After a tough 5 to 2 loss in Warman on Tuesday, the Flin Flon Bombers responded with a 3 to 1 win over the Wolverines last night.
The Bombers thought they deserved a better fate firing 48 shots on Taye Timmerman on Tuesday, but the former MJHL Playoff MVP was spectacular and was the difference in the game.
Flin Flon did dominate the contest and knew that they had to bury their chances last night and were able to do that.
Landon Alexander opened the scoring when he fired a beautiful snapshot just under the cross bar early in the first period past Griffin Wright who got the start in goal.
That carried Flin Flon into the second period and the two local products Joey Lies and Ryder Mucha went to work.
Lies stripped the puck away from a Warman defender and was able to beat Wright with a wrist shot that grazed his shoulder, and just crossed the line for the eventual game winner. This was Lies team leading 12th of the season.
Mucha was left alone in front of the net just a few minutes later and scored his 6th of the season with a shot low blocker side.
Flin Flon carried a 3 to 0 lead into the third period and Warman eventually got on the board when their leading scorer Kane Kennedy scored a wrap around goal.
That was the only puck to beat Finn Werner who made his SJHL and Flin Flon Bomber debut and looked very steady with 19 saves on 20 shots as the Bombers collected the win.
Werner was reassigned from Everitt of the WHL, and had only played one game so far this season, but looked very confident and tracks pucks very well. Any time he needed to make a big save he did.
Flin Flon fired 50 shots at Griffin Wright and he played well stopping 47, and did a good job holding his team in there.
The Bombers get one of the two wins in Warman and improve to 13-7-1 and are tied with Humboldt for third overall and trail the second place Weyburn Red Wings by a single point. Weyburn does have two games in hand.
A busy week continues for the Maroon and White Express as they will take on division rivals the Melfort Mustangs in a home and home this weekend.
Melfort comes to town on Friday and the Bombers will return the favour on Saturday and that game from the Northern Lights Palace will be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.
We hit the air from Melfort at 7:10 with the Great North GM Coach's Show then drop of the puck at 7:30 for Creighton Furniture.
