Another exciting event is coming to the Phantom Lake Golf Club. 

It is a new event this year, so mark Sunday July the 23rd on your calender for the Ladies Open.

It is $40.00 a player and includes golf, dinner and prizes.

It will kick off with a 1pm shotgun start and you can sign up at the Pro-Shop at 306-688-5555.

The Flin Flon Bombers have announced that their AGM will take place on Sunday July the 16th.

The AGM will take place at the Bomber Office on Main street starting at 6pm.

Once again the agenda will include reports from the President, Coach, Treasurer and their will be elections for Board Of Director positions.

The President spot for a two year term will be open and there  will be various one year and two year terms for Directors available.

The night will conclude with questions from the floor.

The SJHL released their regular season schedule yesterday and the season will kick off on Friday September the 22nd with 5 games,  including the Flin Flon Bombers off to Nipawin to visit the Hawks.

All teams will play 56 games including a pair of games at the SJHL Showcase in Warman, November the 13th to the 16th.

After heading to Nipawin on Friday September the 22nd, the Bombers will host the Melfort Mustangs in their home opener on Saturday September the 23rd.

Other notable dates will include Flin Flon's first road trip down south which will see them play 4 games in 5 nights starting October the 10th in Yorkton. They will play in Notre Dame on October the 11th and visit  Estevan and Weyburn October the 13th and 14th.

The Bombers will play their final game before Chistmas at home against Laronge on Saturday December the 16th, and kick off 2024 hosting Nipawin January the 4th.

Something a little bit different this year, the Bombers will close out the regular season in Humboldt on Friday and Saturday March the 15th and 16th at the Elgar Petersen Arena.

You can see the complete SJHL schedule at sjhl.ca

There will be a youth hockey camp coming to Flin Flon in August.

The Daniels Hockey Camp will take place at the Whitney Forum , August the 14th to the 16th.

This is open to all ages including Atom and Pee Wee (U-13) and Bantam and Midget (U-18).

The camp will feature Scott Daniels, former NHL'R, Sydney Daniels, NHL Scout and Colby Daniels , Collegiate player.

The camp will include classroom instruction, on ice training, off ice training and a Daniels hockey jersey and more.

You can register on line at danielshockey.com/camps.

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The Flin Flon Bombers announced today the club’s 2023 preseason schedule, which begins on Tuesday, September 5th in OCN.

The Bombers will play four preseason games in total with two games at home and two games on the road.

The Bombers 2023 preseason schedule is available below.

Tuesday, September 5th @ OCN – 7:00 PM

Friday, September 8th vs OCN – 7:30 PM

Saturday, September 9th @ La Ronge – 7:30 PM

Thursday, September 14th vs La Ronge – 7:30 PM

Further details including ticketing, broadcast information and the team’s training camp schedule will be released at a later date.

There has been plenty of rumours and speculation that the OCN Blizzard would be playing their games out of the Roy H. Johnston Arena in the Pas this up coming season.

It is official, the Blizzard announced earlier today that they have signed an agreement with the Town of The Pas to operate out of the Roy for three years.

The Blizzard also pointed out that despite some interest and offers to move the team out of the community, they have made a commitment to stay in The Pas and their goal is to keep the team in the North.

The Blizzard continue to search for a Head Coach and GM and will be accepting applications til June the 25th. If you are interested you can find out more by going to ocnblizzard.com.

The Phantom Lake Soccer Club officially wrapped up their season yesterday with their windup tournament in Creighton and Phantom Lake.

A big thank you to all the coach's, volunteers, sponsors and players.

Here are yesterday's results:

U-11 Division

Team Purple- Gold

Team Green- Silver

U-13 Division

Team White- Gold

Team Blue- Silver

U-15-17 Division

Lime Green beat Dark Green in Double OT to win Gold and Maroon finished third.

Don't forget that jersies need to be returned to the Equipment Assistants by June the 30th . If you are not sure who to contact, you can send a message to your coach.

The Phantom Lake Soccer Club will officially wrap up their season with their windup tournament this weekend.

Games will be taking place in the U-11, U-13 and U-15-17 Divisions and will  be played in both Phantom Lake and Creighton.

Here is a complete schedule of all the games this weekend.

Doug Johnson has landed back in the SJHL and has been introduced as the new Head Coach and GM of the Melville Millionaires.

Johnson, who loves a challenge with have the inevitable task of trying to get the Mills back in the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

Johnson brings a wealth of experience including 11 seasons with the Nipawin Hawks including a league title in 2018 and three SJHL Coach Of The Year Awards.

Johnson coached the MJHL'S OCN Blizzard last season and guided them to a 33-19-2-4 record and back into the playoffs after a 5 year hiatus.

Doug joined us for an interview yesterday and shared his thoughts on his return to the SJHL and talked about the steps  that led him to Melville.

