The Flin Flon Bombers will put their 6-2 record on the line this weekend as they step back on the ice to face the Melfort Mustangs and Yorkton Terriers at the Whitney Forum.

The Mustangs make their first visit to the Flon tonight  and have been impressive out of the gate. Melfort is 6-3 and look like they will be strong in goal again this year.

New Comer Luke McKechnie looks solid at 4-2 with a GAA of 1.82 and a save % of .932.

Backup Nick Kotai is no slouch either and is 2-1 with a GAA of 3.27.

The Mustangs are very fast and skilled up front and should poise a big challenge for Flin Flon tonight.

Melfort was the only team in the league to come into Flin Flon and beat the Bombers at the Forum in the regular season last year,  and I am sure that is fresh on a lot of the players minds.

It is always a great matchup between these two teams and I am looking forward to puck drop at 7:30pm tonight.

Flin Flon will also get a good test tomorrow night too with the Yorkton Terriers making their first trip to Flin Flon since last year's Canterra Seeds Cup League Final.

These two teams did meet in Yorkton back on October 3rd with Yorkton skating to the 6 to 3 victory. That was the final game for the Bombers on their Southern road swing and I expect the Bombers to have more jump and stronger  legs for tomorrow's game.

Saying that, Yorkton is a good team and you have to give Head Coach Emery Olauson credit for putting together another solid squad.

They had some big pieces to replace after losing Gabriel Courchesne and William Leonard to the BCHL. Others have stepped up and they have arguably  the league's best defenseman in Thomas Ries who has 8 points in 8 games.

Yorkton is 4-3-1 and have scored 34 goals in 8 games but have also given up 33. The key for the Bombers will be to get off to a good start, it was a rough opening period that hurt them in Yorkton a few weeks back.

Flin Flon heads into the weekend banged up and will not have Brenden Phelps, Keaton Lesperance, Ben Shaw , Wyatt Stinton and Nash Holmes in their lineup.

Captain Landon Alexander continues to skate and the Bombers are hoping that he can make his much awaited season debut this weekend. We will see the new acquisition Gabriel Kaminski who was just acquired from the Humboldt Broncos.

Kaminski had 2 goals in 7 games for the Broncos and should add some depth to the Bomber forward group.

No radio broadcast tonight, but we will have tomorrow night's game against Yorkton with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10pm and drop of the puck at 7:30pm. 

Flin Flon Minor Hockey will be holding Skill Development next Thursday at the Creighton Sportex.

It will start at 5:15pm and is for all registered Flin Flon Minor Hockey players in U-11 to U-18.

This is open to both players and goalies and you can register by e-mailing technicaldirectorffmh@gmail.com.

Deadline to register is Monday October the 19th at 5pm.

FFMH is also in search of Officials and will pay competitive rates for both new and experienced Officials. Officiating is a great way to be involved in youth sports, gain extra income, and become a part of a community.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the team this season please contact: secretaryffmh@gmail.com.

Fresh off another Soccer Zone title a couple weeks back,  the Hapnot Queens are off to Winkler for Provincials which will start tomorrow morning.

The best High School Soccer  Teams in Manitoba will be in action representing their Regions including Niverville, Dauphin, Stonewall, Morden, Minnedosa, Lorette and Gabrielle Roy

Hapnot's is coached by Teli Keramydas, Darcie Hotel and Lara Smith and their first game is tomorrow morning at 9am.

Regulation games will take place through Friday with the playoffs to start Saturday at 10am. The Championship Final will go at 2pm.

Flin Flon Bomber netminder Finn Werner has been selected as the Sasktel SJHL Goalie Of The Week.

Werner has been incredible for the Bombers since returning from the WHL.

He is 6-2 with two shut outs and leads the league in both GAA of 1.50 and Save % of .945.

Werner was crucial in both victories against Estevan this past weekend, making a lot of big saves early on Friday and he also held the Bombers in the game Saturday especially in a sluggish third period.

