The Flin Flon Bombers will play their final 3 games of 2024 as they get set to host the Nipawin Hawks tonight at the Whitney Forum.
Flin Flon who had their ten game winning streak snapped in North Battleford on Saturday are playing some good hockey with points in their last 11 games.
The Bombers took 3 out of 4 points in the Battlefords and are currently third overall at 16-9-2, which is only one point behind the Northstars with a game in hand.
Nipawin comes to town at 7-17-2-2 and are playing their best hockey of the season. The Hawks may be turning the corner and are playing .500 hockey in their last ten games at 4-4-1-1.
Some of the Hawks young players are starting to impress including 18 year old Ashton Tait who is the Canterra Seeds Player Of The Week after reeling off 7 points in his last 3 games.
Tait was instrumental in the Hawks win against Laronge on Friday.
Another player that has emerged is former Bomber Connor Ryan who is the Super U Defenseman Of The Week. Ryan is taking advantage of a lot of ice time and has 4 points in his last 3 games. Ryan has also crept into the top 20 for defenseman in scoring with 15 points in 28 games.
Flin Flon will welcome back bench boss Mike Reagan, defenseman Luke Lepper and forward Koen Senft who represented the SJHL at the recent World JR A Challenge in Camrose Alberta.
Canada West won Bronze and Koen Senft led the way with a pair of goals in the 5 to 2 win over Canada East on Sunday.
This will be the 5th meeting of the season between these two clubs with the Bombers holding the edge winning all four previous meetings including their last game in Nipawin 5 to 2 back on November the 23rd.
Matter of fact, Flin Flon has beaten Nipawin 21 out of the last 24 games they have played but this might be the most confident Hawk team the Bombers have seen the last couple of seasons.
Puck drop is 7:30 tonight and we will broadcast on Flo.
You can listen to the Bombers last two games of 2024 against Laronge this weekend on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.
