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Bombers Blast Laronge, Hand Out Awards

 

It was a breakout third period for the Flin Flon Bombers who pasted Laronge 7-1 Saturday night and eliminated the Ice Wolves from the playoffs for a third straight year.

 

Laronge came out and played desperate hockey for pretty much the first two periods, but the potent Bomber offense took it up a notch in the third.

 

Tyson Empey got the Bombers on the board with a pair of goals 10 seconds apart in the second period, before Colby Daniels got the Ice Wolves on the board with a powerplay goal, with less than a minute to go in the middle frame.

 

The Bombers opened up  the flood gates in the third,  firing 24 shots at both Kris Joyce and Austin Rediron and scored 5 straight to take the game 7-1. Goals came from: Switzer(11), Kitt(4&5),Evans(9) and Smith(19).

 

With the Bomber  victory and Nipawin losing to Melfort Saturday night, the Bombers and Hawks are tied for fifth overall with 72 points. It will now come down to a 1 game showdown at the Whitney Forum Tuesday night to decide fifth spot. The winner plays Notre Dame and the loser will play Melville in the first round of the playoffs.

 

Adam Beukeboom was solid again, and made a lot of big saves especially in the first two periods when the game was still close. He was busy stopping 34 out of 35 Laronge shots and was so fundamentally sound. He has recovered from his six week injury well.

 

It will be interesting to see what lineups Mike Reagan and Doug Johnson decide to go with Tuesday night. I am pretty sure we will see Hofley in net for the Bombers, and I think there is a good chance we could see Nipawin's backup Jesse Fontaine who has not seen a lot of action at all this season.

 

Game time is 7:30, and let's get a big crowd at the Forum and give the players just a small taste of how loud and crazy it will be for the playoffs.

 

 

After the game against Laronge on Saturday, the Bomber organization made their way over to the Legion Hall for the Awards Banquet.

 

Here are the winners:

 

Diane Krokosz Memorial Award- Most Dedicated- Tyson Empey

 

Flin Flon Bomber- Most Popular Player- Michael Knaub

 

Howard Fox Courier- MR Hustle- Austin Evans

 

Lavalley Artworks- Academic Award- Danys Chartrand

 

Creighton Furniture- Defensive Player Of The Year- Robbie Cameron and Dean Allison

 

Patty Ginnell Memorial- Most Improved- Brayden Lacoursiere

 

Nick Olobdzija- Rookie Of The Year- Brandon Masson

 

Darcy Bancroft- Best Defensemen- Tyler Bell

 

CFAR- Most Valuable Player- Chris Rauckman

 

Royal Bank 3 Star Award- Chris Rauckman

 

George Leel Memorial- Most Points- Chris Rauckman

 

Pat Spiller-Most Goals- Chris Rauckman

 

Chicken Chef- Unsung Hero- Brandon Switzer

 

Coach's Award- Dean Allison

 

 

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