After a slow opening period the Flin Flon Bombers got on track in Wilcox and doubled up on the Notre Dame Hounds 4 to 2 last night.
Flin Flon gave up an early short handed goal when they coughed up the puck at their blue line, and Marko Djordjevic went in and beat Massimo Urbani high under the bar to put the Hounds up 1-0 after one.
Pierce Yakimchuk fired a wrister from the blueline to tie the game early in the second with his first of the season and that seemed to spark Flin Flon.
Keefe Gruener would score his team leading fifth of the season to go along with two assists to set the tone in the third period, with Koen Senft and Ryder Ringer hitting the empty net rounding out the scoring.
Nick Beatty scored the other Notre Dame goal on the powerplay.
Massimo Urbani got the start and picked up his second SJHL win and stopped 29 out of 31 and played very well with a lot of timely saves in the third period.
Spencer Borsos also played well for Notre Dame and was quite busy finishing with 43 saves on 46 shots. I can see why the Hounds are high on Borsos who is very athletic and can be a very good goalie if the guys bare down in front of him.
Head Coach and GM of the Bombers Mike Reagan sums up last night's win. " I thought we started out a little slow , the first period we had some good shifts but wern't consistant enough. The second period I thought we were really good and the third period we were able to score some goals. Getting a powerplay goal was big for the team and we hung on for the win."
This was a big win for the Bombers who avenge the 4 to 1 setback in Yorkton the night before and improve to 3-2-1 and get today off before resuming the trip in Weyburn tomorrow.
The Wings are 0-3 but have added some players including Ethan Dekay who has spent time in the NAHL and BCHL and announced that Jerome Maharaj and Jaxson Ruthven are both returning to their team.
This makes Weyburn far more dangerous than they were to start the season and will be a good test for Flin Flon on Friday. Game time will be 8pm Manitoba time.
The Hounds fall to 0-5 and will host the winless Nipawin Hawks tonight.
