It wasn't easy, but the Flin Flon Bombers took both games this weekend against a very determined Kindersley Klipper hockey club.
The Bombers picked up the 5 to 1 win on Friday in one of the roughest games I have witnessed all season, with multi scraps and a lot of penalties. Despite being on the wrong end of the score, Kindersley wanted to show the Bombers they weren't going to back down.
Reid Arberry who is really coming into his own, scored a pair of goals his 5th and 6th of the season leading the way for the Bomber victory.
Keefe Gruener also scored short handed for his 18th of the year with Wyatt Stinton (8) and Ryder Ringor (16) also finding the back of the net.
Rylan Wieler had the lone goal for Kindersley his 5th.
Specialty teams were a big part of this game with Kindersley going 0 for 6 on the powerplay and they also gave up 2 short handed goals. Flin Flon now leads the league with 10 on the year.
Matthew Kieper picked up his 13th win of the year making 25 saves. Cody Jaman suffered the loss stopping 32 out of 37.
Kindersley came out hard on Saturday and played a very good game and didn't look out of place , battling to the end dropping the 3 to 2 decision.
Keefe Gruener once again led the way for the Bombers with a pair of goals to hit 20 on the season. Anthony Piccininno scored the winner on a nice feed from Liam Hunks as he scored with just over 11 minutes remaining which turned out to be big.
Former Bomber Dawson Karrol was able to score on a partial break away with just under a minute to go to cut the deficit to 3 to 2, but the Klippers couldn't get the equalizer.
Kenny Marquart celebrated his 20th birthday making 26 saves on 28 shots and is starting to find the touch he had last year to improve to 7-7.
The Klippers went with Brett O'Hallorin who played very well despite the loss giving up 3 goals on 37 shots.
Flin Flon improves to 25-9-2-1 and are unbeaten in their last 21 in regulation. Last regulation loss for Flin Flon was October the 30th in Melfort.
The Bombers remain second overall, 5 points up on the third place Weyburn Red Wings.
Kindersley will drop to 19-18-1-1 and are currently 5 points behind the Battleford Stars and Yorkton Terriers for fourth.
A big challenge for the Bombers as they hit the road for 4 in 5 starting this Tuesday in Melville before hitting Estevan on Wednesday, Weyburn Friday , wrapping up in Notre Dame on Saturday.
We will broadcast the first two from Melville on Tuesday and Estevan on Wednesday with our broadcast colleague Mike Stackhouse. Listen to both games here on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com, with the pre game 15 minutes before puck drop.
