The Flin Flon Bombers played their hearts out and came up a little short falling 2-1 to the Broncos in OT and now trail the best of 7 North Final 3-1.

It looked like the Bombers might pull it out when they scored on the power play :34 into the third period. Jason Wark scored his 4th of the playoffs to break the scoreless tie.

I thought that might hold up, but the Broncos got a phantom call. They capitalized on their power play chance to tie the game at 10:45 with Joey Davies 10th of the postseason.

Both goalies were pretty much lights out as we saw overtime for the second time in the series. Buffalo and Hrynkiw made huge saves all night and it looked like it might take a long time to decide it.

Cody Pongracz had other ideas. He took a nice pass from Joey Davies and fired a wrist shot to beat Devin Buffalo low glove side to stun the Whitney Forum faithful and give the Broncos their second win in ot in this series.

The Bombers now have their work cut out for them trailing 3-1 and needing a win Friday at the Elgar Peterson Arena to try and force game 6 back at the Whitney Sunday.

If the Bombers can rally on Friday I have a feeling that we may see at least 1500 fans in Flin Flon for Sunday. Lots of students that attend college will be back in town for the Easter break and would love to take in a game.

The crowds have been outstanding for the Bombers the entire playoffs with only 1 crowd under 1000 so far.

This has definately been an entertaining series with 3 of the 4 games decided by 1 goal. Buffalo continues to give the Bombers a chance to win every game and has a save pct. of. 936 in the playoffs.

The Bombers could easily be up 3-1 in this series themselves, and are still very much alive.

If you can't make it to Humboldt, we will have game 5 right here on CFAR 590 and flinflononline.com starting with the Murray GM Coach's Show at 8:15 and of course play by play at 8:30.

This has been a fun playoff run, let's hope it continues.

Keep supporting this team, it always makes a differance.

Rob Hart

The Flin Flon Bombers are right back in the North final thanks to a solid 4-0 win last night at the Whitney Forum.

Devin Buffalo was in fine form stopping all 35 shots fired in his direction including 15 in the first period to get the shut out , his second in a row at the Forum.

The Bombers shook off a shaky first and stormed out of the gate in the second scoring 1:16 into the period with Brett Penner scoring his 5th of the playoffs. This would stand up as the game winner with Penner scoring again at 14:42 of the second to put the Bombers up 2-0 after 2.

Third period goals came from Clark - his first of the playoffs and Litke added his 4th.

A great crowd last night with 1,148 taking in the action. The Bomber fans have been the extra man this entire post season and there had to be at least 200 Bomber fans in Humboldt this past weekend.

This looked like the Bombers of last series against Nipawin, with lots of great chances coming from everywhere.Lots of intensity and great physical play. There were bodies flying all over the ice, with the Bomber faithful cheering loudly on all every single hit.  The Bombers managed to chase Matt Hrynkiw after the 4th goal early in the third period.

Flin Flon needed their top offensive players to get going and that is exactly what happened with Penner picking up 3 points, with assistance from Weldon, Wark and Storzuk. Even though Brett Boehm and Josh Roach never picked up any points thay created all kinds of chances and were forces all night long.

A great effort from Flin Flon showing they can play with the Broncos and that this series is a long way from being over.

Game 4 is tonight back at the Whitney Forum with all the action on CFAR-590 and flinflononline.com. So don't forget to bring your radios to the game.

See you tonight

Rob Hart



 

The Humboldt Broncos took both games at the Elgar Peterson Arena this past weekend to take a 2 games to none lead in the North Division Final.

The first game was a jim dandy with the Broncos winning in double OT. The Bombers led the game 3-2 with less than 4 minutes remaining in the third period when Logan Sproule grabbed a loose puck off the boards and fired it past Devin Buffalo to tie the game.

The first overtime settled nothing. Then, at the 11 minute mark of the second OT period Neil Landry raced down the ice and grabbed the puck away from Devin Buffalo. He fired it into the empty net to grab game 1.

