Since it may be a little too cold to stop by Clearwater Lake for a dip, consider heading over to Winton Pool for your swimming fix.

The Pas Friendship Centre has once again generously sponsored several free public swims for residents of the tri-community. Swims are scheduled for today from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., tomorrow from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., and again on November 27th and 28th.

All participants are asked to sign in with one of the Centre’s staff members upon arrival.

For more information, you can contact The Pas Friendship Centre at 204-627-7500.

It has been a tough season for the Bombers on the injury front as they still have 9 regulars out of their lineup heading into their week long break.

Some big news for the Maroon and White today,  as they have swung a deal to get a much needed fresh body into their lineup.

Flin Flon has acquired 20 year old forward Harrison Boldt from the Bonnyville  Pontiacs of the AJHL in exchange for a PDF.

Boldt will bring some much needed size at 6 ft 3  and experience to a battered Bomber lineup with over 100 games of Junior A experience. Boldt has one goal and one assist in 13 games with Bonnyville this season and has also suited up for the Chilliwack Chiefs and Nanaimo Klippers of the BCHL.

Boldt is expected to be in the lineup for the Bombers next game which will be Tuesday November  the 17th when the Nipawin Hawks come to town to battle the Bombers at the one and only Whitney Forum.

Puck drop is 7:30pm.

The Northern Manitoba Blizzard kicked off their five-game homestand on Tuesday with an overtime loss against division rival Swan Valley.

Although the Blizz picked up a point for their effort, Northern Manitoba will be looking to bounce back this Friday and Saturday when the Portage Terriers come to town.

The Terriers are currently undefeated in the month of November, riding a three-game winning streak heading into the upcoming two-game series.

With the loss, Northern Manitoba drops to fourth place in the MGEU West Division, while Swan Valley moves into third.

It was a goaltending battle of the ages last night between the Flin Flon Bombers Finn Werner and Yorkton Terriers Callum Craig.

Both these young men stood on their heads and put on quite the show last night at the Whitney Forum.

Yorkton was able to get a little revenge after dropping the Canterra Seeds Cup Final last Spring as they came away with the  exciting 2 to 1 win last night.

The Bombers struck first when Nathan Lalumiere converted a nice flip pass from Landon Alexander to open the scoring midway through the first period. Little did the Bombers know that would be the only puck to beat Craig for the rest of the night.

Yorkton would tie the game in the second when Mathys Morrisette would bang home his 9th of the season when he took advantage of a great pass from Tyson Medernach.

The game would be decided early in the third period when Aidan Vallance raced down the ice and fired a shot high blocker side on the Bombers Werner, and Dylan Brass picked up the rebound for the eventual game winner.

Flin Flon got a lot of good chances to tie the game,  but Callum Craig was in the zone and looked as good as I have ever seen him. It was one highlight reel save after another as Craig ended up with 35 saves on 36 shots. He made 13 alone in the third period.

Not to be out done was Flin Flon netminder Finn Werner,  who was also tested often and ended up with 29 saves on 31 shots. Werner also made a lot of acrobatic saves and was the Bombers best player last night.

With the loss,  the Bombers remain in a log jam with Melfort, Melville and Weyburn for second overall with 23 points. Flin Flon's record will fall to 11-6-1.

With the Terriers winning last night they will improve to 8-6-1-1 and have moved to within one point of Nipawin for 7th overall.

The Bombers will now get a 7 day break and won't be on the ice til next Tuesday November the 17th when Nipawin comes to town for the first time this season.

Make that three in a row for the KJHL’s top team, the OCN Storm. The back-to-back champs picked up their second weekend sweep against NCN, improving their record to 7-1-2 on the season.

Saturday’s contest saw the Storm in control for much of the game, although NCN was never completely out of the fight. Heading into the final frame, OCN held a 4-1 advantage. The Flames made a strong push for a comeback but ultimately came up short, as the Storm held on for a 4-3 victory.

