and coming back with a solid win," said Timberwolves head coach, Craig Hartsburg. "The guys did all of the right things and didn't back down. Hopefully we can build on this and become more consistent."
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>>>3-STARS
>>>***Marc Savard (THU) - 2 goals
>>>**Jordan Staal (VIC) - Goal and an assist
>>>*Bryan Little (THU) - Game-winning goal and an assist