Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey News
Wolverines blast Hawks

Feb. 12--Justin Backor scored three times and added an assist leading the K&A Wolverines to victory as they blasted the Northern Hawks 10-3 Tuesday evening in Thunder Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League action at the Tournament Centre.

Ben Soramaki and Sean Spenrath tallied twice in the win while Brian Glavish, Carlton Ylinen, and Brent Winkworth added singles for the Wolverines who held intermission leads of 4-1 and 9-2.

Rory Romano, Curtis Sandberg and Mark Black scored for the Hawks.

Kelly Heikkila made 29 saves to record the victory in goal for K&A while Kirk Bodnar and Cody Pelletier faced 35 shots in a losing cause for the Hawks.

League action resumes Friday on two fronts as the North End Flames travel to Nipigon to meet the hometown Elks at 7:30 p.m. while the Hawks will be in Marathon for the first of three weekend games vs. the Superior Eagles. That contest gets underway at 8 p.m.

-JRB/JUV/AAA-