The Flin Flon Bombers will put their 19 game unbeaten streak in regulation on the line tonight , when they host the Kindersley Klippers in a pair of games at the Whitney Forum.
Flin Flon sits second overall at 23-9-2-1 and lead the third place Weyburn Red Wings by just 3 points and fourth place Yorkton Terriers by 4 points.
The Bombers are fresh off a weekend sweep in Humboldt while the Klippers come to town playing well and are 6-3-1 in their last 10.
Kindersley did drop their last game in Melfort on Wednesday 4 to 1 , so they remain 3 points behind the Battlefords for fifth overall.
The two teams last met back on November the 15th and 16th in Kindersley with the Bombers winning both those games, and that seems to be the weekend that turned their whole Bomber season around.
There are lots of reasons for the Bombers success , but one big factor continues to be how good they are defensively, only giving up 92 goals in 35 games which is second best in the league.
They have also scored 135 goals which is also good for second overall. The Klippers rank 7th in goals for with 121 and fifth in goals against with 117.
This will be the first time that former Bomber Dawson Karol steps on the ice at the Whitney Forum, as he was traded to the Klippers in the off season and is having a career year with 18 goals which is tied for fifth overall in the league.
Flin Flon is scoring by committee and only have two players in the top 20 in league scoring , Ryder Ringor who is 8th with 40 points in 35 games and Keefe Gruner who sits 18th overall with 32 points in 26 games.
Not bad when you consider they are one of the top offensive teams in the league and usually dominate the top 20 in league scoring.
Matthew Kieper has been incredible since arriving from the WHL and deserves a lot of credit for the Bombers success and has yet to lose in regulation and is 12-0-0-1 with a league best save % at .936.
Brett O'Hallorin is no slouch in net for the Klippers and is 14-10-1 with a decent save % at .916.
Puck drop both nights is at 7:30 and we will have the broadcast of Saturday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com including the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10.
