It took only 26 seconds for the Bombers to find the back of the net on Friday night and they never looked back picking up the 5 to 1 win over the Nipawin Hawks at the Whitney Forum.
Ryder Ringor opened the scoring with his 9th of the season with Carter Anderson (13), Joey Lies (1) and Luke Lepper (2) all hitting the score sheet before the end of the first period.
That was enough to chase starting goalie Nathan Claydon who surrendered 4 goals on 17 shots with little help. Flin Flon did get one puck past Gage Roberts when Keefe Gruener slipped a puck through a maze of players in front of the Hawk net to make it 5 zip early in the second.
Nipawin settled down after that and Roberts was lights out the rest of the way making 31 saves on 32 shots. The Hawk's lone goal came from Carter Anderson when he took advantage of a two on one to deflect a puck over Kenny Marquart's left shoulder.
Kenny didn't get a lot of work but was good when he had to be and finished with 15 saves.
Without the fine play of Roberts and a stagnant Bomber powerplay this game could of been a lot worse. The Bombers went 1 for 11 and that included four 5 on 3's.
These two teams collided in Nipawin on Saturday and once again the Bombers got the best of their Sherwood Division opponents rolling to the 5 to 2 win.
Captain Cole Tanchuk led the way with a pair of powerplay goals for his first and second of the season. Carter Anderson got his second in as many games and now leads the team with 14. Anthony Piccininno (3) and Leo Seits (2) rounded out the scoring.
Van Taylor (2) and Finley Radloff (5) scored the Hawk goals.
The reigning SJHL Goalie Of The Week, Matthew Kieper picked up his fourth win as a Bomber stopping 30 of 32 with Gage Roberts getting the start for Nipawin and he stopped 50 of 55.
Flin Flon definately have the Hawks number and picked up their fourth straight win against them this season, and have now beaten them 10 straight times.
After a very bad October, it looks like the Bombers have hit their stride with their 6th straight win to improve to 12-9-1, good for fifth spot.
This might be the tightest leader board I remember seeing , with Flin Flon just one point behind Battleford and Yorkton for third and two points behind second place Weyburn.
On the other side of the coin, the Bombers are just two points up on 9th place Kindersley. Every gane really does mean something and the standings seem to be changing every single night.
The Bombers won't play again til Saturday when they welcome the Yorkton Terriers to town who have already beat Flin Flon twice this season.
The Terriers are the most improved team in the league this year and will give the Bombers all they can handle on Saturday.
Join us for all the action on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10 and drop of the puck for Creighton Furniture at 7:30.
