Big news for the Humboldt Broncos as they have re-acquired Connor Miller  from the Flin Flon Bombers.

Miller was sent to Flin Flon last January in that blockbuster trade that included Goaltender Charlie Tritt and Defenseman Ryder Knutson.

The Bombers still owe the Broncos three roster players who will be officially moved after October the 1st.

Part of the deal was Miller's roster rights returning to the Bronco's for the start of the 2026-27 regular season.

This proved to be a big trade for the Bombers as Miller was a key cog in helping Flin Flon win their first League Championship in 33 years.

Connor led the Bombers in scoring in the playoffs with 15 points including 9 goals and was also named the Playoff MVP.

This should be a very big year for the 20 year old out of Lipton Saskatchewan as he was just named the Bronco's Captain,  and will get a chance to finish his career where it all began.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey is up and running for another season and lots of rep team try-outs are going to be taking place.

U-11 and U-13 team try-outs are going to be taking place the week of September the 20th to the 27th.

U-11 will be holding a registration skate on Sunday September the 20th at 1pm at the Whitney Forum and U-13 will be holding their registration skate also on Sunday the 20th at 2:30pm.

You can follow all the details including times and dates for the rest of the try-outs on the Flin Flon Minor Hockey website at flinflonminorhockey.com.

Main Camp for the defending League Champion Flin Flon Bombers is only a couple days away, and the start of the 2026-27 SJHL  season is upon us.

This will be a historic season with the Bombers not only the Defending League Champs, but this is also the 100th season for the Maroon and White.

Once again 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com are proud to be the voice of the Bombers and look forward to broadcasting 33 regular season  games.

Here is the complete broadcast schedule and a reminder that all broadcasts will begin 15 minutes before puck drop with the SJHL Coach's Show.

All games are in MB time

Pre- Season- Friday September the 11^th VS Northern Manitoba Blizzard

Friday September the 18^th at Laronge-8:30pm

Friday  September the 25^th VS Laronge-7:30pm

Saturday October the 10^th VS Estevan- 7:30pm

Tuesday October the 20^th at Melfort- 8:30pm

Saturday October 24^th VS Kindersley-7:30pm

Friday October 30^th at Kindersley- 8:30pm

Saturday October 31^st at Kindersley- 8:30pm

Saturday November 7^th VS Warman- 7:30pm

Friday November 20^th at Warman- 7pm

Saturday November 21^st at Battleford- 7:30pm

Sunday November 22^nd at Humboldt- 4pm

Saturday November 28^th VS Nipawin- 7:30pm

Friday December 4^th at Nipawin- 7pm

Saturday December 5^th VS Nipawin- 7:30pm

Saturday December 12^th VS Melville- 7:30pm

Tuesday December 15^th at Nipawin

Saturday December 19^th at Laronge- 7:30pm

Saturday January 2^nd at Melfort- 7:30pm

Friday January 8^th at Laronge-7:30pm

Saturday January the 9^th VS Laronge

Saturday January the 16^th at Melfort- 7:30pm

Friday January the 22^nd at Warman-7pm

Saturday January the 23^rd at Humboldt- 7:30pm

Sunday January the 24^th at Battleford- 4:30pm

Saturday January the 30^th VS Humboldt- 7:30pm

Wednesday February the 10^th at Nipawin -7pm

Saturday February the 13^th VS Melfort- 7:30pm

Tuesday February the 23^rd at Melfort- 7:30pm

Saturday February the 27^th VS Weyburn-7:30pm

Tuesday March the 2^nd at Nipawin- 7pm

Saturday March the 6^th VS Battleford

Saturday March the 13^th at Laronge- 7:30pm

Another school year is upon us and that means another great year of school sports.

Creighton School starts  tomorrow and will be hosting Senior Varsity Girls Volleyball Try-Outs this Wednesday and Thursday 3:30 to 5:30pm.

The Coach's will be MR Yablonski, MS Straile and MS Atkinson.

