DEJA VU?

Budapest, Hungary- Nothing comes easy in the playoffs. Everything is earned and even then, what you hope for and what you work so hard for, still may not come to fruition. For the Thunder Bay Timberwolves, they are in an all too familiar situation for the second time in a week. Facing elimination from the post-season.
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"It's something that we'd rather not be apart of. But it's something we know we can overcome and prevail from," said Timberwolves captain, Keith Ballard. "We have some work to do and clean up alot of things in our gameplan. But we know what we have to do, and that's the easiest part. Now we have to execute it and we'll be fine."
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After losing Game 1 in overtime to the Budapest Honved, the Timberwolves took games two and three in commanding fashion. Outscoring Honved 12-5. But Budapest, a club that prides themselves on defense, cleaned up their zone and took Game 4 by a 2-1 score. In Game 5 it was once again a defensive showcase on both sides. But Honved prevailed with a 3-1 win, and head back the Thunder Bay with the Timberwolves on the brink of elimination for Game 6. Just like in their last series with the Quebec Remparts.
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"We've got to find our chances and set the tempo early," said forward, Patrick Sharp. "We proved in games two and three, if we can score first and build off of an early lead, we can dictate the flow of the game and keep them on their heels. They're an amazing defensive squad, and Nabokov is an elite goalie. But they don't play well if they need goals when down. We absolutely have to get the lead early and keep going. That is 'A' #1 for us. Take them off their game and force ours down their throat."
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Game 6 is tomorrow at Canadian National Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario.