It is game day at the Creighton Oval Field Of Dteams , as the Kodiaks will play host to the Lanigan Lazers.

Creighton is 1-1 after beating St Brieux in their home opener,  and then they dropped a 69 to 37 decision against the top team in the Conference, Carrot River last week.

Lanigan comes to Creighton with a record of 2-1, so this game will have big playoff implications.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk is looking forward to today's matchup, and knows his team is always tough at home. " Absolutely, I was thinking about this the other day that we never  lost a single home game in the Northern League,  for what ever reason we played some really good teams. Even playing out of Conference 2 last year, we did lose some home games , but we won more than we lost. Home matters for what ever reason? Whether the bus drive, intimidation, knowing your field, your fans of course, you just feel better in your own locker room and preparation is totally different. We are extremely excited and we are loking to protect our home field tonight."

Kickoff is at 4pm at the Creighton Field  today and don't forget that Northland Ford will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Lord's Bounty Food Bank.

It is part of the We Scare Hunger Campaign going on for the entire month of October. You can come out to cheer on the Kodiaks and  help them fill the box of a new F-150.

The futures in the trade with the Humboldt Broncos  from last January was finally announced today.

This was a trade that will definitely benefit both teams.

Last January the Bombers acquired Goalie Charlie Tritt, Defenseman Ryder Knutson and Forward Connor Miller to help push for a League Championship.

As we all know, the trade paid off and the Bombers were able to win their first league title in 33 years.

All three of these players were instrumental in the team winning a Provincial title and getting a chance to go to a National Championship.

Tritt was named the league's top netminder and Miller was selected the SJHL Playoff MVP.

Today we found out the pieces going to Humboldt as three talented forwards will make their way to the Broncos including Jack Martin, Ryan Ulmer and Leo Seitz .

All three of these players were part of the squad that helped Flin Flon win the league last season  and all three will be able to step into Humboldt's lineup this year and compete for another League Championship.

Head Coach Cole McCaig had this to say about the deal. " We had a team meeting with the three players that were picked by Humboldt, it was very emotional with a lot of tears that were shed. We are losing three really good players who are also really good human beings. They have been great ambassadors in the community and they will be very tough to replace. We now need to move forward as a group,  and now we need to send a statement to the rest of the league that we are still one of the team's to get through to win this  league."

The Bombers make their way to Estevan tonight to face the Bruins and are currently 1-1 on this road trip after blanking Weyburn 3-0 on Wednesday night. The road trip will come to an end tomorrow night in Yorkton in a rematch from last Spring's Canterra Seeds Cup Final.

Tomorrow, Halcrow Lake Golf & Country Club will be hosting their “Club Closer” to wrap up what has been another fantastic golf season.

The year-end tournament goes down tomorrow, with registration opening at 11:00 a.m. and the shotgun start slated for noon. The fee is $60 for course members and $80 for non-members.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top performers, and a delicious supper will be served to cap it all off.

For more information or to sign up, call the course at 204-627-2300.

It is a big weekend for the two Hapnot Soccer teams as they will be hosting Zones this weekend at both the Phantom Lake Field and in Creighton.

The Hapnot Queens are the defending champions and will play their first game at 9am tomorrow against MBCI out of The Pas at the Phantom Lake field.

The Hapnot Kings will play their first game also against The Pas at 10:30am at Phantom.

There will also be teams in from Thompson, Norway House and Cross Lake.

Round Robin will continue through Friday with the Playoffs starting  on Saturday at 9am.

The Boy's Final will be played on Saturday at 3pm followed by the Girl's Final at 4:30pm.

Creighton Recreation is presenting Power Skating with Joleen and Rikki starting later this month at the Creighton Sportex.

They will focus on balance, edge work, strides, agility and starts and stops.

This is open to anyone 9 and older and it is an 8 week session and is $50.00 per person. It starts October the 10th and wraps up on December the 5th.

You can register at the Creighton Rec Office by calling 306-688-5555.

Finn Werner was fantastic and he stopped all 33 shots fired in his direction as the Flin Flon Bombers blanked the Weyburn Red Wings 3 to 0 last night at the White Cap Resources Centre.

This will help avenge a 4 to 2 loss in Melville the night before.

After a scoreless first period, Ryan Ulmer scored his first of the season just over two minutes into the second frame in what would stand up as the game winner.

Werner did the rest and was one of the big  keys for the Bomber victory.

Rhett Ewen scored the other two goals,  and his first one was a beauty where he was able to finish off a nice tik tak toe play with his linemate Ryder Mucha. Brayden Bruce started the play when he was able to find Mucha at the side of the Weyburn net, before Mucha flipped the puck out  front  to Ewen who was able to tap it in.

Ewen would score again with  a big insurance goal late in the second period to give Flin Flon the 3 to 0 lead going into the final period. There was no scoring in the third period.

Neither team could muster anything on the powerplay with the Bombers going 0 for 7 while the Wings wound up 0 for 4.

With the win,  Flin Flon will improve to 3 -1 on the season and Weyburn will fall to 3-2.

Today is the day where the Bombers will have to complete the Humboldt trade from last year's deadline that sent Charlie Tritt, Ryder Knutson and Connor Miller to the Bombers for their Championship run.

Miller's rights reverted back to the Broncos this season and three additional players from Flin Flon's roster will be sent to the Broncos. The trade go's down today but will not be announced til Sunday.

Flin Flon will get a much deserved day off today before making their way to Affinity Place to face the Estevan Bruins as their Southern road swing will continue on Friday night.

Then on Saturday,  it will be a rematch of the Canterra Seeds Cup final from this past spring as the Bombers will face the Yorkton Terriers where they won their first League Title in 33 years.

No doubt there will be a lot of emotion in Yorkton and I am sure the Terriers will be up for this one.

After wrapping up the 4 game road trip on Saturday the Bombers will return to the Whitney Forum to face the Estevan Bruins next Friday and Saturday.

The Northern Manitoba Blizzard ended up splitting their two-game set against the Monarchs, blanking them 7-0 on Tuesday before falling 6-2 in yesterday’s contest.

The Blizz now have their sights set on tomorrow and Saturday’s matchups against the Selkirk Steelers here at home. Selkirk is currently the number-one team in the entire league in terms of overall points.

The Blizz, meanwhile, are in a three-way tie for second with both Swan Valley and Virden. A successful weekend could easily propel them to the top of the MGEU West Division.

Puck drop for both tomorrow and Saturday’s games is set for 7:00 p.m. Blizz fans should keep in mind that only two out of ten games this month will be played on the road, meaning there’s plenty of hockey action to take in for Blizz fans of all ages.

After a lot of planning and plenty of anticipation  the U-15 Norman Northstars have released their roster.

The players come from right across the North including communities in Thompson, Nisichawayasihk, The Pas, Cross Lake and Flin Flon.

Selected from Flin Flon were Forwards Bentley Crone, Brody Cooper, Dex Tetlock, Cache Bentley and Jaeger Dominey.

On Defense is Quinn Trubiak and Parker Meikle.

The Northstars have played a couple of pre season games and are ready to start the season on October the 2nd in Winnipeg which will be a Showcase weekend  at the Hockey For All Centre.

Norman's home opener is on Saturday October the 24th in Thompson with the Northstars hosting Central Plains.

The U-13 AA  Norman Northstars held their try-outs in Flin Flon a few weeks ago as they are getting ready to introduce a  new program for the North this season.

They have announced their roster for the up coming season.

Congratulations to the 16 players who made the squad including 5 from Flin Flon. They are all forwards including Blaise Brough, Logan Boucher, Jayden Kozar, Jayden Ricard and Waylon Crone.

The team is coached by Flin Flon's Tanner Brough and they will start their season on the Thanks Giving weekend at the Warriors Tournament in Winnipeg.

The U-13 AA Northstars will play 25 league games this year, plus playoffs and will also attend a couple of tournaments.

