Thunder Bay Wolverines The Thunder Bay K & A Wolverines were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Thunder Bay , Ontario . They were members of the Superior International Junior Hockey League . They played in the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League of Hockey Northwestern Ontario until 2009 . The Wolverines are 4 - time Thunder Bay Junior B and Northern Ontario Junior B champions , as well as 2009 Keystone Cup Western Canada silver medalists . History . 2005 - 06 . The Wolverines won their first Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League title in 2005 - 06 in only their third year of existence . They finished first in the regular season with 22 wins , 5 losses , and 3 ties . In the first round , the Wolverines beat the Nipigon Elks with 3 wins , 0 losses , and a tie . The final series saw them in a thriller with the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks , with the Wolverines squeezing out the win with 3 wins , 2 losses , and 2 ties . The final game resulted in a tie , but the Northern Hawks were extremely close to forcing an 8th and deciding game . The Wolverines were out classed at the 2006 Keystone Cup with 0 wins and 5 losses , failing to make the semi - final round . They started off the tourney against the North Winnipeg Satelites of the Keystone Junior Hockey League with a 6 - 4 loss . The Wolverines then were blown out by the host Campbell River Storm of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League by a score of 8 - 2 . The Saskatoon Royals of the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League then beat them 5 - 2 , followed by the Red Deer Vipers of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League shutting them down 6 - 0 . The Wolverines finished off their season with an 8 - 3 blowout loss to the Delta Ice Hawks of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League . 2006 - 07 . The Wolverines won their second straight TBJBHL regular season crown in 2006 - 07 with a 24 - 3 - 3 record . They moved directly into the league final against the highly competitive Thunder Bay Northern Hawks . The Hawks took Game 1 6 - 3 , they tied the next game 2 - 2 , and the third game was won by the Hawks 4 - 2 . In this race to 8 points , the Hawks were leading 5 - 1 . The Wolverines took the fourth game 3 - 2 , but the Northern Hawks took Game 5 7 - 4 to take a 7 - points - to - 3 series lead . The Hawks could take the series with a win or tie . It was not to be , the Wolverines came together came back with a comeback , winning Game 6 4 - 1 and Game 7 6 - 1 . With the series tied 7 - 7 , Game 8 had to be a win for either team to take the playoff crown . The Wolverines competed the comeback winning the game 5 - 3 and the series 9 - points - to - 7 . The Wolverines , as Northern Ontario Jr . B champions , received their second crack at the Keystone Cup in Fort Qu ' Appelle , Saskatchewan . They dropped their first game to the Saskatoon Royals 4 - 1 . In their second game , they were crushed by the Fort Qu ' Appelle Fort Knox 7 - 1 . Game 3 did not go well either , as they lost 8 - 2 to the Winnipeg Saints . The final game had the Wolverines loss to the Victoria Cougars 4 - 2 . They exited the championship without a win . 2007 - 08 . In 2007 - 08 , the Wolverines may have had the best regular season in TBJBHL history , outside of the 2003 - 04 Thunder Bay Northern Hawks undefeated season . After going 24 - 1 - 5 , the Wolverines found themselves , again , in the finals against the Northern Hawks . The Hawks won Game 1 5 - 1 , but the Wolverines countered with 5 - 0 and 6 - 3 victories in the next two games . Game 4 was a 5 - 4 Hawks victory to even out the series , but games 5 and 6 went to the Wolverines 6 - 5 and 6 - 3 respectively to win the Wolverines a third straight playoff title . The Wolverines moved on the Keystone Cup in Selkirk , Manitoba . They started off the tournament on a promising note — their first point in three years : the Wolverines tied the Pilot Butte Storm 3 - 3 . The next game , the Wolverines fell to the Norway House North Stars 5 - 1 . In the third game of the tournament , the Wolverines lost 6 - 1 to the Sherwood Park Knights and later that night they lost 8 - 1 to the Grandview Steelers . They finished off their third Keystone Cup tournament with a 5 - 1 loss to the Selkirk Fishermen . 2008 - 09 . In 2008 is was announced that the Wolverines would be the hosts of the 2009 Keystone Cup tournament . They finished the Thunder Bay Jr . B season in first place with a 25 - 5 - 0 record . In the league final , the Wolverines defeated the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks 4 - games - straight to win the league . Both the Wolverines and the Northern Hawks advanced to the Keystone Cup , played at their home Thunder Bay Tournament Centre in April 2009 . The Wolverines started off the tournament with a 6 - 1 win over the Northern Hawks . Later that night , they beat the Keystone Junior Hockey League ' s St . Malo Warriors 5 - 4 . The next day , they started off beating the Pacific International Junior Hockey League ' s Richmond Sockeyes 3 - 1 , then later beat the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League ' s Lloydminster Bandits 7 - 3 to clinch a spot in the tournament ' s gold medal game . The Wolverines finshed the tournament round robin with a perfect 5 - 0 record by defeating the Prairie Junior Hockey League ' s Saskatoon Royals 3 - 0 . The final round robin game was marred by a brawl late in the third period , instigated by the Royals . In the final , the Wolverines faced the Sockeyes again . The Wolverines led multiple times in the game , but the Sockeyes tied the game up midway through the third period to force overtime . It took a second overtime frame , but the Wolverines final fell 6 - 5 to the Sockeyes . The Silver Medal performance at the 2009 Keystone Cup marks the best performance by a Thunder Bay Junior B team since the 1999 Fort William Hurricanes won the Keystone Cup championship . On June 14 , 2009 , the Thunder Bay Wolverines were promoted to Junior A as members of the Superior International Junior Hockey League . 2009 - 10 . The Wolverines began their first season in the Junior A Superior International Junior Hockey League on September 18 , 2009 . At home , the Wolverines lost to the Fort Frances Lakers 3 - 2 . The next night , the Wolverines defeated the Lakers 4 - 3 to get their first ever Junior A victory . Mid - season , the Wolverines moved to Schreiber , Ontario . The entire league schedule was altered to reflect this and the league was informed of the move . After only a couple games , the team was moved back to Thunder Bay and their website claimed that the Schreiber move was never meant to be permanent . The Wolverines finished fourth in the league , but lost the league quarter - final to an underdog Fort Frances Lakers . On June 7 , 2010 , the Wolverines unceremoniously and without stated reason left the SIJHL . For owner Bill MacLaurin , this is the third time he has dropped ownership of a team in the SIJHL ( first was the Featherman Hawks and second was the Schreiber Diesels ) . This was after a second season was announced by the club , that the team would be moving to the Fort William First Nation Arena , and tryout dates were given .