WOLF PACK IN FOR TRAINING

Tim Hortons QuadPlex (Thunder Bay, ON, Canada)- The Thunder Bay Timberwolves convened at the Lake Superior lakehead once again for the second annual Training Camp. This year in a more comfortable and convenient environment.
--The brand new, state of the art Tim Hortons QuadPlex was opened over that summer, and has already held the teams pre and post Entry Draft evaluation camps. The overall impression from players and staff was then and is now very positive.
--"It's always great to have all of our players in our system under one roof and not feel cramped," said GM Blake Wendt. "This building was designed specifically for this event."
--"You can't beat what is here and what we have access to," said forward Ryan Johnson. "Every detail seemed to have been thought of with the design."
--The building includes four sheets of ice. Each within it's own 'pod' being individually climate controlled. One sheet is specifically for use of the Timberwolves throughout the season and off season. With training facilities such as a weight room, a track and video conference rooms. The other three sheets have their own home/away and officials locker rooms and fan seating for community hockey games and public skating throughout the year. There is also a restaurant, sports bar, concessions, skate rental, ProShop and ticket office.
--Last year, the team used Fort Willam Gardens and Canadian National Gardens as the primary sites for the camp. A couple of other local rinks were also used at times.
--Timberwolves players arrived Sunday in Thunder Bay for their medical physicals and team meetings.
--Monday was the first ice time for the players. All fifty-seven of them.
--For this first day, players were divided by positions (Centres, Wingers, Defensemen, Goalies) and run through drills throughout all four sheets of ice that were open to the public.
--"This was the only day that the players will be divided like this," said head coach Craig Hartsburg. "Each position plays a different type of game, and we wanted to break things down and not let anyone get lost in shuffle with the number of players here. Tomorrow and throughout the next three weeks we will still divide the guys up. But only into three squads with three to four lines running more game type drills."
--Among the fifty-seven players at camp, there are nine from this summers Entry Draft. Forwards Kevin Porter, A.J. Jenks and Patrick Maroon. Defensemen Alex Pietrangelo, Mike Lundin, Johan Motin, Adam Comrie and Tyler Eckford and Goalie Marco Cousineau.
--Training Camp will continue for the next three weeks at the QuadPlex. With the exception of a couple to be determined scrimmages to be held at Canadian National Gardens. Every five-to-seven days there will be an undetermined amount of players who will be cut and either assigned to the Duluth Pups camp or back to their junior teams.