You can hear that interview here: https://flinflononline.linkedupradio.com/podcasts/nor-man-sportsline

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Kenneth Morris of Hapnot Collegiate attended the 2023 MPA Powerlifting and Bench Press Provincial Championship this past weekend at Iron Image Gym in Selkirk, Manitoba. Morris took part in the event at the 83kg weight class as a 17 year old Sub Junior.

Morris set an impressive number at the Bench Press being able to lift 97.5kg (215lbs).

But it was his Squat and Deadlift that really turned heads at the event. Morris broke the Provincial Squat record for his age and weight class, putting up a 195kg (435lb) Squat. He also broke the Provincial Deadlift record for his age and weight class, putting up a 217.5kg (480lbs) Deadlift.

Morris won the event for his age and weight class along with also breaking the Provincial record for total combined weight of the three lifts at 510kg (1124 lbs).

Congratulations to the following individuals who have been chosen  to coach rep teams in Flin Flon Minor Hockey  for the up coming 2023-24 season.

U-11 Peds Threads Bombers- Jonathan Cooper

U-13 Kinsmen Bombers- Ryan Biberdorf

U-15 Werbicki Trucking Bombers- Greg Kritzer

Thanks to everybody that applied and FFMH is looking forward to the start of hockey in the fall.

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The Flin Flon Bombers are thrilled to announce the signing of 2006-born forward Koen Senft.

The Bombers used their 1st round pick and 8th overall selection in the 2022 SJHL Draft to select the forward out of Regina, Saskatchewan.

“We’re extremely excited to sign out 1st round pick from last years draft. Koen has a high ceiling and is going to be a very good player that will contribute at both ends of the ice. Koen’s 200-foot game is something we place high value on and we feel he has the potential to be one of the top rookies in the SJHL this season.” – Bombers Head Coach & General Manager, Mike Reagan

The 6’0″, 175lbs forward had 42 points (16 G, 26 A) in 39 regular season games with the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA program. In 12 playoff games, Senft put up 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points. The Pat Canadians fell in the SMAAAHL final to the Saskatoon Blazers in a fifth and deciding game. Koen appeared in 2 games last season with the Bombers as an affiliate player.

The Flin Flon Bombers would like to welcome Koen and his family to the Bombers organization.

You will be able to tee off for the nation's 156th birthday with the Phantom Lake Golf Club's Trout Festival Golf Tournament.

It all go's down on Saturday July the 1st with a shotgun start at 10am.

It is $50.00 for members and $60.00 for non-members which includes 18 holes of golf, a meal and prizes.

Once again this is open to all age groups including Men, Ladies, Seniors and Juniors. Call the Pro- Shop to sign up at 306-688-5555.

It was a great weekend for the Phantom Lake Soccer Club travel teams who wrapped up their season in Creighton with a club tournament.

Here are the results:

U15F thunder won their game

U15/U17 boys won their game

U11F lightening won their two games

U11M had a win and a tie

U13F kick it strikers had a win and a loss

U13B won their two games

The Phantom Lake Soccer Club will officially wrap up their season with a windup tournament this weekend  for the U-11, U-13 and U-15-17 Divisions.

The Hapnot Collegiate Sports Banquet took place last night to honor all the coach's , athletes,  volunteers and   sponsors on another grear year in athletics.

One of the big highlights of the night and season is the Male and Female Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year.

The winner for Junior Varsity Sportswoman was : Cassidy Alexander who played both JV and SV volleyball, JV basketball and track.

Junior Varsity Sportsman was Braeden Tetlock who was involved with JV soccer, volleyball, curling, badminton and track.

The Senior Varsity Sportsman was Jamal Lone who excelled in SV basketball, volleyball, badminton and track.

Gianna Watt was the SV Sportswoman of the year and had one of the best year's in Hapnot Athletics history.

Gianna was a member of both the SV Queens basketball and volleyball teams helping her school win Zone banners, where she was a Provincial All Star. she also competed in soccer and badminton.

To cap it all off, Watt also picked up a Provincial Athlete Of The Week nod.

Flin Flon Creighton Minor Ball will be having their windup at the Creighton ball diamond on Friday June the 23rd.

U-7'S will be 5 to 5:45, U-9 6 TO 7, U-11 7:15 TO 8:45 and U-13 to 18   9 to 11pm.

Hot Dogs will be available for all players starting at 6pm and all players should arive for their games a half hour early.

This is a big weekend for Phantom Lake Soccer. On Saturday, they will be hosting CIBC Soccer Fest.