Flin Flon will get a big test this weekend with the Melfort Mustangs coming to town on Friday night and the Yorkton Terriers here on Saturday.

The game against Yorkton will be a rematch of the Canterra Seeds Cup Final from this past Spring and will be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

Once again it begins with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10 and drop of the puck at 7:30 pm for Creighton Furniture.

Flin Flon Recreation is hosting a Monster Mash Splash on Saturday October the 31st at the Hudbay Aquatic Centre between 10am and 1pm.

It will be a Halloween themed swim with spooky pool games, Halloween music, Monster Themed Activities, swimming and splashing with lots of Halloween fun and surprises.

It is absolutely free and open to kids of all ages.

The Flin Flon Bombers have made another trade with the Humboldt Broncos.

This time they have received 2007 born forward Gabriel Kaminski for a Player Development Fee.

Kaminski suited up for 41 games for the Broncos last year and collected 13 points including 9 goals. So far this year, Gabriel had two goals in 7 games.

Kaminski will help add some depth to the forward group after the departures of Leo Seitz, Ryan Ulmer and Jack Martin.

Head Coach and GM of the Bombers Cole McCaig had this to say about the acquisition on social media. " Gabriel is an intelligent player that competes extremely hard. He’s a 200 foot player that can kill penalties and we believe in a bigger role, he can step in and help produce for us. He provides speed and has a great stick defensively and can break up plays.”

Kaminski is expected to make his Bomber debut this Friday against the Melfort Mustangs.

Congratulations to the Hapnot Queens Senior Varsity Volleyball team on winning the Doug Oberlin Tournament in Swan River this past weekend.

The Queens breezed through the round robin beating Frontier out of Cranberry, Cross Lake and Swan River to finish first in their pool.

The Queens then moved on to the playoff round and they beat Cranberry in the Semi's before knocking off the hosts from Swan River in three sets to win the tournament.

The Senior Kings also took part and they ended up finishing second in their pool after splitting with RD Parker out of Thompson, dropping both sets to Frontier out of Cranberry and then they beat  Swan River in two straight sets.

That would put the Kings in the playoff round where they would once again face Swan River. This time the host Tigers knocked off the Kings in two straight sets to eliminate them from the tournament.

Cross Lake went on to face  RD Parker out of Thompson in the final, and prevailed in  three sets to finish first overall.

It was a very good Thanksgiving weekend for the Flin Flon Bombers.

After a 4 game in 5 night road trip down south to kick off the month, the Bombers finally returned to  the Whitney Forum to play just their second and third home games of the season.

Flin Flon welcomed their southern rivals the Estevan Bruins to town for a pair of games. The Bombers beat the Bruins in their own building just the week before so they were familiar with what the Bruins would throw at them.

Estevan came in with only one win on the season , but Head Coach Cole McCaig was quick to point out that the Bombers would not take the Bruins lightly.

The Bruins came out on Friday and were given some glorious chances with some Bomber defensive miscues, but Estevan couldn’t get a puck past Bomber netminder Finn Werner.

Werner stopped three partial break- aways and Flin Flon would score a goal late in the opening period when new comer Seth Castronuovo got in alone on the Bruins netminder Dylan Adams and scored a highlight reel goal.

Castronuovo was able to take advantage of a nice pass from Jared Bigelow and he raced to the net and scored with a nice shot just under the cross bar.

That stood up as the game winner as The Bombers would get insurance goals from Dylan Carron, Ryder Mucha, Rhett Ewen and Huson Brehaut for the convincing 5 to 0 victory.

Finn Werner was rock solid and ended up stopping all 24 shots fired in his direction. Estevan goaltender Dylan Adams also played well and he ended up with 33  saves on 38 shots.

The Bombers entered the game with the league’s best powerplay and it was good again going 2 for 3 while the Bruins were 0 for 3.

These two teams would meet again the next night,  and this time it was the Bombers who would have the good opening period.

