Back to back wins for the Flin Flon Bombers Against the Melfort Mustangs this past weekend.
The two long time division rivals met in a home and home this weekend which began with a very intense and spirited affair at the Whitney Forum on Friday.
Leo Seitz led the way with his first ever SJHL hattrick as the Bombers picked up the convincing 8 to 3 win on Friday. Other Flin Flon goals came from Xavier Fachon, Pierce Yakimchuk, Daniel Morozov and a pair of goals from Jack Martin.
Melfort got their goals from Reis Nyland, Tristan Ziola and Zayden Sadlemyer.
Matthew Bradley got the start and picked up his third straight win stopping 13 out of 16 shots, and wasn’t very busy as the Bombers dominated the game from beginning to end. Flin Flon not only dominated the play but took it to Melfort physically a well with a number of big hits.
Madden Mulawka got the start in goal for Melfort and was pulled after giving up 3 goals on 17 shots. Kason Kobelka came in relief and surrendered 5 goals on 29 shots.
Things got interesting midway through the third period as a donnybrook broke out with multiple player ejections and over 100 minutes in penalties handed out to both teams.
They finally got things sorted out after a lengthy break and the two teams settled down for the rest of the game.
It certainly made for an interesting story line the next night for the rematch in Melfort at the Northern Lights Palace.
Flin Flon did not have a good start and brought zero energy into the game on Saturday, and were quite fortunate it was scoreless after one period.
It looked like it might be the Mustangs night as Tristan Ziola took advantage of a Bomber turn over just outside their zone, and broke in alone to beat Bomber netminder Finn Werner with a nice back hand.
That seemed to wake the Bombers up and they started to play better and got rolling and eventually took over the game.
Local product Joey Lies went to work and he picked up his second hattrick of the season and now leads the team with 15 goals so far this year. This is a career high for Lies who only scored 15 goals in the last three seasons.
The Bombers got two insurance goals from Reid Arberry and an empty netter from Rhett Ewen as the Bombers skated to the 5 to 2 victory for their fourth straight win against Melfort this season.
The other Melfort goal came from Will Munro.
17 year old Finn Werner got his second start between the pipes for the Bombers and was good when he needed to be, making a lot of timely saves to improve to 2-0 on the season. He moves exceptionally well and is very good at tracking pucks.
In two starts Werner is 2-0 with a SV % of .930 and a GAA of 1.50. Very impressive indeed.
The Mustangs went back with Madden Mulawka who gave up 4 goals on 31 shots, with the other goal scored into an empty net.
The Bombers continue to play great hockey and now have points in 10 of their last 11 games and now have a share of first place overall.
Flin Flon is tied for first with the Kindersley Klippers and saw their record improve to 15-7-0-1, good for 31 points and both teams have played 23 games.
Talk about perfect timing, the Kindersley Klippers will come to Flin Flon for a pair of games this weekend. It will be the first meetings of the season between these two clubs. New Head Coach Kyle Schneider has got the Klippers playing some impressive hockey and should be a stiff test for Flin Flon this weekend.
Games will take place this Friday and Saturday night at the one and only Whitney Forum.
