It should be better hockey, they are all ex major junior players and ex pros. Don't forget that two thirds of the crowd for LU games are students. It is two different things. Why Thunder Bay wouldn't support at least the North Stars which are one of the better junior A teams in Canada over the past 3 years is beyond me. If LU is so good why do they get blown out by teams like UMD and Lake State, which is where some of the SIJHL players have been recruited by. The Thunder expected at least some sort of professionalism with the SIJHL. They expected some type of commitment by the teams in Thunder Bay to help make the league work. From the Thunder's point of view they hoped that the league would expand and grow but you need leadership for that to happen. HNO and the SIJHL have not given that...........they have allowed the league to run bare bones and that will not work. Don't get ahead of yourself here either because I know that the crowds for LU are down. Thunder Bay will only support a winner even if it means hurting the league.