Kai Bridgeman, Kyle Marsden and Jared Bigelow all Defensemen, each scored their first goal of the season to put the Bombers up 3 to 0 after one.

It looked like the Bombers were on their way with Hudson Brehaut scoring a pair of goals to give him 5 on the season and put Flin Flon up 5 to 1 after two.

The Bruins finally got on the board when Griffin Horne got to the top of the slot to beat Finn Werner, with a nice snap shot low stick side.

I give Estevan a lot of credit, they came out and made a really good push in the third period.

They got rewarded with a couple of goals from Shea Rollason and Jaren Ashbee and were able to cut the deficit to 5 to 3 with over eight minutes remaining in regulation.

The Bruins also got awarded a late powerplay and were able to pull their goalie and had a 6 on 4 advantage. Once again Finn Werner stood tall and was able to keep the Bruins at bay the rest of the way, stopping everything fired in his direction.

Flin Flon scored a goal late into the empty net courtesy of Eli Heroux and that would make the final 6 to 3 for  Flin Flon.

Final shots were 31 to 30 in Estevan’s favour with the Bombers going 1 for 5 on the powerplay and Estevan finished 0 for 5.

A great weekend once again for the Bomber netminder Finn Werner who is now 6-2 on the season with a 1.70 GAA and very impressive Save % of .939.

Head Coach Cole McCaig thought his team was fortunate to get the two points on Saturday night. “ Tonight I thought we got off to a really good start getting out to a 3 to 0 lead early,  but got worse as the night went on. We took advantage of some mistakes early,  but just coasted after that and sat on the lead. For us to have just two shots at the Media Time Out in the third period, I told the guys we usually average 40 shots a night at the Whitney Forum. We got away from playing Bomber Hockey early in the game in my opinion and didn’t play with enough urgency or passion.”

The Bombers did find a way to get it done and now sit 6-2 on the season which is first place in the UPL Division and tied for second overall.

Flin Flon will get a couple of stiff tests this weekend with the Melfort Mustangs coming to town on Friday. Melfort is tied with the Bombers for second overall and were the only team to beat them at the Whitney Forum last year in the regular season.

Saturday, the Bombers will face the Yorkton Terriers in a rematch of this past Spring’s  Canterra Seeds Cup Championship Final.

Game time is 7:30 pm both night’s at the Whitney Forum.

Good luck to the Senior Hapnot Queens and Kings volleyball teams who are in Swan River for the Doug Oberlin Tournament starting today.

The Queens are in a pool with Swan Valley, Cross Lake and Cranberry.

The Queens will face Swan Valley today at 3pm,  Cross Lake tonight at 8pm and Cranberry tomorrow at 9:50am.

Playoffs begin at 1pm with the Final at 7:30pm.

The Kings are in a pool with Thompson, Swan Valley and Cranberry.

Hapnot will face RD Parker out of Thompson at 3:50 today, Cranberry tonight at 8pm, wrapping up the round robin tomorrow against Swan Valley at 11:30am.

Playoffs start at 1pm and the Final is at 7:30pm. 

The Creighton Kodiaks 6 man Football team made their way to Viscount to battle the Vikings under the lights on Thursday night.

This was a much better effort for Creighton who were right in this one til the end dropping a 50 to 40 decision.

The Kodiaks kept it tight and were able to match the Vikings score for score and trailed 22 to 20 at the half.

Viscount would pull away in the third quarter and the Kodiaks ended up running out of gas to drop to 1-3 on the season.

Creighton got their points from Quarterback Ryan Grunerud who scored two touchdowns on ten and thirty yard runs.

Deakon Anaka also ran in another touchdown from ten yards, with Deegan Long and Matthew Lavis both  hauling in touchdown catches.

Head Coach of the Kodiaks Ryan Karakochuk was happy with his team's effort. " I was really impressed, I told our guys it was going to be a tough game as they are very physical and we fought hard right  til the end. Our best players were our best players yesterday and we had some special efforts from a lot of key guys. We lost the game,  but I was very impressed with our resolve, effort and fight right til the end."

