Miramichi Timberwolves

As a Miramichi Timberwolves fan, I've seen many things over the course of their 9 year history in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.

The first 3 years were a disaster. Some of the players who were on those teams were not very pretty to watch. God for bid if they ever bring players like back into the orginization.

Some of the trades the orginization made....well...not so good.


This season, however, is a completly different story.

The team is in 2nd place in their division and made a few good trades over the course of the season.

One being in December when they aquired Patrick Louden a Defrenceman for the Restigouch Tigers.

Louden is a gritty defenceman who has already made a positive impact on the team with his hits, smart defensive play and his willingness to drop the gloves.

One trade that I personally think will be a positive impact for the Timberwolves is the aquisition of Defenceman Anthony Pisano from the Pictou County Weeks Crushers for Forward Mike Hynes, a 3rd rounder and future considerations.

Yes, it looks a bit lopsided since Hynes has 27 points in 38 games and is a very skilled players.

Pisano has 1 goal and 8 assists in 29 games with the Crushers, he also has 142 pims.

But look at it this way, The Timberwolves needed to add a Defenceman and did so. Pisano is not flashy whatsoever, but he is decent defensivley and is one of the tougher players in the league.

This move makes the Timberwolves much tougher and improves their defence more than it was before.

Adding a Power Forward to the team would be a great aquisition as well for their playoff run.

With the January 10 Trade Deadline approaching, It will remain to be seen what the Timberwolves, and the other teams will do come Saturday.