Sunday’s game was much more dominant for OCN. By the end of the first period, the Storm had built a 5-0 lead. NCN managed to find the back of the net three times over the remainder of the game, but OCN added two more goals of its own to secure an 8-3 win and complete the weekend sweep.

Elsewhere in the league, Norway House also picked up a weekend sweep in its series against Peguis.

With the pair of victories, OCN now sits alone in first place with 16 points, while Norway House is right behind them with 13.

The Storm won't be in action this weekend. The Cross Lake Islanders will be in Norway House, while the Flames of NCN play host to Peguis.

Senior Varsity Volleyball Zones will start later this week  with the Queens in Nelson House  and the Kings will be in The Pas.

The Queens hit the court on Thursday  starting at 1pm against the host team the NNOC Raiders. The Queens will then play later that night against the 1972 Memorial Thunder at 6:30pm and wrap up the Round Robin against OCN on Friday  November the 13th at 8am.

The top two teams of each pool will play off with the winners meeting in the Zone Final.

The Kings are also in action starting this Thursday and are in a pool with OCN, Frontier out of Cranberry, St Theresa Point and the NNOC Warriors.

Hapnot will play the NNOC Raiders at 4pm, OCN at 5pm and Cranberry at 7pm, wrapping up the round robin against St Theresa Point on Friday at 10am.

Playoffs start at 1pm with the Championship Final at 4pm.

102.9 CFAR will have updates throughout the tournament.

The Phantom Lake Soccer Club held their AGM this past Sunday at the Victoria Inn.

Financials were passed and fees will be increased for the 2026/27 season. One  session per week will be $75.00, two  sessions per week $90.00.

The season will start indoors in April, then moving outdoors in May.

Travel Coaching applications will be opening soon,  so keep your eyes on their website at phantomlakesoccer.com.

Here is the new executive heading into next year's season.

President: Heather Jobes,  VP: vacant,  Secretary: Crystal Eggert,  Treasurer: Kristina Lewis,  Registrar: Ashley Kennedy,  Communications: Nathalie Pawlachuk , Fields Coordinator: Philip Jobes Volunteer Coordinator: vacant.

The Phantom Lake Soccer Club want to thank all the people who have joined the board and appreciate their volunteers and community support that continue to help the club thrive.

A whole slew of volleyball action took place over the weekend, both locally and abroad.

Starting with the JV Zone 11 Boys and Girls Volleyball Championships, which took place at Oscar Lathlin Collegiate. A total of 10 schools competed on the girls’ side, while eight schools took part in the boys’ division. Competition was at an all-time high, with teams battling for the opportunity to be crowned Zone 11 champions and book their tickets to provincials.

After pool play, the final four was set for both divisions. On the boys’ side, MBCI, Mantou Sakahigan Kiskinamakewikamik, HBOIERC, and St. Theresa Point High School advanced to the semifinals. MBCI and HBOIERC both came out on top in their respective matchups to earn a spot in the final, where the Spartans defeated the Huskies in straight sets to claim the championship.

On the girls’ side, Hapnot Collegiate Institute, HBOIERC, MBCI, and OLC advanced to the semifinals. Hapnot and MBCI eventually secured their spots in the final, where the Kopper Kweens came out on top after two razor-close sets to capture the title.

Elsewhere, the two varsity MBCI teams were in Brandon competing in Neelin High School’s DIG Tournament.

After pool play, the boys earned a spot in the B-Side bracket, while the girls advanced to the C-Side bracket. Both squads came up short in their opening matchups but worked their way into their respective consolation finals.

The MBCI boys eventually took down R.D. Parker Collegiate to finish on a winning note, while the girls came up short in their best-of-three matchup against the Hartney Hornets.

Looking ahead to this weekend, MBCI will play host to the Senior Varsity Boys and Girls Zone 11 Championships. A total of nine Northern schools will be in town to compete for the opportunity to represent the North at provincials in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to the JV Hapnot Queens Volleyball team on capturing the Zone Championship this past weekend in OCN.