After splitting their first road trip of the season this past weekend, the Northern Manitoba Blizzard now have their sights set on two home matchups tonight and tomorrow to wrap up the month of September.

The Winnipeg Monarchs will be coming to town, a team the Blizz just defeated 5–2 this past Saturday.

Puck drop for tonight’s game is set for 7:00 p.m. Tomorrow’s puck drop will be at a different time due to it being Truth and Reconciliation Day.

At 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, the annual community walk will begin at the GLMC and end at the Roy H. Johnston Arena. Then, before the 2:00 p.m. puck drop, at approximately 1:55 p.m., former Blizz captain and current professional player Brady Keeper will take part in the ceremonial puck drop to kick off the game.

Following the game, at 5:30 p.m., the Blizz will host an autograph alley for fans looking to meet the players and get their signatures.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club is just about ready to wrap up another season.

They hosted their last two big events of the season this past weekend.

The Closing Day Tournament took place yesterday with 30 golfers coming out to brave the strong winds and try to win the last big event of the year.

Here are yesterday's results:

Men's Champion- Jeff Woods-75

Ladies Champion- Lori Salahub- 83

Senior Men's Champ- Al Snow

Senior Ladies Champ- Judy Maitland

Closest To The Pin for the Ladies- Tracy Woods

Closest To The Pin for the Men- Richie Perry

Congratulations to the 2026 Phantom Lake Men's Club Champion Jeff Woods who beat Tim Smith in the final.

Congratulations are also in order for Lauren Fox who is the 2026 Ladies Club Champion.

It was the SJHL Hall Of Fame Weekend in Flin Flon this past weekend,  and there were plenty of ways to celebrate the kickoff to the Bombers historic 100^th season.

It all began with the Flin Flon Bombers Home Opener against the Laronge Ice Wolves on Friday night.

After spotting the Wolves the first goal, Flin Flon roared back with the next 4 and sent the home town fans home happy  with a solid 4 to 1 victory.

Jack Martin scored his first of two,  when he fired a nice shot over the right shoulder of Laronge netminder Riley Zezel on the powerplay to tie the game at the midway point of the first period.

The Bombers kept coming and scored two more goals in the opening frame  from home town product Ryder Mucha and Jared Miskiw.

Martin would get his second of the night this time short handed, when he converted a nice pass from Nathan Lalumiere from behind the Wolves net.

Martin can really shoot and he scored another nice goal just under the cross-bar to make it 4 to 1.

This was the only goal scored in the second period and neither team could score in the third with the Bombers out shooting the Wolves 37 to 18.

Finn Werner collected his second win of the season with 17 saves, while Riley Zezel suffered the loss, but played very well making 33 saves including some highlight reel glove saves.

The Bombers improve to 2-0 on the season while Laronge will fall to 1-3.

There were plenty of other great events on the weekend including the Alumni game on Saturday afternoon  with Team Maroon battling Team White.

There was a great crowd on hand with over 500 in attendance and Team White was able to come back and beat Team Maroon 6 to 5.

I thought it was going to be an easy time for Team Maroon who built up the early 3 to 0 lead, but Team White got stronger as the game went on.

It was so much fun to be part of this game  and I was honored to Coach Team Maroon against the SJHL Legend Norm Johnson. Even though we came up a little short it was fun to get a chance to hang out with lots of great Bomber players from the past.

The list includes the likes of Clayton Amos, Don Peichel, Jason Brown, Andrew Skrabek, Nolan Weir, Todd Heck, Randy Rice, Clark Funk, Darren Johnson, Kelly Spook Davis, Mark Davidson and many more.

It was great to see Flin Flon Bomber legends from all the different era’s including the WCHL, Norman League and SJHL.

A big thanks to Dwight Stallard and Ron Burwash for helping me coach on Saturday, as it was great to be joined on the bench by these two gentlemen.

The best part of the weekend was the Hall Of Fame induction’s on Saturday night at the Flin Flon Community Hall.