Bomber goal scorers were: Cam Blair (2) and Dallen Hall.

The next night the Broncos scored some timely goals and beat the Bombers 2-1.

Lund scored late in the first at 18:07 and Miazga scored the game winner with only 11 seconds left in the second period.

Flin Flon made the game interesting when Brody Robinson scored with just over 5 min remaining in the third period. Flin Flon pressed but could not beat Matt Hyrnkiw a second time.

I thought the Bombers could have taken game one, but were definately out played in game 2 and without Buffalo could of been down a few goals after the first. I have seen Buffalo play some good games , but he really brought his level of play up for the first 2 games of this North final.

It is back to the Whitney for games 3 and 4 - Tuesday and Wednesday and hopefully the change of venue will jumpstart the Bomber offense.

The Bombers had the second best powerplay in the regular season and have only scored 3  goals with the extra attacker in the playoffs. They are  0 for 11 so far in this series.

Saying that, the penalty kill has been excellent only giving up 1 goal in the entire playoffs. Although it was a big one that Sproule scored on Friday to send the game to OT.

Mike Reagan was on CFAR'S post game show Saturday and said they are ready to come back to the Whitney and make a series of this with what is expected to be 2 very large crowds at the Forum Tuesday and Wednesday.

It was the Bomber's depth players who made a big difference in their first round series win over Nipawin, and so far Humboldt is the team getting the scoring depth in this series.

Flin Flon also needs to get their big guns going with Roach,Balaski, Penner and Boehm all still looking for their first points of this series.

Don't forget both games will be on CFAR-590  and flinflononline.com with the Murray GM Coach's Show both nights at 7:15.

See you Tuesday

Rob Hart

Photos Courtesy of Spotlight Sport & Corporate Wear ltd.

A- Final  - Powerhouse-5
               Snow Lake- 4

Dick Hopkinson natural hat-trick and Todd "Hacker " Boyd had the game winner with 35 seconds remaining.

B-Final - Zinc Plant-9
             Carpenters-7

C-Final- Main Office- 7
             Triple7- 0

D-Final- Boilermakers-8
             Electricians

The Norman Vipers, a team put together of Novice hockey players from Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson and Swan River will be heading to Portage for a major tier 1 tournament starting April the 5th.

Players from Flin Flon are:
Rogan Bacon, Caiden Simard, Austin Weseen, Magnas Pearson, Nolan Rideout and Michael Rideout Watling.

Coach's- Ric Bacon and Travis Rideout

The Bombers and Broncos resume their rivalry tonight at the Elgar Peterson Arena for games 1 and 2 of the North Division Final. The Broncos took care of the Melfort Mustangs in 5, and the Bombers beat Nipawin in a very emotional 6 game series.

After dropping game 1 against the Mustangs the Broncos won 4 straight outscoring the Melfort 22-9. Flin Flon put up lots of offence outscoring Nipawin 29 to 15 in 6 games.

The Broncos are led by Joey Davies in these playoffs who has 8 goals so far in 5 games. Logan Sproule has also been red hot picking up 9 assists.

The Bombers are led by late season additions Jason Wark who has 7 points 3 goals and 4 assists, and Andy Blanke who has 6 points 3 goals and 3 assists.

The season series was even at 3-3 with the Bombers picking up 2 wins at home and 1 at the Elgar Peterson Arena. The Bombers outscored the Broncos 17-14 in the 6 regular season meetings.

Humboldt are the defending champs for a reason , they just never seem to beat themselves and are so good defensively. The Broncos only gave up 120 goals this season which was first overall to go along with the league's best penalty kill at 88.3%

Flin Flon was very good on both sides of the coin, their 143 goals against was  4th overall and the Bombers 198 goals for was second best in the SJHL. The Bombers also sported the second best PP at 21% and PK at 85.4%.

This series is too close to call as both these teams are very similar. Both teams can score, both are physical, have great leadership and are well balanced with 4 decent lines. Mike Reagan's team also showed great mental toughness against Nipawin by staying focussed and not getting sucked into playing Nipawin's shenanigans when things were not going their way.

