Minor Midget Kings to host Duluth AAA on Weekend

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THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay minor midget Kings will have a rare opportunity to play on home ice this weekend as they host the Minnesota Northern Wings AAA side from Duluth in a three-game set.

Action begins Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. when the two sides face-off at the Thunder Bay Tournament Centre.

They will also meet again later in the day at 8 p.m. at Fort William First Nation Arena.

The Kings and Wings will then wrap up their series Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Fort William Gardens.

From there Thunder Bay’s minor midgets will gear up for Round 2 of North American Prospects Hockey League play, Oct. 21-23, in Blaine, Minn.

Providing the opposition in Blaine will be four under-16 sides in the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres and New Jersey Titans along with a pair of Pennsylvania-based clubs in the Valley Forge Minutemen and the Esmark Stars from Pittsburgh.

The Kings sit tied for fifth early on in the 18-team NAPHL U-16 Division with a 2-1-1 record.

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