>>> Thunder Bay, Ont- The pre-game hype was huge in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Don Cherry and Ron MacLean were in town with CBC's Hockey Night in Canada crew for the game of the week. Two likely playoff-bound hockey clubs were in house at the Canadian National Gardens. The Portland Owls were looking to get over the .500 mark and climb up the standings. The once hot Thunder Bay Timberwolves were looking to stabilze themselves and end their two-game losing streak.
>>The Owls got what they wanted. Dropping the Timberwolves 4-1 before a stunned crowd. >>>Thunder Bay's Marc Savard opened the scoring at 3:18 into the game for the Ottawa-native's 12th of the season from Marian Gaborik and Keith Ballard. The atmosphere was electric and the Timberwolves were looking great for all of Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland. That lasted all of 75 seconds.
>>>Portland's Jamie Langenbrunner tied things up at 4:33 and three more from the Owls through the next 55 plus minutes downed the home club, Timberwolves 4-1 for their 3rd straight loss and 6-of-8 since crossing the midway point of the season.
>>>Thunder Bay had their chances. Alot of chances... 54 to be exact. As in shots. But the dominating goaltending of Ty Conklin ruined that.
>>>"It's frustrating for sure," said a solemn Patrick Sharp after the game. "We're in a rut and not getting the same bounces we were getting. It's not for a lack of effort. Everyone's giving it their all. When you double up the shots (54-25) and they come out with the 2 points... that's tough to swallow."
>>>The opposition does not get any easier for the next one on Monday against the Karlstad Killers (28-19-2) who currently sit 6 points and 3 spots behind Thunder Bay in the overall standings.
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>>> >>>3-STARS
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>>>*Ty Conklin (POR) - 53 saves and 1 GA for win
>>**JP Dumont (POR) - 2 goals (including GWG)
>***Marc Savard (THU) - 1 goal
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