This series is going to be a lot of fun to call and I fully expect it to go 6 or 7 games, with 2 really deep talented teams. Josh Roach the SJHL Defensemen of the year had 5 points against his former club this season and is really looking forward to playing his former club who he averaged a point a game for in last year's championship run.

Both teams have great goaltending with Devin Buffalo in fine form with a 922 save %. Matt Hrynkiw the SJHL'S best goalie this past season is at .912. Buffalo was a lot buisier in the opening series seeing 70 more shots fired his way in just one extra game.

Don't forget all the action on CFAR-590 and flinflononline.com starting with tonight's Murray GM Coach's Show at 8:15 MB time.

series breakdown

Game 1 Friday Mar 22- In Humboldt- 8:30 MB time
Game 2 Saturday Mar 23- In Humboldt-8:30 MB time

Game 3 Tuesday Mar 26- Flin Flon 7:30 MB time
Game 4 Wednesday Mar 27 Flin Flon 7:30 MB time

Game 5 Friday Mar 29 Humboldt 8:30 MB time (if nec)
Game 6 Sunday Mar 31 Flin Flon 7:30 MB time (if nec)
Game 7 Tuesday April 2 Humboldt 8:30 MB time (if nec)

Yours in hockey

Rob Hart

The 17th annual Richard Beasley Fishing Derby is taking place this Saturday at Big Island over by the Westwood Lodge.

It is on between noon and 3 and is only 10.00 to take part with tickets available at The Gas Bar and Gateway.

Lots of great prizes and food throughout the afternoon.

Hudbay gets set to host their annual hockey tournament this weekend at the Whitney Forum.

Action starts Friday

1) 5:00 ELECTRICAL VS 777 MINE
2) 6:30 MAIN OFFICE VS ZINC PLANT
3) 8:00 POWERHOUSE VS CARPENTERS
4) 9:30 SNOW LAKE VS BOILERMAKERS

The action continues through the weekend with the finals set to go Sunday

D FINAL at 10:00am
C FINAL at 11:30am
B FINAL at 1:00pm
A FINAL at 2:30pm

Fri - Mar 22 - Humbolt 8:30
Sat Mar 23- Humbolt 8:30
Tues Mar 26- FF 7:30
Wed Mar 27 - FF 7:30
Fri Mar 29 - Humbolt 8:30 (if nec)
Sun Mar 31 - FF 7:30 (if nec)
Tues April 2- Hum 8:30 (if nec)

In front of 1326 fans this past Saturday the Flin Flon Bombers blanked the Nipawin Hawks 4-0 and wrapped up the North Semi-Final 4-2.

The Whitney Forum was once again an electric atmosphere which absolutely erupted every time there was a big hit and a Bomber goal.

A big thanks to all the Nipawin Hawk fans who made the way to the Forum and cheered on their team to the very end.

Andy Blanke was sensational in this series scoring 3 times including 2 in game 6. He had the game winner 9:06 into the first period. Not only did Blanke contibute on the score sheet but he was very physical and agitated the Hawks all series long. He definately got into their heads.

Jason Wark ended up leading the team in points with 7 and he was also very physical and stepped up his play for the series win.

Devin Buffalo seemed to get more comfortable and steadier as the series moved on stopping all 41 Hawk shots in game 6 to pick up the shutout.

The Bombers doubled the Hawks in goals 29-15 and put up 7 goals twice in games 3 and 5 chasing Davis Jones.

Jones did the best he could but the Hawks could not prevent Flin Flon from getting to the scoring lanes and converting on the majority of their good chances.

Flin Flon was mentally tougher and did not allow the Hawks to get them off their game by taking part in their thuggery.

The Bombers certainly got more offensive contributions from their depth players in this series as well as only Hall and Empey failed to pick up points in this series.

Nipawin never did pick up a powerplay goal and ended up finishing 0 for 24. Flin Flon went 3 for 32 and also picked up a short handed goal.