Please notify a Coach if you cannot attend a try-out.

Information is also going to be available to anyone who is interested in Cross Country Running for the up coming year.

This is open to students in grades 7 to 12 and there will be a short information meeting in the Creighton Gym this Friday at 12:20pm.

This is open to everyone whether you are a seasoned runner or just want to give it a try.

Another ace at the Phantom Lake Golf Course.

Congratulations to 17 year old Junior, Walter Stenbeck who picked up his first ever hole in one with an amazing shot on Hole Number 4.

This happened back on August the 14th when Walter hammered a tee shot from the White Tees using his Driver, launching a shot well over 300 yards right into the cup.

Walter was playing with Logan Simon and Brayden Church for the second Hole In One in August and this Summer.

Walter also placed second in the Junior Tournament which took place last Saturday at 9 over. Jack Dubinak was one stroke better at 8 over and finished first.

The Hapnot Kopper Kings Soccer team is looking for any students in grade's  9 to  12 who are  interested in playing for the team this season.

Practises are Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 to 6 pm at the Phantom Field. The first practise is Wednesday September the 9th from 4 to 6pm.

Tournaments are scheduled for September the 19th in Swan River, September the 26th in Neepawa and Zones will take place right in Flin Flon this year on October the 2nd and 3rd.

Provincials are scheduled for Morris on October the 16th and 17th.

You need to be at every practise if you want to play this season.

Reach out to the coach's MacKenzie and Jan at the school if you have any questions.

The U-18 Norman Northstars held their training camp this past weekend at the C.A Nesbitt  Arena in Thompson.

Kids from all over the North were in camp including a contingent from Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach.

24 kids from various communities earned spots including 6 from the Flin Flon area.

Congratulations to Forwards Michael Pawlachuk from Flin Flon and Jaxson Gorrell from Creighton. Defensemen Ashton Harrison and Ethan Pawlachuk from Flin Flon and  Reed Grenier from Cranberry. Westyn Hlady from Creighton  grabbed one of the goaltender positions. 

Other communities that will be represented include Thompson, The Pas, Rankin Inlet, Norway House and OCN.

The season will start on Saturday October the 3rd when the Northstars will welcome the Winnipeg Wild to town for a 7pm puck drop at the C.A Nesbitt Arena.

It is a big season for the Flin Flon Bombers for lots of reasons as not only are they the reigning league champions heading into this year, but the franchise is also  celebrating 100 years.

Not only are the Bombers regarded as one of the most decorated Junior Franchises in the world, but you could argue one of the most famous and celebrated Hockey Clubs on the planet.

This promises to be a historic season with lots of events and celebrations including the SJHL Hall Of Fame Weekend on September the 25^th and 26^th.

Main Camp will open up on Friday at the Whitney Forum,  and one of the most familiar faces of the franchise in recent memory will not be present.

Long time Head Coach and GM , Mike Reagan who has been the Coach and GM of the team the last 19 seasons and the face of the franchise has taken a job with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL.

Reagan leaves the team on top after he was able to lead the Bombers to their first league title in 33 years.

The Bombers have welcomed Cole McCaig back to the team as he returns after a one year absence with the Brooks Bandits of the BCHL. Prior to last season, McCaig was an Assistant Coach with the Bombers for 7 years, so he knows the organization and community very well.

McCaig also suited up for the Bombers as a player for 123 games between 2011 and 2014 before finishing his career with Way Way of the MJHL.

Friday, Cole McCaig will officially begin his first tour of duty as the new bench boss and looks forward to his new role. “ I mean obviously as a staff we are really excited, Jon Klasson and the rest of our scouting staff have identified  some really good players. We have 3 full teams signed up for Camp, so we have more than enough players here who are going to be fighting for spots to be a Bomber.

Flin Flon is expecting 60 players at Camp including 14 returning players from last year’s Championship team including 9 forwards and 5 defensemen and no returning goalies with Finn Werner trying out with Everett of the WHL.

