The CJHL trade deadline has come and gone, and Mike Reagan did plenty of wheeling and dealing, finalizing his roster to hopefully take them on a deep run in this year's playoffs.
Reagan mentioned that he wanted to add a defenseman and actually got two and another forward.
The first deal of the day was picking up 18 year old forward Brett Kit from the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL. Weyburn had his SJHL rights and Flin Flon was able to deal futures to the Wings to acquire the former AAA Wheat King. Kit had 2 points in 28 games this season with Lethbridge.
The Bombers made another deal with Weyburn when they picked up 20 year old defenseman Cody Pettapiece who had been playing Junior B this season. Pettapiece began his career with Humboldt and was dealt to Weyburn last year and has 53 points in 127 career SJHL games.
Pettapiece's rights were still in Weyburn, despite not playing any games there this season, and the Bombers swapped draft picks to make the deal.
Flin Flon also picked up 95 Defenseman Connor Veroba from Yorkton for future considerations. Veroba was dealt to the Terriers from Kindersley for Dylan Bayer the day before.
Veroba picked up 23 points in 72 games for the Klippers.
It looks like Reagan was able to add a lot and not really have to give up much. For complete results on all the trades in the SJHL, go to sjhl.ca.
With Reagan working the phones, Gary Childerhose had the bench and the Bombers were able to pick up their 5th straight win 4-2 over Notre Dame on Saturday.
After a slow first period which saw Notre Dame score the first goal and take a 1-0 lead to the locker room, the Bombers bounced back for a very good second period. Alex Smith jumped on a rebound to score his 16th to tie the game at 1 at 4:40.
Austin Calladine finally got rewarded for his hard play by pocketing a beautiful Brett Boehm feed to give the Bombers a 2-1 lead after 2. It was Calladine's 10th of the year.
Chris Rauckman was able to score his 25th of the season at 11:18 of the third period, to give the Bombers a little breathing room at 3-1.
This was a big goal as Notre Dame would make it a goal game again, when Ian Williams would convert a nice tic tac toe play, to get the Hounds to 3-2 with only 2 and a half minutes to play.
Flin Flon would not be denied and won a big face off, and would seal it with an empty netter when Brandon Switzer flipped a back hander into the empty cage with only 1:07 to go in regulation. This was Switzer's 5th of the year.
With the win the Bombers have hit 20 on the season and are back in second place in the Sherwood Division with 49 points. Melfort beat Nipawin 5-1 Saturday to hand the Hawks their second straight loss. The Bombers also have a game in hand on Nipawin and sit third overall tied with Notre Dame.
The new look Bombers will play one more home game this Tuesday against Laronge before hitting the road next weekend in Kindersley.
Flin Flon has beaten the Ice Wolves 3 out of 4 tries this year, but the last two games have been decided by 1 goal. Laronge won the last game 2-1 in the shoot out December the 16th and are playing a lot better hockey than people expected, and have beaten all the top teams in the league including Melfort and Kindersley.
The Ice Wolves made a couple moves to bolster their lineup and are battling for one of the last playoff spots and would be in the post season if the playoffs were to start tomorrow. Game time 7:30 Tuesday night and will not be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR. We will have both games from Kindersley Friday and Saturday.,