This is a national program and they  haven’t hosted it in almost 10 years. They  will be combining this with the the Windup for the Timbits divisions. CIBC Soccer Fest Will be on the  Creighton Soccer Field from 1:00-3:00; the Timbits windup will be from 2:00-4:00 at the Creighton Splash park 

While this is ongoing, the older divisions  will be hosting the Northwestern Manitoba Travel Festival. They  will be welcoming teams from Swan River and Opaskwayak Soccer Association. These team will Be playing on Saturday and Sunday between the  Phantom Soccer Field, and Creighton field. 

They  have also invited Manitoba Soccer Association and Saskatchewan Soccer association to our community to take in all the festivities. While here, MSA will be available for ref mentoring and SSA will be hosting a demonstration of walking soccer.This is one of the exciting programs that they  hope to provide to the community during their  off season.

The Flin Flon Trout Festival will once again be hosting a Disc Golf Tournament this year.

It will take place on Saturday June the 24th, 9 to 5 at the Creekside Golf Course.

It will be two 18 hole rounds and is open to anyone 12 or over. Entry fee is $50.00 and includes a free disc, wool socks and tickets for the Fish Fry.

There will be a chance to win lots of great prizes.

You can register at flinflontroutfestival.com.

Congratulations to the Flin Flon Bombers Barron Stibbe who has accepted a scholarship to Ohio University of the ACHA.

Stibbe was a spark plug and one of the fastest players in the league after he arrived from the Aberdeen Wings of the NAHL.

Stibbe put up 6 points including 2 goals with the Bombers in 16 games.

This brings the total of 7 Bomber players from last year's squad to receive a scholarship for the up coming season joining  Jaeden Mercier, Jacob Vockler, Alex Von Sprecken, Cole Duperreault, Zach Cain and Ethan Mercer.

Congratulations to Kenny MacDonald of Hapnot Collegiate for becoming the Varsity Boys Champion at the MHSSA Track and Field Provincials in the outdoor pentathlon. Kenny finished with a score of 2730 points at the event over the weekend at the Brandon Sportsplex. 

Big news for the Creighton Kodiaks 6 man football team. They will be moving from Conference 5 to Conference  4 starting this fall.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk was on 102.9 CFAR today and told us why this move was made. " We are very excited about the news for our team and league.  My plan was to play in the North this year and make a move next season. Things developed in the last few weeks that were out of my control. Basically what happened was when all the teams came together in the North, to determine who would be playing in 1A to compete for a Provincial spot,  Sandy Bay and the other teams did not want to play us and moved to 2A, so we had no  one to play other than Cumberland."

The Kodiaks move into a conference with Shellbrook, Hague, Rosthern, Birch Hills and Wakaw.

Creighton will play 6 regular season games with the top 4 teams in the Conference making the playoffs.

The Kodiaks will play one exhibition game in Shellbrook on September the 7th before opening the regular season on September the 14th against the Provincial Champions from Wakaw.

Training camp will open up on August the 19th and Head Coach Karakochuk says they have over 30 players returning from last year's squad including everyone on defense.

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The Flin Flon Bombers are pleased to announce the signing of 2005-born forward Jett Patola.

The Calgary, Alberta native was nearly a point-per-game player for the Calgary Buffaloes U18 AAA program. Patola had 32 points (12 G, 20 A) in 37 games, helping guide the Buffaloes to a first-place finish in the regular season. The Buffaloes finished in second-place at the prestigious Circle K Classic held in Calgary and fell short in the semi-final, losing to the eventual league champions, the Calgary Flames.

Patola had 3 goals in 6 games at the Circle K Classic and 6 points (3 G, 3 A) in 7 playoff games.

“Jett put up great numbers on one of the top U18 AAA teams in Western Canada. We like the fact that he comes from a winning program and he has the ability to score goals.” – Mike Reagan, Bombers Head Coach & General Manager

The Flin Flon Bombers would like to welcome Jett and his family to the Bombers organization.

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The Flin Flon Bombers are thrilled to announce the signing of 2005-born forward Jaden Beauchamp.

The product of St. Albert, Alberta, played at the RINK Hockey Academy in Winnipeg this past season and put up 16 points in 27 games.

“Jaden came to our spring camp as an unknown but impressed us so much we had to sign him. He’s extremely quick and plays with a ton of pace and energy. His work ethic is fantastic and we feel he’s going to be a fan favourite at the Whitney Forum.” – Bombers Assistant Coach & Assistant General Manager, Cole McCaig

The Bombers would like to welcome Jaden and his family to the Flin Flon Bombers organization.

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The PBCN Selects Fall Camp is set for September 8-10th

To Register contact GM Gatlin Church @ gatlinchurch@icloud.com

Introducing Some Top Prospects to watch…

Antonio Constant who started the season as a 16 year old with the Blue and White. Now the 17 year old will try to earn a spot with the Selects as a regular

.

Illy-Anna Anderson who was Pinaymootang First Nations Midget AA goalie last season will be the first ever Female to tryout for the Selects. The 18 netminder will compete for the backup job behind Odin Church.