The Queens rolled over Cranberry, Moose Lake, St Theresa Point and OCN in the round robin before beating Norway House in the Semi-Finals

That would put Hapnot up against The Pas in the final and the Queens beat the Spartans in two straight sets to win the Zone.

Congrats to the Coach's Tim Smith and Mike Lukowich and the rest of the JV Queens on winning the Zone and good luck in Provincials in Killarney starting November the 26th.

On the Boy's side MBCI out of The Pas beat Norway House in the final to claim the Zone.

The Senior Kings and Queens were in Brandon this past weekend for the biggest High School Volleyball Tournament in the Province, The Big Dig.

The Senior  Queens went 1-2 in the round robin losing to Major Pratt out of Russell and MacGregor before beating Oxbow. The Queens dropped down to the C-Side in the playoff round and beat The Pas before bowing out to the Elton Sabres in the Quarter Finals.

The Senior Kings dropped their first game to Elton before splitting with the Neelin Spartans and Swan River. The Kings then beat Green Valley in the playoff round before losing to MBCI out of The Pas in the Semi's.

This was a great tune up for the Senior Kings and Queens who are off to Norway House for Senior Zones this weekend.

The much improved Warman Wolverines made their way to the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon for a pair of games against the Bombers  for the first time this season.

On Friday night it was a 5 minute powerplay for the Bombers in the second period which made the difference, as Flin Flon picked up the 5 to 2 victory.

Already up 1 to 0 after one on a goal by Ty Wasyluk,  the Bombers would take advantage of a 5 minute powerplay assessed to Sawyer Scheidt for checking to the head.

Scheidt was given a 5 minute match which means he will also be facing a suspension for repeatedly cross checking the Bombers Rhett Ewen when he was laying on the ice midway through the second frame.

The Bombers made them pay as they went on to score three powerplay goals in a three minute span courtesy of Jared Miskiw, Rhett Ewen and Gabriel Kaminski as they would take a commanding 4 to 0 lead after two.

The game was far from over as the Wolverines would find their legs and scored a couple of goals in the third  from Theron Bensler and Carter Bergen to make it interesting at 4 to 2 with just over three minutes remaining in the game.

Warman got the goalie out for the extra attacker,  but Bomber Captain Landon Alexander with a player draped all over him was able to pick up a loose puck at center ice and make his way down to the Warman zone , and seel the game with an empty netter to make the final 5 to 2.

This was Alexander’s third goal of the season.

Both goaltenders were exceptional with the Bombers Finn Werner collecting his 10^th win of the year stopping 18 out of 20 shots. The Wolverines Luke Brunen was very busy stopping 34 out of 38 and made a lot of great saves to keep Warman in the game.

The big factor in Friday’s game was Warman took  way to many penalties , and  the Bombers capitalized going 3 for 7, while the Wolverines went 1 for 3.

Saturday these two teams would meet in the rematch and everyone was expecting Warman to play much better and they did.

This time the Wolverines took a 4 to 0 lead late into the third period  as Noah Derouin led the way with a goal and two helpers as Warman  hung on for the 4 to 2 win.

 The Wolverine netminder Luke Brunen was the difference in this one as he stopped 28 out of 30 Bomber shots and he  didn’t let in a goal til the 17:47 mark of the third period. I was beginning to wonder if the Bombers would get anything behind Brunen who was dialled in all night.

Jared Miskiw was able to score his fifth of the year on the powerplay to give his team some much needed life late in the game, and it worked as Hudson Brehaut also found the back of the net just a minute later.

Unfortunately the Bombers ran out of time and the Wolverines held on for the 4 to 2 win.

Despite the loss, it was an entertaining game and you have to give Warman credit, they rebounded with a solid effort after dropping the game on Friday.

Both teams found themselves in the penalty box 6 times,  as it was once again a very physical game with both clubs going 1 for 6 with the extra attacker.

Brunen was the key for the Wolverines and was able to keep the Bombers at bay for most of the game.

