Penalties hurt the Flin Flon Bombers who made their way to Melfort to battle the Mustangs last night.
A valliant effort fell short as the Mustangs rallied for a 2 to 1 victory in Over Time.
Flin Flon came out and skated very well and did a very good job on shutting down the Mustangs powerful first line of Dru Mushamanski, Luke Dekay and Tristan Ziola.
These three players torched the Bombers for a combined 8 points in their convincing 6 to 1 win over the Bombers on Friday.
The Bomber penalty killing unit was busy and had to kill 7 Mustang powerplays including a full two minute 5 on 3 midway through the first period.
Flin Flon managed to kill it and got through the first scoreless.
It looked like it might be the Bomber' s night as they would get rewarded with a powerplay goal of their own, when their Captain Landon Alexander connected on a Jared Miskiw pass in front of the net to bury his first of the year.
This was just the third game for Alexander, but he has been exactly what the team has needed and he brings so much life and energy to this team. I have also been saying a lot lately, I love how this guy gets to the net.
Flin Flon carried the lead into the third period and with the way that Finn Werner was playing, I thought the Bombers might steal it.
The Bombers were leading a charge down the ice, and the puck went off a skate in the neutral zone and the Mustangs went down the ice and tied the game when Nolan Van Waes was able to get to the front of the Bomber net.
It stayed 1 to 1 the rest of the way through regulation and Over Time would be needed.
The Mustangs would finally convert on the man advantage with a double minor for high sticking to go 4 on 3.
With just 16 seconds remaining in the Over Time period, Lincoln Rogers was able to win the game when Luke Dekay fed him the loose puck on a 2 on 1.
Despite the loss it was a gutsy effort for the Maroon and White who were able to get at least one point.
With the win, Melfort will take over top spot in the UPL Division at 8-4, while the Bombers will slip to second at 7-3-1.
Final shots were 34 to 20 in favour of Melfort while the Bombers went 1 for 4 on the man advantage and the Mustangs ended up 1 for 7.
Both goaltenders were outstanding as Finn Werner almost stole this one, while the Mustangs Luke McKechnie was a wall.
Next up for the Bombers will be the much improved Kindersley Klippers coming to town for a pair of games on the weekend, Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm.
We will broadcast Saturday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.