That number of returning players will dwindle to 11 as the Bombers need to complete the deal with the Humboldt Broncos and owe them 3 players after the big trade from this past January’s trade deadline.

That deal will be completed after October the 1^st.

Main Camp opens on Friday with registration at 11am. Team  practises start at noon and will continue til 5:30pm. Intra Squad Games will then take over for the rest of the day til 9:30pm.

Intra Squad Games will start again on Saturday at 10am with the final two games slated to go Saturday night at 6 and 7:30pm.

The Bombers won’t have much time to rest after Camp as they will jump right into the Pre-Season as they will host the Northern Manitoba Blizzard of the MJHL this Sunday August the 6^th, 4pm at the Whitney Forum.

Then it will be another 4 pre season games in 5 days including a trip to Laronge on Monday the 7^th, Flin Flon host the Wolves on Tuesday  the 8^th and a home and home with the Blizzard on the 10^th and 11^th.

The regular season will begin officially on Friday September the 18^th with the Bombers travelling to Laronge before hosting the Wolves in their home opener the following Friday on the 25^th.

The Home Opener will include the raising of the Championship  banners prior to puck drop, so hopefully there will be a nice big crowd to officially  kick off the 100^th season.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey will officially kick off their season this weekend with the 3 on 3 Jamboree.

The Rosters and Schedule is set.

There will be two teams in U-9, three teams in U-11 and three teams in U-13.

All the action will take place this Saturday with Round Robin starting at 8:30 am.

At 8:30 am in the U-13 it is Team 1 VS Team 2, 9:10am U-11 Team 1 VS Team 2 and at 9:50am in the U-9 it is Team 1 VS Team 2.

Round Robin will go til 3:30pm with the Playoffs starting at 3:40pm and wrapping up at around 6:30pm.

Full schedule can be seen at flinflonminorhockey.com

Congratulations to Flin Flon's Darren Brown on picking up the first Hole In One this Summer at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

It happened on Thursday afternoon and Darren got it on Hole number six with a Pitching Wedge.

It was a 95 yard shot that landed perfectly on the Green before eventually rolling in.

This is the first Hole In One in Darren's career and once again the first one this Summer at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

Don't forget to sign up for a lot of big events at the Phantom Lake Golf Club the next few weeks including the Lefty-Righty Tournament this Saturday, The Walt on the Labour Day weekend and the all new Par 3 Tournament on September the 19th.

Sign up for all these events at the Pro Shop by calling 306-688-5555.

A unique fun tournament will hit the Phantom Lake Golf Course this Saturday August the 29th.

For the first time ever,  the Phantom Lake Golf Club will host a Lefty Righty Tournament with tee times starting at 3pm.

It will be 9 holes with 3 holes Best Ball, 3 holes  Alternate Shot and 3 holes Best Score.

It is $50.00 for members and $65.00 for non members. Dinner and prizes to follow.

To register or for more information you can call 306-688-5555.

Hockey Manitoba is ready for another hockey season and will be holding Instructional Stream Coaching Clinics.

There will be three Instructional Clinics including Goaltending, Skating and Small Area Games.

The Goaltending Clinics will be on October 3rd, 18th, 21st and Skating Clinics will be October the 2nd, 4th, 10th,11th,15th,17th,19th,25th and 31st.

Small Area Games will be on October the 1st,7th, 14th,24th and 29th.

The registration links will open on September the 1st at hockeymanitoba.ca.

The 2026 U-18  Norman Northstars will be holding their tryouts next weekend August the 28th to the 30th at the CA Nesbitt Arena in Thompson.

Player registration will take place on Friday August the 28th from 2 to 4pm at the Northstar Dressing Room number one. Players will then receive their schedule and information regarding the team that they are on for tryouts.

Intra squad games will take place on Saturday starting at 9am and happening throughout the rest of the day.

The Blue and White game will wrap up Camp on Sunday at noon.

