The Thunder Bay Twins were a

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team from

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. They played an independent schedule under the supervision of

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. They competed for the

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, the Grand Championship of

senior hockey.

History

The

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folded in 2006, after a tour of Europe and winning the

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. In 2007-08 a new team emerged: the Thunder Bay Hawks. They dispatched the Thistles in the region final 2-games-to-none, but then fell to the MLH's

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in the

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. In the summer of 2008, the team rebranded itself as the Thunder Bay Twins. The Twins entered the 2008-09 playoffs against the

Kenora Thistles The Kenora Thistles, officially the Thistles Hockey Club, were a Canadian ice hockey team based in Kenora, Ontario. Founded in 1894, they were originally known as the Rat Portage Thistles. The team competed for the Stanley Cup, the ice hockey ...

with only a best-of-3 series standing between them and berth in the

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. The Thistles drew first blood, winning Game 1 5-4 in double-overtime. Game 2 went the Twins way with an easy 7-2 victory. Game 3 was a battle for the ages, as the Thistles dominated early and led 3-2 at the start of the third period. The Twins tied up the game late and forced overtime. In the second overtime period, the Twins scored to take the game and the series. As there will be no

series against

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this year, the Twins will at the

, their first appearance since winning the

. In March 2010, the Twins competed for the HNO Gary Cook Cup senior hockey championship in

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. The Twins blew a 5-0 lead to tie game one 5-5 against the upstart

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, a result they would later protest and would be turned into a Twins victory. In the second game, the Twins were beat soundly by their rival

5-1. Due to the protest by the Twins, Fort Frances was eliminated from the tournament and the Twins moved on to the finals. The Thistles beat the Twins again, 3-1, to win the Gary Cook Cup. As of 2010-11 the team is on hiatus and looking for new ownership.

Season-by-season standings

External links

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