Noah Martin got just his third start for Flin Flon  and he  played well with 30 saves on 33 shots,  with one of the Warman goals scored into the empty net.

After the weekend the Bombers sit at 11-5-1 and are log jammed with Melville, Melfort and Weyburn with 23 points for second overall.

The Wolverines are now a league best 12-4-0-2, good for 26 points. Pretty impressive after only winning 14 games all last season.

It was great to see the Whitney Forum packed again as there were over 700 fans in attendance both nights,  which would be the biggest crowds since opening night. It was also Parent’s Weekend which added to the electricity.

Flin Flon will now get ready to host Yorkton on Tuesday before they will get a week break. This will be the third meeting of the season between the two teams who met in last Spring’s Canterra Seeds Cup Final.

The two teams split the first two games with Yorkton winning 6 to 3 at the Westland Arena on October the 3^rd, with the Bombers responding 4 to 2 on October the 17^th.

Puck drop at the Whitney Forum on Saturday is 7:30pm.

The Northern Manitoba Blizzard came up short in their weekend matchup against the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.

The final score read 4-1 in favour of the number-two-ranked Wolverines, with Sam Laplante accounting for Northern Manitoba’s only goal.

Northern Manitoba now has three home games coming up this week. Tomorrow, the Swan Valley Stampeders will be coming to town, while Friday and Saturday will see the Portage Terriers make the trek up to The Pas.

All three games have puck drop slated for 7:00 p.m.

Elsewhere in the MJHL, teams that enjoyed a perfect weekend included Waywayseecappo, Winkler, Portage, and Steinbach. Niverville and Swan Valley were the only teams to split their weekend series.

Despite the loss, the Blizz remain tied for third place in the MGEU West Division with the Stampeders.

The Flin Flon Bombers will return to the Whitney Forum this weekend as they will prepare for the first place Warman Wolverines.

Warman has been the surprise team in the league this year and have already reeled off 11 wins,  which is impressive when they only had 14 all of last season.

The Bombers return to action after a weekend sweep in Kindersley with wins of 4 to 3 on Friday and a convincing 6 to 3 victory on Saturday. You could also make a case  that the Bombers are a surprising team this season even though they are the defending SJHL Champions.

Flin Flon has been decimated with injuries,  but still find a way to get it done. The Bombers had 11 regulars out of their lineup last Saturday but still picked up the win.

The Bombers continue to score by committee and don't have a single player in the top 20 in league scoring while the Wolverines have three and have scored the second most amount of goals in the league with 70 in 16 games.

Only the Weyburn Red Wings have scored more. The Bombers rank 6th in total team offense with 56 goals in 15 games. Flin Flon has been very good defensively this year and have only given up 41 goals this year which has them ranked third overall in the league.

Melville and Melfort are the two best defensive teams in the league so far, but the Bombers are right there. Warman mean while,  have given up 53 goals and are currently the 7th best defensive team and play a high risk high reward type of game.

The Wolverines are extremely skilled and very quick,  so the Bombers will have their work cut out for them to try and slow down their high powered offense. The smaller dimensions in the Whitney Forum may help out Flin Flon this weekend.

The Bombers took 3 out of the 4 head to head matches last season out scoring them 13 to 11, but if my memory serves me correctly, Warman could of taken both games at the Whitney Forum.

The Wolverines were snake bitten last season and really struggled to score and took the play to Flin Flon. If Warman plays the way they did at the Forum last year, the Bombers will have more than their hands full as the Wolverines are really offensively gifted.

There should be some decent crowds this weekend as it is the annual Parent's weekend with lots of faces right across the country and beyond in attendance this weekend.

Games will take place tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm and we will broadcast tonight's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com  with the Pre Game at 7:10pm and drop of the puck at 7:30pm.

The Pas Huskies have announced that registration is now open for their A&W/Funky Threadz U9 Hockey Tournament.

The non-refundable entry fee is $800 per team, with e-transfers accepted at tpmha.u9@gmail.com.