You can register by filling out the registration form on the Norman Northstar facebook page.

These try-outs are open to any U-18 players in the entire Norman Region.

The U-15 Female Bombers are looking for players who would like to help form a team this season.

They are looking for any U-15 Girls in the entire Norman Region.

If you are interested you can contact Kylie McKinnon at kannmckinnon@gmail.com.

All interested players will be invited to a Registration Skate in September.

Online registration continues for Flin Flon Minor Hockey at flinflonminorhockey.com. First time players need to provide a copy of a birth certificate at registrarffmh@gmail.com.

The start to another SJHL season is quickly approaching and it promises to be a big one for the Flin Flon Bombers.

Not only are the Maroon and White the defending league Champions after capturing their first league title in 33 years, but the Bombers are also celebrating 100 years.

There are a couple of big celebrations including the SJHL Hall Of Fame Weekend on September the 25th and 26th.

One of the key events that weekend will be the Bomber Alumni Game on Saturday September the 26th. If you are a former Bomber player  who would like to play in that game,  the organization would like to hear from you.

If you are interested in playing in that game let them know by August the 31st by e-mail at bombers100@gmail.com.

The 92-93 Bomber Championship team will be honored during the SJHL Hall Of Fame weekend and will be one of the teams suiting up for the Alumni Game.

The Bomber organization look forward to hearing from other Alumni who want to suit up to play for the other team.

The countdown is on for the biggest event of the season for the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

The Walt Cunningham Labour Day Classic will take place on  September the 5th,6th and 7th.

There will be two shot-gun starts on Saturday and Sunday at 9am and 1:30pm. Monday one shot gun start at 10:30 am.

The cost is $140.00 for members and $160.00 for non members and there will be 4 chances at winning $10,000.00 in a Hole In One contest, plus an additional $12,000.00 up for grabs in prizes.

You will get 4 meals with your entry fee plus you are guaranteed at least two days of golf.

Sign up at the Pro Shop by calling 306-688-5555, and entry must be paid at the time of sign up.

The start to another Flin Flon Minor Hockey season is less than two weeks away.

The first event is the 3 on 3 Tournament which will take place on Saturday August the 29th with the U-9, U-11 and U-13 Divisions all competing.

The Regular Season will begin on September the 1st with the U-5'S starting in September.

Registration has opened online with a link on the Flin Flon Minor Hockey Facebok page. If you have not previously registered with FFMH, you will need to provide a copy of your birth certificate to the Registrar at registrarffmh@gmail.com.

Keep your eye on the FFMH Calender for all your team practises. 

The Draw for the Men's Club Championship has been announced at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

The Club Championship will begin today.

Kieren Black will square off against Colin McPhee, Allan Meyer takes on Doug Dubinak, Tim Smith against Richard Perry and recent Senior's Champ Blaine Gogal is up against Eric Rogalka.

These matches need to be completed by August the 24th.

Those 4 winners will then move on to face Jeff Woods, Shawn  Fraser, Chris Bortis and Trevor Fox. Those matches will need to be completed by September the 12th.

The final two standing will then compete for  the Club Championship Final which needs to be wrapped up by  September the 20th.

Just a few more weeks before the defending SJHL Champion Flin Flon Bombers make thir way back to the Whitney Forum for Training Camp.

There has  already been a number of major moves made by the organization with the announcement of new Head Coach and GM Cole McCaig being brought back to lead the team into their 100th season.

That announcement was made when long time bench boss Mike Reagan announced he was on his way to Kelowna of the WHL after 19 seasons at the helm in Flin Flon.

The Bombers have announced another new addition to the coaching staff in new Assistant Coach Rylan Thiessen. This name is no stranger to Flin Flon Bomber fans as Thiessen suited up for the Bombers back in the 2021-22 season where he put up 26 points in 33 games.

Thiessen was part of a very deep blue line that helped the club reach the league Final against Estevan before  dropping a heart breaker in 7 games.

