WOLVES COMEBACK, COME UP SHORT

Canadian National Gardens (Thunder Bay)- Coming off a come from behind opener on Monday night, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves came into Wednesday nights contest to prove they were no one hit wonder.
-In an almost identical game from Monday, the Timberwolves kept pace with the Quebec Remparts through two periods. The Remparts with the 1-0 advantage on the scoreboard though going into the third.
-Having only scored in the third period in their previous game (and winning), Thunder Bay looked to repeat themselves. Loui Eriksson opened up the scoring for the Timberwolves at 3:49 into the third.
-Quebec's Radim Vrbata took the lead back at 11:32. A goal that should have took some wind out of Thunder Bay's sails.
-It did until 18:43, when Patrick Sharp (pictured) deked around two Rempart defenders to tie things back up.
-"We had the momentum, and we all felt we could pull out another win," said Sharp. "The place was nuts, and we thought for sure we could make it happen."
-With twelve seconds remaining, Quebec's Ray Whitney crushed all hope of a comeback. Thunder Bay took their first loss 3-2. Quebec remains unbeaten.
-"They were coming off a big win the other night (10-2 vs Hamilton) against a pretty good team," said TImberwolves GM Blake Wendt. "Obviously we're a young team and coming off our own win on Monday. Credit to our coaching staff and the players for staying level headed after that win, and coming into this game and keeping pace with a club that had just kicked the crap out of a team that some would argue is better than us. No one likes to lose, but on a positive note, we played a decent all around game."
-Thunder Bay was outshot 26-36. Face-offs and puck possession were fairly even. If there was one part of the Timberwolves game that desperately (can you be desperate after two games?) need to work on is their power play. They were 0-8.
-"I think there's things to be worked on," said Wendt. "But again, we're a very young club. Our rookies are trying to find their niche. Nisky (Matt Niskanen) took more shots and showed more poise. (Torrey) Mitchell didn't repeat his 2-point performance from the opener, but he took shots and initiated hits. They'll all come around. They wouldn't be up here if we didn't think they were ready."
-The Timberwolves play again on Friday in Hamilton. The Predators came back from their embarrassing loss to Quebec on Monday to beat Niagara Falls last night 4-1.
-3 STARS...
#1 Ray Whitney (QUE) - Game-winning goal & assist
#2 Patrick Sharp (THU) - Game-tying goal & assist
#3 Chris Osgood (QUE) - 24 saves, 2 goals against in win