The roster deadline for the January tournament is December 9th, while the payment deadline is December 19th.

The tournament itself will kick off on January 8th and run through the 10th, with space available for a total of 16 teams.

For more information, contact Crystal Krost at crystalmorrish@hotmail.com or by phone at 204-620-1889.

Creighton Community School will be holding a Junior High Volleyball Tournament this weekend.

There will be three different pools of teams from OCN, McIsaac, Ruth Betts, The Pas, Snow Lake, Cranberry and Creighton.

All the games will take place this Saturday starting at 8:30am with McIsaac Team One battling Ruth Betts and Creighton Team 2 playing Cranberry.

Round Robin will take place throughout the day til 3pm.

Playoffs will start at 4pm with the Championship Final at 5:45pm.

Hapnot is looking for volunteer Coach's to lead their JV  Basketball teams this up coming season.

The season will start in December and go til March.

If you love the game and want to help their  young athletes grow on and off the court, they would  love to hear from you. There will be flexible practise schedules.

If you are interested you can reach out to mbortis@ffsd.mb.ca or erogalka@ffsd.mb.ca.

Attention all volleyball players and coaches here in The Pas, OCN, and across the R.M.! There will be both a coaching clinic and a youth camp taking place next week at Oscar Lathlin Collegiate.

The two-day event is being organized by the Manitoba Aboriginal Sports & Recreation Council’s Sport for Science Development Team.

Friday’s session, which runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., will be geared toward those interested in coaching the sport.

Saturday is when the youth camp will take place, with three separate sessions for different age groups. Players aged 12 and 13 will be in the gym from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Those aged 14 and 15 will have their session from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., while players aged 16 and 17 will take the court from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All skill levels and abilities are welcome. Space is limited, so those interested are encouraged to register at masrc.com.

JV Volleyball Zones will take place in OCN this weekend.

The Hapnot Queens are having a great season and will go into the weekend with lots of momentum after finishing second at a tournament in Roblin the weekend before.

The Queens are in a pool with OCN, Moose Lake and Cranberry.

Hapnot's  first game is Friday against OCN at 2pm , then they will play Moose Lake at 7pm, wrapping up the round robin on Saturday at 10am against Cranberry.

Playoffs start Saturday at noon with the Zone Championship at 2:30pm.

A few of the MBCI volleyball teams were in action this past weekend.

The JV boys were in Dauphin competing in the DRCSS JV Boys Tournament, while the SV girls made the trek to Thompson to play in R.D. Parker Collegiate’s Senior Varsity Northern Lights Tournament.

After going 1-1 in round-robin play, the JV boys earned a matchup against Crocus Plains for third place. The Spartans would come out on top after two back-to-back competitive sets to secure third place.

The SV girls, meanwhile, went 2-1 in their pool, earning them a first-round matchup against Mikisew School. That victory propelled the Spartans into the semifinals, where they faced the eventual tournament champions, the HBOIERC Huskies.

Although the SV girls came up short, they still put up a great fight against the tournament’s top team.

Looking ahead to this weekend, both SV MBCI squads will be hitting the road to Brandon to compete in Neelin High School’s DIG Tournament, arguably one of the biggest volleyball competitions held annually.

Swimming Lessons are now available at the Hudbay Aquatic Centre.

Lessons will start this Saturday November the 7th and run every Saturday til December the 19th.

There is something for every age group including Parent & Tot: Spend quality time with your child while you both have fun, learn and socialize, through structured in-water interaction between parent and child.

Swimmer 2: These advanced beginners will jump into deeper water, and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a lifejacket. You will be able to support yourself  at the surface without an aid, learn whip kick, swim 10 m on their front and back, and be introduced to flutter kick interval training.

Swimmer 3: Junior swimmers will dive and do in-water front somersaults and handstands. You will work on 15 m of front crawl, back crawl, 10 m of whip kick, and increased flutter kick interval training.