The night was hosted by Leah Hextall who works for ESPN and returned to Flin Flon for the first time in many years. Leah lived in Flin Flon back in the late 90’s for about 6 years and was an amazing host and appreciated the great support for this hockey team.

Once again congratulations to all the inductees including Tim Madarash who is the Bombers all time leading scorer in the SJHL, including a 100 point season in his last year with the Bombers in 1988-89.

Rob Beck, who was nominated twice, was a standout with the 92-93 Championship Team. Beck led the team in scoring that season with 84 points in 64 games including 34 goals. Rob still has the Bomber record for 8 short handed goals in a season.

Larry Feszczyn went into the builder category. Larry has been a permanent fixture at the Whitney Forum since arriving in Flin Flon in the mid 80’s. He owned the local  Home Hardware for decades and gave lots of the players jobs and helped out the club financially and has been one of their best supporters.

The 92-93 Championship team, who up until this past Spring were the only Bomber team to win the League Championship. Flin Flon went right through Humboldt and Nipawin before getting ready to take on the powerhouse Melville Millionaires.

Melville was the top dogs that season only losing 12 times and were heavily favoured against the Bombers in the League Finals.

The Mills jumped out to a quick 2-0 series lead before Flin Flon would get things in check at the Whitney Forum. Both teams were perfect at home in the series til game 7, when the Bombers stunned the Mills 4 to 2 to win one of the most exciting League Finals in history, 4 games to 3.

It was great listening to Captain Chris Hatch  and Head Coach and GM, Norm Johnson reminiscing about that unbelievable team and their rise to glory.

Long time Head Coach and GM, Mike Reagan was also inducted and sent a heart warming message via Zoom since he wasn’t able to be there in person. After 19 seasons and winning it all this past Spring, Reagan moved on to the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets just before the season started.

Reagan leaves behind an incredible legacy with over 600 coaching victories which makes  him the winningest Coach in Bomber history. Mike was finally able to guide the Bombers to the League Championship after 6 trips to the finals in the last 8 years. He is definitely deserving on being inducted to the SJHL Hall Of Fame and will be greatly missed in Flin Flon.

There are obviously a lot of differences between the 92-93 Bombers and the 2025-26 edition which won the title this past Spring, but there is one common denominator.

I believe both these teams won when the community desperately needed it. In 92-93, there was a lot of uncertainty with what was going to happen with HBM&S. The Company was threatening to strike and a lot of people didn’t know if they were going to have a job.

The community rallied around the hockey team, packing the Whitney for all the playoff games with over 2500 in attendance for every game. They also took 7 bus loads down to Melville for game 7.

There was also a lot of uncertainty in Flin Flon the last few years  with the mine relocating to Snow Lake and the population starting to see a large decrease. Once again,  the community rallied behind the Bombers with all kinds of great support and well over 300 fans in Yorkton to see the Bombers once again climb the mountain with their 4 game sweep of the Terriers this past Spring.

It was a wonderful weekend and I would like to personally congratulate the Flin Flon Bombers organization and 100 Committee on a job well done, with  a perfect way to officially kick off their 100 year celebrations.

I am proud to be from Flin Flon and my 27 years with the Hockey Club and again want to thank the Bombers for nominating me to the SJHL Hall Of Fame. It is a weekend I will never forget.

Like the saying go’s, once a Bomber, always a Bomber.

Good luck to the Senior Hapnot Soccer Teams who are playing in a tournament in Neepawa this weekend.

This is a final tune-up before Flin Flon will host Zones next weekend.

The Kings play Morden at 11am, Neepawa at 2:30pm and Stonewall at 4pm. The Queens will also play those same three teams at the exact times.

This is a Round Robin Tournament and the teams will be ranked on their record against each other.

The big weekend is here as the Flin Flon Bombers will officially kick off their 100 years of  celebrations with the Hall Of Fame weekend.

It all begins tonight with the Northland Ford Tailgate party at 5pm with hot dogs and refreshments. The player introductions will be at 7:20pm, the raising of the Championship Banner at 7:30 and puck drop expected for 7:45pm.

