The Flin Flon Bombers have officially clinched the UPL Division with their 23rd straight win on home ice last night doubling up on the Nipawin Hawks 4 to 2.
Flin Flon used another strong first period to power to the victory as they scored three times.
Pierce Yakimchuk opened up the scoring with his 8th of the season, a career high just over 5 minutes into the opening period.
Connor Miller who just nicely got back in the Bomber lineup re-directed his 21st of the year just two minutes later before the red hot Leo Seitz scored his 14th to put Flin Flon up 3 to 0 after one.
Seitz has now scored in three straight games.
Nipawin would get it together due in large part to the play of netminder Gage Roberts who made a lot of big saves to keep his team in the game which looked like it may get out of hand.
The Hawks would get their powerplay going and Braeden Jockims and Eric Hoiness were both able to score with the man advantage to get the Hawks within a goal after two.
Flin Flon continues to find ways to win hockey games and their leading scorer Joey Lies scored a big insurance goal by shovelling in a loose puck in the crease midway through the final period to put the Bombers up 4 to 2.
The Bombers shut the Hawks down the rest of the way and are now a perfect 23-0 at the Whitney Forum this season. Flin Flon will also improve to a league best 37-10-1-1 on the season and now lead the second place Battleford Stars by 7 points with a game in hand.
Nipawin will fall to 32-17-1-1 and remain tied with Yorkton for third spot with 66 points.
A great goaltending dual last night with the Bombers Charlie Tritt making a lot of key stops with 27 out of 29 for his 20th win of the season.
Gage Roberts was very good as per usual with 33 saves on 37 shots.
Flin Flon will now focus their attention on the hottest team in the league the Melfort Mustangs who have won 9 in a row after a 4 to 2 win against Weyburn last night.
These two teams will collide this weekend with a home and home at the Palace in Melfort on Friday and back at the Whitney Forum on Saturday. Both games will be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.
