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The second half of the regular season gets under way this weekend for the Lady Vees and Voyageurs basketball teams as they travel to southern Ontario to play the Windsor Lancers and Western Mustangs.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] The Sudbury Wolves, slipping in the OHL standings thanks to a four-game losing streak, made two significant moves over the weekend in an effort to jump start the club.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] It's the week from hell for the Sudbury Junior Wolves and head coach Darryl Moxam is expecting his boys to walk through the fire and brimstone prepared to battle.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] Sudbury Wolves head coach and GM Mike Foligno is thinking big.

The Wolves then further bolstered their depth prior to the trade deadline Tuesday by picking up forwards Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn and the rights to Mathis Olimb from Sarnia for a 2007 fourth round draft pick.

The Sudbury Wolves made another splash in the trade market, acquiring six-foot-six, 216-pound defenceman Nicholas Tuzzolino from Sarnia for rugged defender Thomas Sample and Saginaw's second round draft pick in 2006.

Hey OHL fans! It's time for another heap of news, happenings and stats. Let's start with some award winners. The OHL Player of the Week is Brampton's Daren Machesney. The 19-year-old goalie was unreal last week, posting a 2-0 record and a sharp 0.

Sudbury Wolves' forward Nick Foligno was selected this week to take part in the Canadian Hockey League's (CHL) annual top prospects game Jan. 18 in Ottawa.

scOTT HADDOW [email protected] Win or lose tonight, Sudbury Wolves fans will have something to cheer about.

BY SCOTT HADDOW [email protected] The girls of the ESC Champlain Requins hockey team have become master chemists.