Yorkton Saskatchewan product Lance Cote, he seen time with the Melville Millionaires as an AP last season and will compete for a spot in the top nine with the Selects this season.

17 year old Hunter Kablutsiak from Arvait, Nunavut will try to do what Terence Pilakapsi did last season and crack the lineup as an midget player. Kablutsiak is a speedy centre who’s high energy might be what the selects are looking for.

Former Nipawin Hawks and OCN Blizzard Head Coach, Doug Johnson has landed back in the SJHL.

It is official, the Melville Millionaires inked the three time SJHL Coach Of The Year to a three year deal.

Johnson was able to guide the OCN Blizzard to a 33-19-2-4 record and got the Blizzard into the playoffs for the first time in 5 years.

Doug was able to impress his only year in the MJHL as he was a finalist for Coach Of The Year.

Johnson is the winningest coach in Nipawin Hawks history which included a league Championship in 2018.

Melville has not made the playoffs in almost a decade after parting ways with Jamie Fiesel and the hiring of Johnson will be a big step in turning things around.

Welcome back to the SJHL Doug.

The Flin Flon Bombers are starting to fill out the roster as they prepare for the up coming season.

Flin Flon has signed a big defenseman in 6 ft 4 Pierce Yakimchuk who spent the past two seasons with the ST Albert Raiders U18 AAA program.

Yakimchuk picked up 2 goals and 15 assists in 36 games and was chosen the Raider's best Defensive Player.

Flin Flon has also signed 2005 born forward Jack Bechard. Jack had a great year with the Tisdale Trojans of the Saskatchewan Midget Triple A league,  where he led his team in scoring with 48 points in 44 games.

Bechard did dress for the Bombers in 4 games this past season.

Another Flin Flon Bomber is going to get a chance to play hockey at the next level.

The Bombers announced on Social Media that graduating 20 year old forward Ethan Mercer is going to play for MacEwan University this fall in Edmonton.

Mercer came over to the Bombers in a trade with the Old's Grizzlies of the AJHL mid season  and was a fan favourite right off the hop.

The big power forward put up 15 points including 5 goals in 28 games and was named an Assistant Captain and was  a beast in the playoffs.

Mercer used his valuable experience of playing for a National Championship the year before with Brooks,  and found the back of the net   seven times for the Bombers in their run to the final.

Mercer is the sixth Bomber to receive a scholarship this season.

Congratulations to Creighton's Lauren Fox on winning the Northern Ladies Golf  Championship in Prince Albert.

Over 60 golfers from all over the Province took part in the annual tournament which took place at Cooke Municipal Golf Course this past weekend.

Lauren shot a 78 in both of her rounds and said it was her putting and chipping that put her over the top.

This was redemption for Fox, who finished third in last year's competition.

The SJHL Bantam Draft was held yesterday with all 12 teams participating including the Flin Flon Bombers who had 9 selections total.

Flin Flon had one pick in the first round, two in the second, one in the fourth and two in the fifth for 2007's. The Bombers had three selections for players born in 2008.

I had a chance to catch up with the Bomber Coach Mike Reagan who talked about his team's selections and a few other things they will be doing to get ready for the up coming season.

You can hear today's interview here: https://flinflononline.com/podcasts/flin-flon-today 

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The PBCN Selects have traded the Hockey Canada playing rights to 2003 born Leon Natomagan to the Saskatoon Royals of the Prairie Junior Hockey League.

In Return the Selects receive Player Development Fees

“Trading Leo wasn’t an easy decision, we add a few bucks to our player transaction’s fund that will hopefully allow us to add at this season’s deadline, but this deal was to allow a very good kid the opportunity to attend university in Saskatoon while playing hockey this season.” Commented GM Church. 

Natomagan scored 29 goals and added 31 assists last season, he wore an ”A” for the expansion club leading them to a semi final appearance. He’s leaving big shoes to fill in the teams top six forwards.

The PBCN Selects organization wishes him the best of luck going forward and Thanks Leon for his contributions to our very young franchise.

This is a big day for the SJHL , as the Bantam Draft will kick off at 2 pm, Manitoba time today.

The Melville Millionaires will get the first overall pick while the Flin Flon Bombers will pick number 10 overall.

The Bombers will get get 8 picks overall including two picks in the second round, with the second pick coming in a trade with Estevan. One pick in the third round with two in the fourth including one courtersy of a trade with Kindersley.

They will also get one pick in round number 5, but gave up their 6th round pick to  Melville in the Zach  Cain trade. Flin Flon will also get two picks for players born in 2008 with selections number 82 and 94 overall.

You will be able to follow along the SJHL Twitter Page. We will also have full coverage of all the Bomber picks on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.