Goal scorers for Flin Flon in game 6 were: Blanke with a pair his second and third. Balaski scored his first and Wark added his third.

The Bombers prepare for the Humboldt Broncos who finished first overall and are the defending champs.

The 2 teams split the 6 games 3-3 and Flin Flon did manage to beat the Broncos in Humboldt, which not a lot of teams could do.

No official announcement yet but the series is expected to start in Humboldt on Friday.

Once I know for sure I will post on this blog.

Here is Head Coach and GM Mike Reagan with his comments from CFAR'S Post Game Show from Saturday.

Flin Flon hosted Provincial Wrestling for the very first time this past Saturday at the Flin Flon Community Hall.

Flin Flon had some injuries and were down to 8 wrestlers 4 male and 4 female.

All 8 picked up medals.

Bronze- Brandon Lam, Ryan Brooks

Gold- Trevor Buick, Kara Diakow, Cody Quinn,Christina McKay, Kari Rutherford and Jayde Clendenning.

West Kidonen from Winnipeg had 28 wrestlers and just beat Hapnot for the Provincial banner.

A big thanks to the volunteers and all the buisinesses who helped make this event such a great success.

15 rinks took part in the 81st annual Flin Flon's mens Curling Bonspeil.

Main Event- Hudbay and FF Insurance
Brad Hyrich over Trevor Watt

Second Event- KFC and Bauman and Watt
Grant McLuckie over Keenan Kennedy

Third Event- Stitco and CO-OP
Harley Eagle over Don Melien

The Hapnot Senior Kings Basketball team were in Winnipeg for provincials this past weekend,

The Kings started well beating Windsor Park 64-58 , then moved on to the A-side semi and lost to the no.1 team in the province Westgate 80-64.

The Kings then played Neelin out of Brandon for the Bronze and lost 78-44.

Sam Kinsley won the players choice award as voted by all the teams.

Congrats to Don Dyke and the Senior Kings on a very competitive season. This was one of the most talented teams to ever play out of the north.

The Creighton Senior Kodiak Boys team were at Regionals and lost to Canora 85-68 but did rebound with an 81-61 win over Macklin.

The Kodiaks do not advance to Hoopla but still had a very good season finishing 9th in the province

After splitting games 3 and 4 at the Whitney Forum, I didn't know what to expect heading back to the Cage for game 5 last night.

Taylor Balog opened up the scoring for the Hawks 11:11 into the first to give his team the lead after 1. The Bombers outshot the Hawks 13-10 in the first but Nipawin did a nice job keeping most of the shots to the outside.

Flin Flon came out and played their best period of the series in the second scoring 6 unanswered goals to blow the game open and chase Davis Jones from the net for the second time in the last 3 games.

Brett Boehm had a monster game returning to the lineup after missing game 4 with the flu to pick up 3 points including his first and second of the series.

Other Bomber goal scorers were: Roach(4), Litke(2), McCombie(2), Wark(2) and Robinson who scored his first.

The Bomber powerplay got a lot of practise going 3 for 8 with the Hawks racking up more than 95 min in penalties and  spent almost the second half of the game in the box.

The Hawks took exception to Litke's hit on Datoff and let the wheels come off after that point.

Balog challenged Litke and after they  went at it Litke was ejected from the game for his hit from behind. I thought that would end it , but the Hawks had other ideas and basically ran after the Bombers the rest of the night.

I thought Mike Reagan's squad handled themselves with lots of poise and class and were not interested in taking part in what seemed to be a scene from a Slapshot movie.

The most important thing is the Bombers are up 3-2 and can close out the series on Sat night in front of the Whitney Forum faithful.

I think it is safe to say that Flin Flon does not want to get on the bus and go back to Nipawin for game 7. I don't care how good the popcorn is.

A good contingent of Bomber fans made it to Nipawin last night and have done an outstanding job being the extra man for the Bombers in this series.

We will be back on the air at 7:15 tomorrow with your Murray GM Coach's Show and drop of the puck at 7:30.

