Keefe Gruener led the way last night offensively by scoring a pair of goals, his team leading 21st and 22nd as the Flin Flon Bombers went into Estevan and shut out the Bruins 4 to 0.

 

Ryder Ringor added his 19th on the powerplay and Joey Lies picked up his 4th into the empty net to round out the scoring.

 

Matthew Kieper stopped all 22 shots fired in his direction and now has back to back shutouts on the road trip.

 

Kieper is now 15-0-1 and is on some type of a roll with out of this world  numbers including a GAA of 1.73 and a Save % of .942.

 

Not only is Flin Flon 2-0 on this southern road swing but are now unbeaten in 23 in regulation which includes 21 wins, an OT loss and a loss in a Shootout.

 

The Bombers are closing in on the league record which is 30 and set by the 1981-82 Prince Albert Raiders.

 

After last night's win the Bombers are 27-9-2-1 and are now just 5 points behind the front running Melfort Mustangs. Melfort does have 3 games in hand.

 

This was Estevan's first game with new Head Coach Drew Kocur who will lead this team for the rest of the year after the Bruins parted ways with Jason Tartanic on the weekend.

 

Estevan falls to 12-19-3-1 and remain in 10th spot and are 11 points out of the final playoff spot.

 

Flin Flon will enjoy their off day today and get back on the ice against the Weyburn Red Wings on Friday which will be a really good test.

 

The Wings are 7 points behind the Bombers for second overall and beat them back to back at the Whitney Forum in October. Flin Flon will then close out the trip against Notre Dame on Saturday.