The Flin Flon Bombers had two incredible road efforts in Kindersley this past weekend, but unfortunately only have 1 point to show for it.

 

The Bombers outshot Kindersley a combined 99-74 in the two games but had a tough time beating Evan Weninger who was brilliant both nights.

 

Flin Flon had to play catch up both nights including a two goal deficit on Saturday.  Gross and Macpherson put Kindersley up 2-0 after 1. The Bomber powerplay caught fire getting them back into the game when under- rated Tyler Bell fired a nice low slap shot past Weninger to get the Maroon and White on the board 7:31 into the second period.

 

Marc Dubeau would restore the two goal lead, when he jammed in a loose puck past Simon Hofley 36 seconds after the Bell goal.

 

The Bombers never panicked and continued to get good pressure on the Klippers in their own zone and got a late power play goal from Chris Rauckman, when he re-directed a Tyler Bell shot from the blue line with only 32 seconds remaining in the second period.

 

Not only did the Bombers cut the deficit to a goal, but they also grabbed some much needed momentum coming out for the third period. Kindersley were a perfect 19-0 when they led a game after 2 periods of play, but I just had a feeling that Flin Flon was not finished.

 

The Bombers dominated the third period and finally were able to cash in when Rauckman would score his second of the game and 29th of the season,  when he picked up the puck and raced across the Klipper blue line firing a perfect back hander past Evan Weninger, with only a minute and a half remaining in regulation.

 

This would tie the game at 3 and send the game to overtime. The Bombers came out firing and got a couple chances right off the hop but ended up getting penalized twice and had to pretty much play the entire over time 3 on 4. Simon Hofley was great and made a lot of big saves to get the game to a shoot out.

 

Evan Weninger would not break, stopping both Boehm and Rauckman in the shoot out while Dubeau and Young both  beat Hofley to give the Klippers their 31st victory of the season.

 

I thought this was some of the best hockey I witnessed in years, and if these two teams should meet in the playoffs, fans will be treated to some great entertainment in both rinks. There was incredible flow, great goaltending, and the elite players from both teams put on good shows. This was easy and very fun to call on the radio. Mike Reagan mentioned on the 102.9 CFAR Post Game Show that he thought his team sent a statement to Kindersley who only have 1 regulation loss at home all season.

 

After the weekend the Bombers are: 21-8-5-5 and are 2 points behind the Nipawin Hawks in the Sherwood who swept a weekend series from Laronge. Flin Flon still has a game in hand.

 

The Bombers are 6-2-0-2 in their last 10 and sit  5th overall, and will not play till this weekend when they host the Yorkton Terriers this Friday and Saturday. You can hear Saturday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com with the Murray GM Coach's Show kicking things off at 7:15.