The Kodiaks have now been officially eliminated from the playoffs and have two games remaining in the season including their final home game on Friday October the 16th  against Carrot River.

Don't forget that there will be a special fundraiser going on for the local SPCA where fans are encouraged to bring pet food, pet supplies and cleaning supplies to help out the local shelter.

Kickoff will be 4pm Manitoba time.

The Flin Flon Bombers continue to bolster their roster especially with the recent  departure of Forwards Ryan Ulmer, Leo Seitz and Jack Martin who were part of last year's blockbuster trade with the Humboldt Broncos.

The Bombers are excited about the acquisition of 18 year old Forward Alex Ostrovskyy.

Alex comes from the Yale Hockey Academy in the United States and he put up 30 points in 30 games last season including 16 goals.He also added 8 points in 3 playoff games.

Flin Flon look forward to seeing him in the lineup this weekend against the Estevan Bruins.

Another new forward to keep your eye on this weekend is 20 year old Nathan Helfenstein.

Helfenstein comes from the U-21 Elite League in Switzerland where he had 40 points in 47 games. The Bombers are not only looking for some offense from Helfenstein,  but feel he will be a good leader as well.

Nathan will make his debut tomorrow night at the Whitney Forum as the Bombers will host the Estevan Bruins at 7:30pm.

The Creighton Kodiaks 6 man Football Team are back on the road today as they are off to Viscount to take on the Vikings.

Creighton comes into tonight's game at 1-2 after dropping a tough 60 to 25 decision against the Lanigan Lazers at home last Friday.

Viscount also sits with a record of 1-2, so this game will have huge playoff implications. In a nutshell. the Kodiaks will have to win tonight for a chance at a playoff spot.

This game was supposed to be played tomorrow night but once again both coach's agreed to move it to tonight with it being the Thanks Giving Long Weekend.

Kick off Tonight under the lights will be at 8pm Manitoba time.

Creighton will return home the following Friday to face the Carot River Wildcats for a 4pm kick-off.

A reminder that this will also be a fundraiser for the local SPCA, so fans are encouraged to bring a donation to help support all the animals.

The Hudbay Aquatic Centre wants to get you ready for swimming lessons in November.

The Hudbay Aquatic Centre will be holding Swimming Lessons Assessments Saturday October the 17th and Saturday October the 24th from 9am to noon.

Assessments will help determine the appropriate level for your swimmer before lessons begin.

Whether you are a little swimmer just getting comfortable in the water,  or ready to build your skills , they have lessons to help you grow and gain confidence.

It is $20.00 for a half hour slot and they can take 4 children per slot.

Register by calling 833-210-6435 extension 641 or aquacentre@flinflon.ca.

The Flin Flon Creighton Curling season will start the week after Thanksgiving at the Uptown Curling Club.

Don't worry if you missed the registration, you can still sub and find a team for this season.

There will be afternoon curling from Monday to Thursday between 1 and 4pm and a Thursday Night Mixed League starting at 7pm.

You can message them on the Flin Flon Curling Club Facebook page to sign up or get more information.

The U13 A Kinsmen Bombers have announced their roster for the up coming season.

That includes Forwards, Austin Peever, Brooks Marvin, Gabriel Pawlachuk, Jack Lukowich, Mason Olson, Nash Neaufeld, Nicholas Tost, Ryker Sproxton and Max Tetlock.

Defensemen, Annabel McKinnon, Axel Stener, Blair Bartlett, Shea Dorion and Zander Morisette.

The Goalies are Chase Andres and Isaiah Hildebrand.

Affiliated players, Hudson and Hunter Enns and Logan Hershmiller and the Head Coach is Bryan Pawlachuk.

The U-13 Division will host a Tournament in February of 2027 in Flin Flon.

If you are a former member of the Flin Flon Judo Club or would like to learn, build skills  and grow together you are invited to come out and try the new Flin Flon Grappling Club.

The age groups include Beginners and an Adult/Teen Class.

