Monday, March 4, 2013

Senior Thistles Win/Midget Thistles lose


The Kenora Senior Thistles are back to their winning ways.

The Thistles eged the Manitoba Vipers Saturday night at the Kenora Rec. Center
4-3.

Jeff Richards led the Kenora offense with a goal and two assists.

The Thistles are preparing for the Renwick Cup, which is the Ontario senior
championships at the end of March.

Meanwhile, the Kenora Triple "A" midget Thistles will have to wait a couple of
weeks before their next action.

The Thistles were ousted from the Manitoba Midget League Play-offs Friday night
after dropping a 4-3 decision to Brandon in overtime.

The Thistles lost the best-of-five series in three games straight.

They will now prepare to host the Thunder Bay Kings in the best-of-three
Northwest Branch Playdowns starting March 15th at the Rec. Center.