The Flin Flon Bombers are back in action tonight at the Whitney Forum as they get set to host Division Rivals the Nipawin Hawks in a rare Tuesday matchup.
Flin Flon is fresh off a weekend sweep of Melville with a 4 to 1 win on Friday and a very hard fought 5 to 4 OT win on Saturday.
The Mills really took it to the Bombers in the third period on Saturday, but Flin Flon found a way to get it done and kept their impressive home winning streak going at 22 games.
Flin Flon continue to lead the overall standings with a record of 36-10-1-1, which is 5 points up on the second place Battleford Stars with two games in hand.
The Bombers will get a real good test tonight as the Nipawin comes to town with the third best record in the league at 32-16-1-1 and are headed to the post season for the first time under Head Coach Tad Kozan.
Flin Flon has taken 4 of the 6 meetings head to head this season including a 7 to 4 win at the Cage in their most recent meeting back on January the 27th. Nipawin has really struggled at the Whitney Forum in recent memory with just two wins in their last 15 meetings.
The Hawks are a lot more confident group now with three straight wins and are 7-3 in their last ten and will give the Bombers a good push tonight. You may recall it was Nipawin who ended the Bombers big unbeaten streak last year.
Any time you have Gage Roberts between the pipes you have a chance to win and the 19 year old is 21-11-1-1 on the year with a .921 save %. Roberts did struggle in his last start against Flin Flon and I expect him to be better tonight.
The Bombers continue to roll with the tandem of Charlie Tritt and Finn Werner and feel like they have the best one-two punch in the league,
Tritt leads the league in save % at .935 while Werner is 12-1 on the season and has evolved as an elite goalie at 18.
Both teams have a ton of good forwards with the Bombers having ten players in double figures in goals, while the Hawks have have the luxury of having eight.
Should be an exciting game tonight and who knows maybe they will get a chance to meet in the post season again this year. Puck drop at the Whitney Forum is 7:30 with the game on FLO TV.
We are back on radio this weekend as the Bombers will have a showdown with another divisional foe in the red hot Melfort Mustangs. We will broadcast both games from Melfort on Friday and the rematch from Flin Flon on Saturday.