Classes will take place Tuesday and Thursday nights at the Creighton Sportex Lounge for Beginners at 6:45pm and Teen/ Adult at 8:15pm.

For further information you can contact judo_josh@hotmail.com or check out the Flin Flon Grappling Club Facebook page.

It was a rough start for the Creighton Kodiaks 6 man Football team on Friday afternoon at the Creighton Oval Field Of Dreams.

The Kodiaks came into their home  game fairly confident where they usually play well.

Creighton was 1-1 with a home win over ST Breux and a good showing in Carrot River the week previous.

The Kodiaks were hosting the Lanigan Lazers who were also 1-1 on the season.

Give Lanigan credit, they took advantage of some Kodiak penalties and a slow start to build up a 26-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in a convincing 60 to 25 win.

Another factor in the Kodiaks losing this game was they weren't able to stop the Lazer running game.

Despite the loss, Matthew Lavis had another strong day for Creighton hauling in three touchdown catches, including a 30 yarder to try and keep his team in the game.

The other Creighton touchdown came from Ryan Grunerud, who scored on a Quarterback Sneak from the goal line.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk summed up the loss. " I didn't expect to spot them 20 something points to start  the first quarter, and then we had a couple of touchdowns called back because of holding calls. You think you score points,  and then before you know it you are second and 20 or third and 20 and you are punting. I think we were pressing and trying to do to much, but by the time we got into our game plan and comfortable the game was out of reach. That is one of those games you wish you could get back, but in sports unfortunately you get one crack at it,  and it definitely wasn't the result we were hoping for playing at home."

The Kodiaks will now head to Viscount to take on the 1-2 Vikings this Thursday night at 7pm. This game was supposed to be played on Friday but both coach's decided to move the game to Thursday, due to the Thanksgiving long weekend.

This is a big game for Creighton, and if they have any hope of making the playoffs, they absolutely have to win this game. 

It will come down to the Kodiaks playing clean football and trying to stay injury free, and obviously getting off to a better start.

Creighton will return home the following Friday October the 16th to host Carrot River in their final home game, 4pm at the Creighton Field.

contributed by the Flin Flon Bombers

The Flin Flon Bombers organization would like to congratulate the 1968-69 Flin Flon Bombers team and Ken Baumgartner on their induction into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.

The 1968-69 team was led by Flin Flon's own Bobby Clarke, who was the league MVP that year. The team won 47 of the 60 regular season games and won the WCHL Championship over the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Bombers then advanced to the National Series and defeated Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League Champions, St. Thomas Barons.

Six players from the team went onto play in the NHL and WHA and many others also played pro hockey.

Ken Baumgartner was born right here in Flin Flon and was drafted by the LA Kings in 1985. He played 696 games in the NHL. In those nearly 700 games Ken scored 13 goals, 41 assists and 2242 penalty minutes which is 38th all time.

Congratulations to Ken and everyone on the 1968-69 Bombers on your induction to the Manitoba Hockey Hall Of Fame.

Congratulations to the Senior Hapnot Queens Soccer team who have won another Zone Championship.

The Queens are back to back Champions and went undefeated at home this past weekend.

It was Flin Flon's turn to host and the home team did not  disappoint.

Hapnot went undefeated beating the Pas 1-0, Cross Lake 7 to 0 and a hard fought 3  to 1 win over Thompson in penalty kicks. The game was actually scoreless after regulation.

The Queens would meet RD Parker out of Thompson once again in the final and this time Hapnot rolled to the 4 to 0 victory.

Mia Desjarlais led the way offensively for the Queens scoring three of the four goals. The other Hapnot goal was scored by Ashlyn Peever.

Congratulations to Head Coach Teli Keramydas and the rest of the Queens on their Zone victory and good luck at Provincials in Winkler October the 16th and 17th.

The Hapnot Kings also had a good showing this weekend and ended up going 2-2 with wins over The Pas and Cross Lake in the round robin with their one loss coming against Thompson.