I have no idea what to expect for tomorrow but I think that is one of the reasons why this series has been so much fun.

See you tomorrow and let's make lots of noise!!!!

The Flin Flon Bombers had a wonderful oppurtunity to take a strangle hold of their Northern Semi-Final with the Nipawin Hawks this past Tuesday after a convincing 7-2 win on Monday.

Things did not go according to plan and Nipawin scored 57 seconds into game 4 and ended up hanging on for a 4-3 win to even this best of 7 affair at 2.

Eli Lichtenwald fianally made his presence felt scoring the first 2 goals to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead after 1. The Bombers would get on the board with Jason Wark picking up his first of the series to get Flin Flon back in it.

The teams would continue to trade momentum with Tad Kozun scoring to restore the 2 goal lead before Landon Hiebert would score his second of the series to give the Bombers life late in the second.

The game winning goal went to Taylor Balog who didn't even suit up for game 3, scored early in the third to put the Hawks up for good 4-2. Spencer Mault would make it interesting scoring midway through the third but that is as close as the Bombers would get and ended up losing 4-3.

So the Hawks have taken back home ice advantage and will have 2 of the next 3 at home if they end up playing 7.

After a rough start in game 3, Davis Jones was much better stopping 35 out of 38 shots while Buffalo made 28 saves.

Power plays continue to be a non factor with the Hawks 0 for 17 in this series and the Bombers sitting at 1 for 20 - but do have a short handed goal.

Andy Blanke who was writing exams on Tuesday will be back in the lineup tonight and so will Brett Boehm who is recovering from the flu.

The Bombers have outshot the Hawks in all 4 games so far and have played 2 solid games in Nipawin. There is a very strong contingent of Bomber fans that have been at every game of this series and a lot are expected to be back at the Cage tonight.

A lot of the Bomber players have told me how electric it is to step on the ice with this much fanfare. Games 1 and 2 were extremely loud and look for Bomber fans to make their presence felt again tonight.

The Flin Flon Bombers remain one of the most historic and talked about franchises in Junior Hockey and their solid fan base remains one of the reasons why.

If you can't be in Nipawin we will bring you all the action on CFAR 590 and flinflononline.com tonight. Don't forget it is an 8:30 start tonight which means we will be on the air at 8:15.

Cheer loud, it always makes a difference.

Rob Hart

 

The Flin Flon Aqua Jets sent 4 swimmers to Winnipeg for swimming provincials this past weekend.

Michael Ward, Meadow Taylor, Todd Nawrocki and Austin Dubreuil.

Austin and Todd both won medals , Michael put up best times in all his swims and Meadow put up 5 new provincial qualifying times.

Austin was the only local swimmer to qualify for the Man Sask Regional Championships which are in Regina starting  Thursday.

The FF Aqua Jets will be hosting the FF Invitational Spring Thaw the May 12th weekend where they will have swimmers competing from all over the province.

After splitting the first 2 games in Nipawin, game 3 of the Northern semi final is back at the Whitney tonight.

The Bombers took the opener 4-3 with the Hawks coming back to win the next night 5-4 in OT.

In all the years I have been broadcasting, I have never felt electricity and goosebumps like I felt Friday and Saturday night. The Cage was jumping with about 200 Bomber fans making their precence felt.

Hawk fans were doing their part with the loudest and longest horn I have ever heard. Every time they blow it you feel like your head is going to explode!!!!

The top Bomber point getters so far are Brett Penner who is leading the way with 3 goals to lead both teams so far in this series. Brock Hounsell and Josh Roach have both scored 2 goals.

Carter Berg leads the way for the Hawks with 4 points all assists. Garret Lockeridge and Ben Johnstone both have 3 points.

After starting slow on Friday the Bombers have really picked it up and have  been able to do something that not a lot of people thought were possible and that is beat Davis Jones 8 times in 2 games.