Swimmer 4: Intermediate swimmers will swim 5 m underwater and lengths of front, back crawl, whip kick, and breaststroke arms with breathing. 

You can register by going to cityofflinflon.perfectmind.com or call 833-210-6435, extension 641.

The OCN Storm’s three-game win streak came to an end this past Saturday when the back-to-back champs fell to Cross Lake in what was a close contest.

Each team found the back of the net once in the final frame, sending the game to overtime. It would be Cross Lake’s Melvin Scatch who scored the game-winner to hand the Storm their first loss in four games.

Sunday’s game was just as tight, with the main difference being that both teams had an easier time finding the back of the net. By the time regulation ended, the score was tied 6-6.

In the overtime period, Keestin Danielson scored his second goal of the night to seal the victory for OCN.

The only other game that took place this past weekend saw NCN defeat Norway House 5-4 in overtime.

Looking at the standings, Cross Lake and OCN remain tied for first place with 12 points. Peguis sits in second with 10 points, while Norway House is in third with nine points. NCN remains in last place with five points.

OCN will play host once again this weekend as they’re set to take on NCN in back-to-back games. Puck drop on Saturday is set for 7:30 p.m., while Sunday’s contest will get underway at approximately 1:00 p.m.

The Creighton Kodiak Football team are ready to officially wrap up their season with their Awards Banquet on Wednesday  November the 18th.

It will take place at the Creighton Community Hall starting at 6pm.

You are invited to join them  for an evening dedicated to celebrating the  players, coaches and graduating seniors.

The Football Club want to recognize all the hard work, dedication and memories made throughout the season.

By November 5th, can the players, or someone from their family, reply or message, to let the school  know if you will be attending the dinner and how many people will be coming?

Ticket information will be provided soon.

It was another good weekend for the JV Queens Volleyball team.

This time the Queens made their way to Roblin and they beat the host team, Swan River and Moose Lake in the round robin.

That put Hapnot in the Semi's against Russell with the Queens prevailing in two straight sets 25 to 13 and 25 to 19.

Hapnot would get a shot at the top seed from Dauphin in the finals,   who are ranked number 4 across the Province.

Dauphin beat the Queens in two straight sets but it was still a geat showing by the Queens who ended up winning 8 of their ten sets and finished second overall.

This was a great tune up for the Queens who are off to Zones in OCN this up coming weekend.

The Senior Kings and Queens are off to Brandon for the Big Dig Tournament, which will feature 48 teams from across the Province, making it the biggest High School  Volleyball Tournament in Manitoba.

The Flin Flon Bombers down a lot of bodies,  showed a lot of heart and rolled into Kindersley and took all 4 points this past weekend.

Flin Flon built up a 4 to 1 lead on Friday and were able to hang on for the 4 to 3 victory.

Landon Alexander opened the scoring in the first period when he grabbed a loose puck and beat the Klipper goalie Mattias Radke with a nice back hander for his second of the season.

Dylan Carron made his return to the Bomber lineup and he scored his fourth powerplay goal of the season to put the Bombers up 2 to 0.

Charlie Kay responded with a powerplay goal of his own to get the Klippers on the board at 2 to 1. Kay has had his way with Flin Flon this year, as that was his fourth goal  against the Bombers in the last three games.

Brayden Bruce and Ty Wasyluk then scored to put the Bombers in the driver’s seat at 4 to 1 early in the third.

This is the SJHL, and there aren’t any push over’s in the league and Kindersley started to go at the Bombers physically and it started to pay off.

The Klippers got some life after some big hits and a goal from home town Captain Cobe Perlinger to get them back in the game at 4 to 2.

Austin Bruce scored just a couple minutes later and all of a sudden it was 4 to 3 with over 12 minutes remaining in the game.

The Bombers bared down and killed a late 6 on 4 and were able to hang on for one of their biggest wins of the season with 9 regulars out of the lineup.

Finn Werner was fantastic between the pipes once again and ended up with 31 saves on 34 shots and continues to give Flin Flon a chance to win every game that he plays.