The Bombers will host the Laronge Ice Wolves in their home opener after beating the Wolves 6 to 2 in Laronge a week ago tonight.

6 different goal scorers in that one, and it looks like the Bombers will have scoring depth once again.

It looks like new Head Coach and GM Cole McCaig has been busy recruiting and their could be a few new faces in their lineup for the kickoff to the historic weekend tonight.

The Wolves come to town 1-1 after surprising the Melfort Mustangs last Saturday 5 to 2 to avenge their loss against Flin Flon on Friday night.They are no slouches and with new GM Bob Beatty and Head Coach Taylor Harnett now in the mix, this will be a lot different team this season.

The first ten minutes will be very interesting tonight, as we will see if the Bombers come out nervous or are able to feed off the large  crowd who will be pumped up with all the Hall of Famers in the building.

Finn Werner is expected to get the start for the Bombers and after a shaky start was able to stop 19 of 21 shots last Friday and looks poised to have a very good season.

Riley Zezel got the win for the Wolves on Friday where he was able to stop 29 out of 31 shots and I would be surprised if he didn't start tonight.

We will find out at puck drop tonight.

There will also be an introduction of all the Hall of Famers in the opening intermission tonight including Tim Madarash, Rob Beck, Larry Feszczyn, Rob Hart and the 92-93 team. Former Head Coach and GM Mike Reagan unfortunately won't be in attendance tonight.

There will lso be the Alumni game tomorrow featuring Bomber players from the past from the SJHL, Norman League and WCHL. Puck drop will be 2pm and tickets will be available at the door.

The Hall of Fame Inductions will take place at the Flin Flon Community Hall on Saturday night starting at 6pm and is now sold out.

If you can't be at the game tonight you will be able to listen to the Hall Of Fame broadcast from the Whitney Forum on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com  with the Great Norh GM Coach's Show at 7:10 and the rest of the festivities at 7:30pm.

All four MBCI volleyball teams are back in action today, competing in tournaments in Brandon, Thompson and here at home. The SV girls will stay put here in town to put on their first tournament of the season, whereas the SV boys will be in Brandon for the BU Volleyball Tournament.

The boys will play a total of five games today between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday’s schedule will be announced after all of today’s games are played.

The SV girls, meanwhile, will play all five teams taking part in their home tournament today at the M.B.C.I. gymnasium between 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. There will also be a matchup going down Saturday morning at 9:15 a.m.

Lastly, both JV teams at M.B.C.I. are in Thompson today and tomorrow for their Northern Lights Tournament. Round-robin action will run from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today, then continue into early Saturday morning. Playoffs will then begin after that.

There is a clinic for  Norman Female hockey players  taking place at the Whitney Forum on October the 2nd to the 4th.

This includes all the age groups from U-9 to U-18. This is the Sami Jo Small Hockey Clinic which she has hosted all over the country.

The cost is $50.00 and that includes 4 ice sessions, 4 dryland and a Jersey.

The Sami Jo Small Hockey Camp has been running since 1998 and has helped many young athletes take both great personal and hockey strides as they learn from some of the top Women's Hockey players in the World.

Registration deadline is September the 27th and you can sign up by e-mailing communicationsffmh@gmail.com.

Thanks to the OCN Junior Chief and Council, fans will have an opportunity to get the 2026–27 hockey season started with a tailgate party ahead of the OCN Storm’s first puck drop of the season.

The event will get underway at 5:00 p.m. in the GLMC parking lot, giving fans a chance to gather before heading inside for the Storm’s home opener.

Hot dogs and drinks will be available for those in attendance, while fans will also have the opportunity to meet some of the Storm players and collect autographs. Face painting and other activities will be offered throughout the event.

The tailgate will provide an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the return of hockey before the Storm officially open their season.

More details surrounding OCN’s home-opening weekend are expected to be released in the coming days.

As a reminder, both Saturday and Sunday’s games will be free to attend.

The Creighton Kodiaks 6 man football team will make their way to Carrot River this Friday to battle the Wildcats under the lights at 8pm Manitoba time.

