...AND THE LAW WON

Lundvist's 33 saves not enough to overcome shootout at the CNG

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>>>Thunder Bay, Ont- After going 11 games without a loss to close out the first half of the 2010-11 season, the Timberwolves have now opened up the second half by losing 2-of-3. Downed 6-5 on Wednesday by the visiting Beverly Hills Lawmasters.

>>>Both clubs went goal for goal in the opening 20 minutes of play, with the Timberwolves taking a 2-1 lead into the intermission.

>>>"[Henrik] Lundqvist [pictured] kept us in it there in the first," said captain, Keith Ballard between periods. "We have to get those shots against down [11-6 in favour of BEV] and even our chances more. Still a ways to go."

>>>The shots did not drop much in the second period, and Lundqvist let in two off of the ten Lawmasters attempts. Thunder Bay did not score and were down 3-2 going into the third period.

>>>In the third it was back to the goal for goal game for both clubs.

>>>A tying goal from Antti Miettinen at :12 seconds in was matched at :35 by Beverly Hills' Martin Erat. Mike Fisher tied it up again at 6:47. Only to be answered by Mathieu Schneider at 11:38. John Tavares brought the Timberwolves back at 12:12... only to be answered by Kimmo Timonen at 12:59 to close out the scoring and scratch out a win for the Lawmasters.

>>>"The third had to be exciting from the fan's perspective," said Timberwolves head coach, Craig Hartsburg after the game. "From behind the bench it's not exciting at all. Credit our guys for being resilient and keeping it close. But we gave them way too many chances, and in the end they made the best of them and took two points on their way out the door. Games like this cannot be accepted here. The standards are higher than ever and if we're not consistent from one game to the next. Then what's the point? We have to be much better than this."

>>>The Timberwolves will be on the road for the next 6 days with tilts against Wisborg [Fri], Reykjavik [Sun] and Calgary [Tues].

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>>>3-STARS

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>>>*Kimmo Timonen (BEV) - Game-winning goal

>>**Teemu Selanne (BEV) - 1 goal and 2 assists

>***Henrik Lundqvist (THU) - 33 saves in losing effort