WOLVES WIN IN FINALE AT HAVANA

Hemsky's hat trick and assist guide Wolves to victory
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Havana, Cuba- For the last time, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves traveled to Havana on Monday in an attempt to rebound from a tough loss in Denver on Saturday. Monday's trip was the last as the Havana Moon have announced their intentions to move their franchise to Keflavik, Iceland for the 2011-12 season. Thunder Bay plays Havana once more this season, but at home.
>>>The Timberwolves got off to a quick start with TJ Oshie's 17th goal just :07 seconds into the game from Mike Fisher and Nick Schultz. Matthew Lombardi tied things up for Havana at 3:50.
>>>At 9:30, Ales Hemsky [pictured] took the lead back with the Czech sniper's 23rd from rookie blueliner, Carl Gunnarsson and Simon Gagne while on the power play. Hemsky made it 3-1 less than two minutes later, when he notched his 24th at 11:25 from Gagne again and Brooks Orpik.
>>>A fourth tally from Gunnarsson at 12:21 closed out the scoring in the opening 20 minutes to put the Timberwolves up 4-1.
>>>The second period's scoring opened with Hemsky notching his 3rd of the game for his second hat trick of the season from Orpik and Blair Betts.
>>>A pair of goals from the Moon cut the lead in half, but Patrick Sharp's 24th at 18:07 closed out the second period scoring with Thunder Bay up 6-2.
>>>In the third, Havana made things interesting. Kristian Huselius notched his 2nd of the game at 4:31 and Guillaume Latendresse goal at 16:26 raised the blood pressure for the Timberwolves.
>>>The late Moon goals were not enough though, and Thunder Bay escaped Cuba for the very last time with a win.
>>>"We've got to get leads and hold on to them, " remarked Thunder Bay head coach Craig Hartsburg while boarding the team's plane. "Scoring goals is not the issue with us. It's keeping theirs out of ours. Something we've got to rectify immediately."
>>>The Timberwolves [33-15-6, 72 points] departed Cuba north to Denmark to take on the 1st place, Copenhagen Crusaders [33-12-9, 75 points] on Wednesday. A club they've yet to solve this season [0-2]. The games don't get any easier after their bout with the Crusaders when Thunder Bay flies home to take on the Dayton Musicmen [33-17-4, 70 points] on Friday.
>>>"The importance of these next couple games cannot be over-exagerated," said Timberwolves GM Blake Wendt. "If you want to be one of the elite, you have to beat the elite."
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>>>3-STARS
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>>>*Ales Hemsky [THU] - 3 goals [hat trick] and an assist
>>**Kristian Huselius [HAV] - 2 goals and an assist
>***Nik Antropov [HAV] - 4 assists
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>>>Injury Report: Already without Anton Volchenkov who was injured while making a hit in Denver, fellow defenseman Brooks Orpik will not travel with the club to Copenhagen due to an undisclosed injury while blocking a shot in Havana. Volchenkov may return for Wednesday's game in Copenhagen. Orpik will return for Friday's game against Dayton.