The Kodiaks will play on the road the first time this season after beating St Brieux in the home opener a couple of weeks back and coming off the bye last week.

Carrot River is the number one ranked team in the  Conference  and sit in top spot at 2-0.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk hopes to build off the success from their win a couple of weeks back. " It was a big one for us and I had no idea what that game was going to be. I knew we had some good players, but we also have a lot of young players and depth was going to be an issue. The boys gut checked it and found a way to win late and that is something we haven't been able to do in the past, so that was a good thing. That was a great win and a big challenge and now we are off to a bigger challenge."

It is supposed to be a beautiful day and a capacity crowd is expected for the game under the lights. The Kodiaks are looking forward to playing under the lights for the first time on the road, they did host Sandy Bay under the lights  a few years ago and remember the great atmosphere it created.

Creighton will play their next home game on Friday October the 2nd VS Lanigan with kickoff at 4pm, Manitoba time.

Northland Ford will be in attendance collecting non persihable food items for the local Food Bank and appreciate all the donations that continue to come in.

The Flin Flon Curling Club is getting ready for another season at the Uptown Curling Rink.

Registration is next Tuesday September the 29th at the Whitney Forum Curling Club  Lounge  starting at 7pm.You can sign up as a team or individually.

No Skip, no team , no experience, no problem just come out and enjoy your self this Winter and meet some great people.

There is a Men's League, Ladies League, Hot Stove and a Friday Mixed night.

More details will be released as we get closer to the season.

Make sure you stop by the Hudbay Aquatic Centre this week for a swim.

Today and Thursday there is Lap Swim 4:30 to 6:30pm, Public Swim 6:45 to 8:30pm, Teen Swim 8:30 to 10pm.

Wednesday and Friday Water Walking 10:30 to 11:30am, Lap Swim 4:30 to 6:30pm, Aqua Fit 7 to 8pm and Adult Swim from 8 to 10pm.

Saturday, Lap Swim 9 to 10am and Sensory Safe Swim 10:30 to 12:30am.

Saturday’s puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m., while Sunday’s matchup will get underway a little earlier, with a 1:30 p.m. start.

Thanks to the success of their “Fans in the Door” pledge show, this weekend’s home opener will feature free admission for all Storm fans who plan on attending.

For those unable to make it to the GLMC in person, the action will be available to watch live through the Storm’s Facebook page.

One last big event for the Phantom Lake Golf , with the Closing Day Tournament coming up this Sunday.

It will be a Shotgun start at noon and the cost is $50.00 for members and $65.00 for non-members.

It is stroke play and this is open to anyone who  would like to come out and play including Ladies, Men, Juniors and Seniors.

You will get a great round of golf, supper and terrific prizes. Book your spot by calling the Pro- Shop at 306-688-5555.

Also a reminder to all members with cart storage which include the sheds and Dance Hall that your 2027 shed dues need to be paid by October the 15th.

It was a weekend that Flin Flon Bomber fans in Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, not to mention around the rest of the Bomber Nation had patiently been waiting for.

The 2026-27  season is officially underway and the Bombers have started right where they left off after winning their first SJHL Championship in 33 years.

Flin Flon went into Laronge on Friday night and buried the Wolves by as score of 6 to 2.

The night didn’t start well with the Wolves scoring 27 seconds into the opening period, but Flin Flon would get on track.

It looks like the Bombers will have scoring depth once again with six different scorers finding the back of the net including new comer Eli Heroux, Hudson Brehaut, Leo Seitz, Rhett Ewen, Jack Martin and Nathan Lalimiere.

It was Ewen’s short handed goal that was the turning point for the Bombers late in the second period to give them a 4 to 2 lead heading into the final period.

Finn Werner looked good in his return between the pipes  making 19 saves on 21 shots as the Bombers start the season 1-0.

Final shots were 38 to 21 in Flin Flon's favour with the Bombers going 2 for 6 with the extra attacker while Laronge was 1 for 6.