The Kings would face The Pas Once again in the Semi- Final losing a heart breaker 2 to 1 in penalty kicks and ended up finishing 3rd.

RD Parker out of Thompson beat The Pas in the Final 6 to 2 and they will win the Boy's Zone.

The Flin Flon Bombers dropped their final game on their Southern road swing  in Yorkton this past Saturday by a score of 6 to 3 at the Westland Arena.

This was the first meeting between the two teams since the Bombers swept the Terriers in this past Springs Canterra Seeds Cup Final.

Mathys Morrissette opened up the scoring for Yorkton just 1:30 into the opening period, scoring on a nice back hander. Morrissette is actually the younger brother of former Bomber Crystopher Collin who suited up for Flin Flon between  2017 to 2019.

Ryder Mucha would reply for the Bombers on the powerplay just a few minutes later to tie the game at 1.

Yorkton would strike two more times before the first period was over with Alex Morrison and Nathan Ramos both finding the back of the net to put the home team up 3 to 1 after one.

Noah Martin got his first SJHL regular season start for the Bombers and was pulled after the first period after giving up 3 goals on 12 shots.

Finn Werner would come into the game and started the second period. Werner had started the first 5 games of the season for Flin Flon  and has been rock solid with a GAA of 1.77 and a Save % of .937.

Morrison was able to get his second of the night just 2:34 into the middle frame and this would stand up as the game winner.

Dylan Carron would score his second in as many games to get the Bombers within one once again, but that is as close as they would get this night. Dylan Brass scored just a few minutes later to restore the two goal lead for Yorkton at 5 to 3 entering the final period.

The two teams would exchange goals in the third period with home town product Ryder Mucha scoring his second of the night for the Bombers,  before Peter Godley put the game away with an empty netter.

Finn Werner stopped 26 out of 28 shots for Flin Flon coming in relief while  veteran Terrier netminder Callum Craig stopped 31 of 34 to pick up the win.

Even though the Bombers lost the game it was still a pretty decent road trip with the Bombers going 2-2. The trip began with a 4 to 2 loss in Melville on Tuesday and a 3 to 0 win over Weyburn on Wednesday and a 4 to 1 win over Estevan on Friday.

It was a very emotional road trip with the futures in the blockbuster trade with the Humboldt Broncos announced on Thursday. Humboldt had sent Goalie Charlie Tritt, Defenseman Ryder Knutson and Forward Connor Miller at last year’s trade deadline to help the Bombers push for a Championship. As we know it worked out pretty well with the Bombers winning their first League Championship in 33 years.

Thursday the futures were announced on who was  going to Humboldt, with three talented forwards making  their way to the Broncos including Jack Martin, Ryan Ulmer and Leo Seitz .

All three of these players were part of the squad that helped Flin Flon win the league last season  and all three will be able to step into Humboldt's lineup this year and help the Broncos compete for another League Championship.

Head Coach Cole McCaig had this to say about the deal. " We had a team meeting with the three players that were picked by Humboldt, it was very emotional with a lot of tears that were shed. We are losing three really good players who are also really good human beings. They have been great ambassadors in the community and they will be very tough to replace. We now need to move forward as a group,  and now we need to send a statement to the rest of the league that we are still one of the team's to get through to win this  league."

Now the work begins for the Bombers to try and find players to fill these spots which will not be easy as they are all tremendous players and people.

Flin Flon has made a key signing with the announcement of 2006 born forward Nathan Helfenstein who was a late cut of the Brookes Bandits.

Helfenstein comes from the U-21 Elite League in Switzerland and picked up 40 points in 47 games and will hopefully fill some of the offensive void with the loss of Seitz, Ulmer and Martin.

So after this past week’s Southern road trip the Bombers are 4-2 and sit in top spot in the UPL Division. The good news for the Bombers is they will play 6 of their next 7 games at home including a pair of games this weekend against the Estevan Bruins.

Games are set to go at 7:30 pm on both Friday and Saturday night.