After a 5 day break the Flin Flon Bombers will host the Notre Dame Hounds in a pair of games this weekend at the Whitney Forum.

 

Flin Flon was able to rebound after a tough loss against Nipawin on February the 4th with back to back wins over Estevan last weekend.

 

The Bombers are flying high with a record of 31-10-3-1 and are one of only two teams in the league to officially clinch a playoff spot. The sit second overall, 8 points behind Melfort who beat Weyburn last night.

 

Flin Flon has an 8 point lead on the Wings for second overall. Notre Dame has had another tough year and sit with a record of 11-28-2-2 and are tied with Nipawin for 11th overall.

 

The Hounds who are usually stingy on defense have given up 177 goals in 43 games which is second worst in the entire league,  with only Nipawin giving up more. They also struggle to score with 116 goals for which has them ranked third from the bottom.

 

The Bombers have scored the second most amount of goals in the league with 172, only Weyburn scores more and have given up the second least amount with 104 in 45 games.

 

This will be the first chance for Bomber fans to see Evan Bossel and Wylie Smith who were dealt to the Hounds on January the 10th for stud d-man Liam Hunks.

 

Hunks has returned to Notre Dame since the trade, suiting up for the Bombers  in a 7 to 1 win  on January the 25th.

 

The Whitney Forum hasn't been to kind to the Hounds of late with Notre Dame only winning one game in Northern Manitoba in the last 5 years, but we all know anything can happen in the SJHL.

 

It was the Nipawin Hawks who ended the Bombers unbeaten streak at 26 games a week ago Tuesday. Flin Flon had beaten Nipawin in 17 straight so you never know.

 

Puck drop both nights is at 7:30 and we will broadcast Saturday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10.