Even though the Bombers dropped Saturday's game in OT, Mike Reagan feels his team is in good shape after stealing home ice advantage which was their goal heading into game's 1 and 2.

Flin Flon brought their 200 plus fans some great passionite hockey Friday and Saturday and you know it will be no different at the Whitney tonight and tomorrow. I thought when Josh Roach scored with 35 seconds left in regulation that the Bombers were poised to steal both games at the Cage. Flin Flon dominated the beginning of OT getting 3 excellent chances to win it right off the hop but couldn't beat Jones. The Hawks would capitalize on their second chance and Tad Kozan would score his first of the series at 3:54 of OT sending the Hawks to Flin Flon with the series tied at 1-1.

It was a game Nipawin had to have and did not want to come to Flin Flon down 2. By the way playoff tickets are available at the Bomber office 12-5 today. We are back on the air tonight with the Murray GM Coach's Show at 7:15 and play by play at 7:30 as Raphael Saray will make his triumphent return to the broadcast team.

I so look forward to the rest of the series and so far this series is really living up to all the hype.


I believe the keys for Flin Flon will be getting to Jones early, and getting their powerplay going. Flin Flon had the second best PP in the league at 21% and have yet to score on the man advantage so far in the series. Both teams are a combined 0 for 15.

See you tonight and don't forget to bring your radios.

The Creighton Kodiak Boys are Basketball Conference Champions after going 2-0 in Carrot River this past weekend  including a 85-76 win over Sandy Bay in the final. Congratulations to the coach's Ryan Biberdorf, Ian Clarke and the rest of the Kodiak Boys on a great showing.

The Kodiak Boys now qualify for Regionals which will be at a location yet to be determined.

The Kodiak Girls hosted Conference's in Creighton this past weekend and opened up with a convincing 63-31 win over Carrot River on Friday.

The Kodiak Girls then had to play the no.1 team in the province and lost to a very good team from Wynyard which eliminated them on Saturday.

The Kodiaks went on to finish third and Wynyard won the Conference beating Norquay by 50 in the final.

The Pee Wee AA Bombers were in Thompson this past weekend for provincials.

The Bombers were 1-2 in round robin with losses to Portage and Shoal Lake and a victory over The Pas 3-2.

Flin Flon lost a heart breaker to Cross Lake in the Consolation Final 6-5.

Shoal Lake won the Bronze beating Thompson 12-2.

In the Gold Medal Game Portage beat Swan Valley 12-1.

Finally the moment we have all been waiting for the SJHL playoffs. This is what it is all about, and we should have a great seat for the best matchup in the opening round.

The Bombers and Hawks get set to square off in game 1 of the best of 7 affair tonight at the cage.

These 2 teams are very evenly matched with only 3 points separating them in the season. Both teams are very good defensively with the Hawks giving up 137 goals which was second best in the Sjhl. The Bombers gave up 143 which ranked them 4th overall.

Flin Flon won 34 games and Nipawin won 32, and the season series was 3-3. Both teams managed to take 2 out of 3 in each others building which is surprising considering both teams home records. Flon was 22-5 at the Whitney Forum and Nipawin was 20-6-1 at the cage.

The last time these 2 teams met was that thrilling OT game in Flin Flon Jan the 15th. Davis Jones was spectacular stopping 48 out of 50 shots he faced. Brett Penner had both goals for Flin Flon that night. I still consider that game from Davis Jones the best goaltending performance I have witnessed at the Junior A level.

Jones will be the key for the Hawks and if he can deliver more performances like that one, the Hawks will be very tough to beat. Flin Flon is deeper up front and will need their best players to be their best players. If Storzuk, Roach, Boehm and McCombie get going there is the potential for a lot of offence. Devin Buffalo played better the final month of the regular season and put up good numbers winning 23 games and finishing with a 927 SV %. He has limited playoff experience and will need to get on a roll early to get his confidence up.

