Fans had to wait almost a month to see the Flin Flon Bombers play a home game , but the wait was worth it.
The Bombers skated to an impressive 5 to 1 win over their divisional rivals the Nipawin Hawks on Saturday night at the Whitney Forum.
The Maroon and White pounced on the Hawks early and it was 2-0 before the game was even 5 minutes old.
Jack Martin was able to convert on a beautiful pass from Maverick Deslisle from behind the Hawks net to open up the scoring 1:32 into the opening period. Landon Alexander made it 2-0 just two minutes later, when he went to the net and was able to jam a puck past Gage Roberts from his knees.
Konnor Watson having a fantastick season for Nipawin would respond with a powerplay goal when he buried a nice pass from Ashton Tait.
The Bombers kept coming and made it 3-1 with Reid Arberry responding with a powerplay goal of his own, his 7th of the season to restore the two goal lead.
Flin Flon shut the door the rest of the way and would add a couple of insurance goals from Pierce Yakimchuk, who scored his very first goal of the season and Sam Ward who potted his second as a Bomber.
Ward scored a beauty when he was able to dangle in the Hawks zone on the PP, and snapped a shot just under the cross bar to put the Bombers up 5 to 1 after two.
No goals in the third as the Hawks slowed things down and the final period was tight checking with not a lot of good chances either way.
An impressive display from the Bombers who played a complete game in front of a decent crowd at the Whitney Forum, despite game 7 of the World Series which would of kept some fans away.
After the win the Flin Flon Bombers will improve to 8-6-1 and are now just two points behind Nipawin for the division lead. The Bombers sit tied with Yorkton for 6th overall, with the Terriers coming to town tomorrow.
Puck drop is 7:30 at the Whitney Forum and will be broadcast on Flo Sports. Wednesday the Bombers travel to Melfort for the first time this season to tangle with the defending league champs.
You can listen to that game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com beginning with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10 and play by play at 7:30.
