The Flin Flon Bombers were in fine form once again this weekend as they hosted the Estevan Bruins in a pair of games at the Whitney Forum.
Despite how far away these two teams are from each other, this has turned out to be one of the best rivalries in the league especially after meeting in the post season two times in the last five years.
Who could ever forget their epic 7 game series in the SJHL Finals back in 2022.
There was a lot of excitement with the Bruins rolling into town as these are two of the most exciting teams in the league with a lot of fire power.
Goals were tough to come by on Friday though, as Flin Flon squeaked out a 2 to 1 victory.
Estevan opened up the scoring when Rylan Williams was given credit for his 19th of the season. Williams re-directed a puck past Bomber netminder Charlie Tritt late in the first and it was later determined that the puck was kicked in.
The goal still stood and Estevan took a 1 to 0 lead into the second.
Reid Arberry continues his fine play and scored his 17th to tie the game early in the second as he re-directed a Joey Lies pass from the corner.
That got the Bombers going and they would get the eventual game winner when new comer Connor Miller would pounce on a loose puck in the Bruin crease to get his 17th on the powerplay.
Charlie Tritt did the rest and made 27 saves to pick up his second win in a Bomber uniform. It was a very exciting day for Charlie as the SJHL announced that he has committed Lake Superior State University of NCAA Division I for the 2026-27 season.
Tritt, 20, has split this season between the Humboldt Broncos and the Bombers, the latter of whom acquired him at the trade deadline.
The Estevan netminder Dylan Adams was spectacular and ended up stopping 37 out of 39 Bomber shots and almost stole this game at the Forum on Friday.
The two teams would regroup and prepare for Saturday in the rematch.
Ryan Ulmer the rookie out of Regina, would open the scoring for the Bombers early in the first period when he took a nice pass from Keaton Lesperance behind the net to pot his 7th of the season.
This would stand up as the game winner as Flin Flon would strike four more times en route to a 5 to 0 win on Saturday night. The other Flin Flon goals came from Natan Meunier(2), Jack Martin (11), Xavier Fauchon (7) and Hudson Brehaut(6).
Fin Werner got the start between the pipes for the Bombers on Saturday and he was perfect stopping all 24 shots in his direction for his second shutout of the year. Werner improves to 9-1 on the season with a sparkling GAA of 1.90.
Dylan Adams started once again for the Bruins and he surrendered 5 goals on 37 shots without a lot of help from the players in front of him and got yanked after the 5th goal. Brady Carr came in and stopped all 4 shots he faced.
The Bombers did an outstanding job shutting down the high octave Estevan offense both nights and only gave up the one goal in both games.
After the weekend sweep of Estevan, Flin Flon improves to a league best 28-9-0-1 and an unbelievable 18-0 at the Whitney Forum this season.
The Bruins fall to 21-15-2-1 and are currently in 6th spot overall, one point behind the Yorkton Terriers.
This will be a very challenging week for the Bombers as they will embark on a 4 game in 5 night road trip which is never easy. They will face four tough teams including a key division matchup in Nipawin tomorrow night.
On Wednesday the Bombers find themselves in Weyburn, Friday it is a rematch with the Bruins in Estevan, and the trip will wrap up in Melville on Saturday.
All four opponents are fighting for playoff positioning and will be looking forward to knocking off the top dogs in the SJHL. The next home game in Flin Flon will be the weekend of February the 6th and 7th as they host Weyburn.