Mike Reagan feels his team is ready and despite finishing third in the North finished the season 7-2-1 in their last 10. One concern may be their road record which was: 12-14-1, but home ice is often over-rated in the playoffs and Flin Flon only needs to win one game away from home in this series. Jones is the key player for Nipawin and Roach is the key guy for Flin Flon leading all defenseman in scoring with 54 points. He was only 15 points out of top spot for the overall lead, and his 22 points on the powerplay led the Bombers and was near the top of the league. He could very well be the differance for Flin Flon and the Hawks do not have anyone like him. Roach has the experience averaging a point per game for Humboldt on theit title run last spring.

Jesse Bernard and Wheaton King both had good seasons against the Bombers picking up 8 points apiece and could also be factors in this series.

I am expecting great crowds in both buildings and there is quite the buzz all over the SJ about this one. This is their first playoff meeting since 2001 when the Hawks bounced the Bombers in 5. Flin Flon was heavilly favoured that season hosting the RBC and had their hearts broken and there are still some Bomber fans that have not forgotten that series and are hoping history does not repeat itself. These 2 teams are a lot more evenly matched this time, and some feel Flin Flon may be the underdog.

No matter what go's down CFAR-590 and flinflononline.com will have every single exciting minute including games 1 and 2 from Nipawin tonight and tomorrow starting with the Murray GM Coach's Show at 7:15 and play by play at 7:30.


It is playoff time and this is going to be one great series!!!

Thanks for reading

Rob Hart

This is courtesy of the Flin Flon Bomber website at bombers.ca
 

A former Flin Flon Bomber captain was recently bestowed a big time honor.  Darren Schwartz, who served as team captain in his only season with the Maroon and White in the 1988-89 season, was recently inducted in the East Coast Hockey League’s Hall of Fame.
 

Schwartz played only one season in Flin Flon, but made waves with his scoring touch and physical presence on the ice. After the season with Flin Flon, Schwartz was supposed to go on to the Brandon University Bobcats, but chose to try his hand at the professional ranks.
 

He arrived in the ECHL during the league’s second season in 1989-90 and played eight seasons in the league with the Johnstown Chiefs, Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, Wheeling Thunderbirds, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and Wheeling Nailers. Schwartz made his biggest mark in the ECHL during Wheeling’s inaugural season in 1992-93, where he scored a team record 62 goals in 62 games, becoming one of just eight players in ECHL history to score at least 60 goals in a single season.  Schwartz ranks seventh in ECHL history with 313 goals, is 13th with 571 points, is tied for seventh with 32 postseason goals and is 11th with 70 postseason points

Mike Reagan the Head Coach and GM of the Flin Flon Bombers was our guest on this weeks Norman Sportsline Program.

Mike talks about his teams regular season and the first round playoff series coming up with Nipawin.

You can hear that interview here:

The Hapnot Kings Senior Boys basketball team went into Thompson this past weekend as the no.1 seed and came out the Zone Champion.

The Kings demolished Cross Lake and Thompson to advance to the final to play The Pas.

The Kings got great performances from Sam Kinsley, Luke Holubec and Garrett Whitford as the Kings took the final  71-44.

The Kings will represent the North at Provincials coming up in Winnipeg March the 14th and 15th.

The Queens also had a good weekend beating Cross Lake and The Pas to get to the final.

The Queens faced a very good deep team from Thompson and lost the final 93-29. The Thompson girls are ranked third in the province

The Atom AA Bombers were in Portage for provincials

The Atom AA Bombers won both their round robin games defeating Mcdonald 2-0 and Swan Valley 7-3.

The Atom AA'S would play Macdonald again losing 4-2 in the semis.

This would set up the Bronze Medal Game where Morden would come out on top 6-1.

Springfield won the Gold beating Macdonald 7-1 in the final.

Main Event- Flin Flon Insurance

Kyla Reierson 6
Dianne Burwash 5

Hudbay Event

Larissa McLaren (Snow Lake) 10
Terry Kennedy 2

North Of 53 CO-OP Event

Bev Lantz 10
Norma Moodie 3

20 rinks took part at the Uptown Curling Club