Originally from Brandon , Thiessen and McCaig are no strangers to each other as both graduated from the Brandon Wheat Kings U-18 program.

Thiessen will join other Assistant's including Tyler Szturm who returns for his second season with the team from Thunder Bay. Flin Flon's own Chris Bortis will also return as an Assistant along with Athletic Therapist and Equipment Manager Jason Savill who is back with the Bombers for a 9th season.

Exciting news for Flin Flon Minor Hockey,  who will be hosting a special Hockey Clinic in October.

Three time Canadian Olympian Sami Jo Small will be hosting the Clinic October the 2nd to the 4th at the Whitney Forum.

This is going to be open to all Girls born between 2010 and 2019 in the Norman Region.

The Sami Jo Small Hockey School has been running since 1998,  and  has helped many young athletes take the strides to learn from one of the top Female Hockey Players in the World.

She has hosted Camps all over the Country for years and looks forward to making it to Northern Manitoba in October.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey will release more details, including how to register as we get closer to the date.

54 golfers teed off at the Phantom Lake Golf Club yesterday for the annual Senior's Open.

The tournament was broken up into two age categories including 66 and under and 67 and over.

Here are the results.

66 and Under

Blaine Gogal- 74

Shawn Fraser- 76

Aaron Ginnell- 80

67 and Over

Alan Coates- 80

Jack Quinn- 81

Brian Bortis- 83

Ladies

Judy Maitland- 89

Lois Moberly- 101

Sandy Davis- 103

Long Put Competition

Ladies- Judy Freeborn

Men 66 and Under- Dwight Stallard

Men 67 and Over- Duane Davis

The Flin Flon Bombers are getting ready to celebrate their 100th season and there will be a lot of special events,  and they want to give you a chance to be part of history.

Volunteers are a big part of this team's success and they are looking for some enthusiastic young people to be part of the game day action.

They are looking for anyone 11 and over to work in the Penalty Box, 14 and over to work the clock,  and anyone 15 and over to be a Camera Operator.

If you are interested in being part of the Game Day crew you can reach out to Connor Brading on the Flin Flon Bomber Facebook page.

The excitement is brewing for the defending SJHL Champions with Main Camp less than a month away,  starting on Friday September the 4th and the first Pre Season Game on Sunday September the 6th against the Northern Manitoba Blizzard.

That will be a 4pm start time at the Whitney Forum.

If you are 16 years of age or older Flin Flon Recreation is looking for two to three individuals to host Drop In Sports for the up coming season.

The sports that are featured include Volleyball, Basketball and Badminton, and they take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Flin Flon Community Hall.

They will be starting up in the middle of September and if you are interested in applying  you can contact Bryanne at 1-833-210-6435 or broberts@flinflon.ca.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey is ready to kick off another season later this month.

It all starts with the 3 On 3 Jamboree on Saturday August the 29th at the Whitney Forum.

The tournament will include Divisions U-9, U-11 and U-13 and all the games will be played in one day.

Registration is open and you need to be signed up with Flin Flon Minor Hockey before you can take part in this tournament.The registration deadline is Wednesday August the 26th.

You can sign up by clicking on the registration link on the Flin Flon Minor Hockey website at flinflonminorhockey.com  or the Flin Flon Minor Hockey Facebook page.

A busy couple of weeks at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

The Men's Club Championship will begin on August the 17th and it will be a little different format this year. It will be decided by Match Play and you have up until August the 15th to sign up.

Matches will start once again on August the 19th and you will have a week to complete them. Number of Match Play games will depend on the amount of entries.

 The Junior and Senior Club Championship will be decided at the Closing Day Tournament in September.

The next Two Person Mixer will be played on Saturday August the 22nd with a Shotgun Start at 5pm.

Sign up as a pair with any combination whether it is a guy and a girl, two girls or two guys, open to both members and non-members. Cost is $50.00 for members and $65.00 for non-members.

To sign up and get more information you can call the Pro- Shop at 306-688-5555.