The Bombers fired 44 shots at Klipper netminder Mattias Radke , beating him 4 times. Radke also played well and was solid all night long.

Flin Flon did a good job staying out of the box and only gave up one powerplay goal on 3 opportunities and ended up going 1 for 5 with the extra attacker.

On Saturday, the Bombers got goals from 6 different players and were able to knock off the Klippers 6 to 3 to take both games at the Inter Pipeline Events Centre.

Alex Ostrovskyy scored his first of the season late in the first period and Flin Flon never looked back.

Gabriel Kaminski, Hudson Brehaut, Rhett Ewen, Brendan Phelps and Hank Thompson with his first ever SJHL goal all found the back of the net.

Kask Ringdal, Austin Schafer and Jadon Fischer replied for Kindersley.

For the second straight night, the Klippers tried to intimidate the Bombers by running at them all over the ice and trying to instigate a lot of stuff after whistles.

Flin Flon stayed composed and played very smart and were able to capitalize on their opportunities. It didn’t hurt that Finn Werner was good again and stopped 33 of 36 to improve to 9 and 4 on the season.

Werner is getting rewarded for his fine play this season and is one of three Bombers headed to Martensville for the Western All Star Challenge starting on Tuesday.

The other players selected are Defensemen Wade Franks and Dylan Carron. Keaton Lesperance was also selected but won’t be able to play because of an injury.

So with the back to back wins in Kindersley, the Bombers will win the season series 3 to 1 and improve to 10-4-1 on the year. That has them tied with the Melfort Mustangs for first in the UPL Division and tied for second overall.

Kindersley will fall to 5-8-1 and sit 9^th overall.

A great test for the Bombers this weekend, as they will welcome the first place Warman Wolverines to the Whitney Forum for a pair of games Friday and Saturday.

Warman is 11-2 and are the biggest surprise in the league this year after only winning 14 games all last season.

Head Coach Brett Pilkington  was very busy in the off season making a number of changes to the roster and they look like they have paid off.

Warman has scored the second most amount of goals in the league and Flin Flon will have to try to shut down their high powered offense.

Hopefully the Bombers can get a few more bodies back in the lineup as they lost Kyle Marsden, Landon Alexander and Dylan Carron in the second game on the weekend.

A few days rest will help and definitely a gutsy effort for a depleted lineup.

It isn’t easy to win on the road in this league, but the Bombers found a way.

It was another weekend split for Northern Manitoba after taking on the Winnipeg Blues in Cross Lake and Norway House this past weekend as part of their Impact Tour.

Friday’s game in Cross Lake saw nearly 900 fans in attendance, while Saturday’s matchup in Norway House had well over 600 fans show up for the second meeting between the two teams.

Game one against Winnipeg was a tough outing for the Blizz. By the time the second period wrapped up, the score read 4-0 for the Blues. Northern Manitoba’s Kurtis Kinoshita and Matthew O’Sullivan each found the back of the net in the final frame, but it wasn’t enough, as the Blues added one more to secure the 5-2 victory.

Saturday’s contest was a much different story. Even though the Blues got on the board first, Jack Perrier found the back of the net at the halfway point of the first period to tie things up heading into the second.

Sam Laplante scored the lone goal of the second period, while Shiva Singh and Matthew O’Sullivan added two more in the third to make the final 4-1.

Netminder Connor Mackenzie earned his second win of the season while in goal for Saturday’s matchup.

The Blizz now pivot to this week’s only game against the Wolverines in Waywayseecappo. Puck drop for Friday’s game is set for 7:30 p.m., with 102.9 CJAR covering all the action from start to finish.

Elsewhere in the MJHL, Portage, Winkler, Steinbach, Winnipeg (Monarchs), and Waywayseecappo each split their weekend of play. The only team to go undefeated on the weekend was Virden.

As of right now, the Blizz sit in third place in the MGEU West Division with 16 points.