After finishing November with an incredible 10-1 record the Flin Flon Bombers look forward to hitting the ice in December.

 

It will be a tough test to begin the month with a UPL Division matchup against the Nipawin Hawks in a home starting tonight at the Cage.

 

Not only will this weekend decide first place in the division, but first place overall. Entering play tonight the Bombers are 17-7-0-1 good for 35 points, while the Hawks are 16-6-1, and are just two points behind.

 

The Hawks are also red hot and are on a 5 game winning streak and are 8-2 in their last 10 games. Since the Hawks acquired Brendan Olson from the Melville Millionaires they have been able to get it into high gear.

 

These are also the two stingiest teams in the league when it comes to goals against  with Nipawin leading the league with 65 goals against in 23 games with the Bombers are  right behind with 68 in 25 games.

 

The Hawks also have the best penalty kill in the league at 86%, with Flin Flon 7th overall at 81.6 %. The Bombers are ranked number 4 on the powerplay at 23.7 %, followed by Nipawin 6th overall at 19%.

 

This will be the fourth meeting of the year between these two long time rivals with the Bombers taking two of the first three meetings. Flin Flon beat the Hawks in their home opener 4 to 1 back on September the 26th, before Nipawin responded with a 3 to 1 win at home on October the 14th.

 

Flin Flon also took the game at the Whitney Forum 5 to 1 in their most recent meeting on November the 1st.

 

Puck drop tonight at the Cage is 7pm which means we hit the air at 6:40 pm with the Great North GM Coach's Show followed by play by play for Creighton Furniture  on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

 

The rematch will go tomorrow night at the Whitney Forum at 7:30 and you will also be able to listen to tomorrow night's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.