Is it possible to connect a 2011, 13' MacBook to 2 external displays?

Is it possible to connect 2 external monitors to a Mac Book 2011 (has Thunderbolt port).
I was using a Matrox Dual Head 2 Go DP Edition adaptor but it crashed after installing Yosemite 10.10
Is there another work around available?

Correct me if i'm wrong, but that hub would not do the job either. Sure it has two thunderbolt ports, but one of them is connected to your Mac and the other one is daisy chaining to your thunderbolt device. So you would only have one thunderbolt port free for a monitor (using a displayport adapter).
AFAIK you would need to have a thunderbolt display to daisy chain with the chain ending as soon as you put on a display port adapter. That or you buy some sort of usb device (like this), however I have no idea how well they perform.

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