The Flin Flon Bombers will put their 21 game unbeaten streak in regulation on the line tonight, as they embark on a very tough 4 game in 5 night road trip starting in Melville at the Horizon Credit Union Centre.
The Bombers who have not lost in regulation since October the 30th in Melfort are coming off a weekend sweep of the Kindersley Klippers including a hard fought 3 to 2 win on Saturday.
Despite only having two players in the top 20 in league scoring, the Bombers are second in the league in goals for with 143 and get contributions from different players every night.
Keefe Gruener is having a season to remember and after picking up three goals on the weekend has hit 20 on the season. Gruener also leads the league in short handed goals with 4. The Bombers as a team lead the league with 10.
With the addition of Liam Hunks in a trade with Notre Dame at the deadline, the Bombers have two lethal point producers from the back end with Hunks sitting second overall in scoring for defensemen with 28 points in 35 games.
Luke Lepper in in fifth spot and has collected 27 points in 33 games and is garnering lots of interest from NCAA schools.
Melville is on a roll going into the game tonight thanks to back to back wins on the weekend against Weyburn and Estevan. The Mills are fighting for their playoff lives and are 18-18-2-1 and are currently 7th, just two points up on Humboldt.
Flin Flon is 25-9-2-1 and are second overall with 53 points which is 5 points up on Weyburn and 8 points ahead of Yorkton.
The Bombers lead the season series 2-0 with wins in Flin Flon on December the 6th and 7th by scores of 4 to 0 and 3 to 1. Matter of fact if the playoffs were to start today, Melville would be the Bombers first round playoff opponent.
That would only be the second playoff matchup in their history with the other meeting the 1992-93 SJHL Championship which the Bombers won in an epic 7 game showdown.
You can listen to tonight's game from Melville with Mike Stackhouse who is going to have the call from the Horizon Credit Union Centre with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 6:45 and drop of the puck at 7.
