The Flin Flon Bombers are off to a great start and are a perfect 4-0 so far this season.

One of the big reasons why is the play of 20 year old goaltender Devin Peck out of Colorado Springs.

Peck has been between the pipes for every one of the Bomber's wins and has some pretty nice stats to start the season.

In the four wins, Peck has a .920 save % and GAA of 1.71.

The Bombers will have a few more days off before getting back into action this weekend,  when they welcome the Warman Wolverines to town for a pair of games.

This will be Warman's first visit to the Whitney Forum for the former franchise out of Notre Dame,  and you will be able to listen to the  Saturday game  on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club is getting ready to wrap up the season and will be holding their AGM tomorrow night at the Clubhouse.

The meeting will start at 7pm and include a recap of the year from the President, financial report and a motion from the floor.

There will also be elections for Board Of Director positions.

Any questions can be directed to the Pro- Shop at 306-688-5555.

The Hapnot Senior Queens Soccer Team has captured the Zone Championship for Girl's Soccer in the North.

The Queens went undefeated and beat OCN  in the final earlier today by a score of 1-0. Teslynn Beauchamp scored the games only goal.

The Queens will win the Zone banner for the third time in the last four years and are now off to Provincials in Stonewall the weekend of October the 11th to the 13th.

The Hapnot Kings had a good tournament but came up short in their final today, dropping a 6 to 1 decision to RD Parker.

It was an impressive showing for the Kings who had no tune up games and tournament experience before heading to Zones on the weekend and made it to the finals finishing second in the North.

A good showing so far for both the Hapnot Kings and Queens Soccer teams who are at Zones at OCN.

The Queens won both their round robin games over RD Parker of Thompson 2-1 and Cross Lake 1 to 0.

The Queens then beat MBCI out of The Pas  3 to 0 in the semi's  and are in the final at noon today against the host team from OCN.

The Kings went 2-1 in the round robin, losing to RD Parker 4 -2 but rebounding with a convincing 10 to 1 win over Norway House and a 1-0 win over Cross Lake.

Hapnot is in the final against RD Parker out of Thompson and that game is just under way.

You can follow the results at mhsaa.ca.

Another good weekend for the Flin Flon Bombers who picked up a pair of wins over Division rivals the Nipawin Hawks and Melfort Mustangs.

On Friday the Maroon and White Express made their way to the Cage in Nipawin for the Hawks home opener and played a complete 60 minutes  and were able to pick up the 4 to 1 victory.

Nathan Lalumiere did most of the damage picking up his first ever SJHL hat-trick and he scored all three goals different ways including short handed, a power play marker and even strength.

The other  Bomber goal came from local product Wyatt Stinton who scored a powerplay goal late in the game for his second of the season.

The lone Nipawin goal was scored by Ashton Tait who took advantage of a Bomber give away in their own  zone.

Flin Flon played a great road game and held the Hawks to 22 shots including only 2 in the second period. Another key was killing a 5 on 3 early in the first period and were 5 for 6 on the PK while going 2 for 11 with the extra attacker.

The Bombers rode the momentum into Saturday as they welcomed the defending league champion Melfort Mustangs to town for the first time this season.

It was a lot different game than the Bombers had seen or played so far this year, a tight checking affair with not a lot of room for the Bomber's to orchestrate their skill and speed.

This is a lot different Mustang team that doesn't feature a lot of high skilled forwards, so they play a tight defensive grind it out style.

Flin Flon were able to persevere and pulled out the 2 to 1 shoot out victory.

Wyatt Stinton scored the only goal in regulation, his second powerplay goal in as many nights taking advantage of a 5 minute major early in the second period. Veteran defenseman Bo Eisner scored for the Mustangs.

The two goaltenders stood tall and kept each other's scorers at bay through the rest of regulation and OT.

After the Mustangs scored first in the shoot-out , local products Wyatt Stinton and Joey Lies both found the back of the net to send Flin Flon to the victory to the delight of the great crowd at the Whitney Forum.

Devin Peck was strong behind the pipes again for the Bombers earning his fourth win of the season with 21 saves and 42 total in the two games this past weekend.

Not to be out done was Mustang goalie Kason Kobelka who ended up with 37 saves on 38 shots.

A great start for the Bombers who remain undefeated on the season at 4-0 and will now prepare for the Warman Wolverines who make their way up North this up coming weekend.

The former Notre Dame Hounds franchise is 1-4 on the season and have just acquired former Blizzard standout goalie Taye Timmerman who was reassigned by  the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL.

Games will be Friday and Saturday with Saturday's game being broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

The Flin Flon Bombers have added a player with Major Junior hockey experience just in time for their game with the Nipawin Hawks  tonight.

The Bombers are pleased to announce that they have added 19 year old forward Jack Martin from the Barrie Colts of the OHL.

Martin suited up for 21 games for Barrie last season and added one assist in those games.

Flin Flon is excited to add Martin's experience to their forward group and should be a welcome addition.

The Bombers will board the bus and head to Nipawin for a key UPL  divisional matchup with both teams undefeated so far this season. 

Flin Flon took both games in a home and home with Laronge last weekend by scores of 9 to 4 and 5 to 1 while Nipawin spoiled the party in Melfort knocking off the defending league Champion Mustangs 4 to 3.

You can listen to tonight's game from Nipawin on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononlinecom which will be the Hawks home opener. It all begins with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:40 and drop of the puck at 8pm, Manitoba time.

We will also have tomorrow night's game at the Whitney Forum as the Bombers will host the Melfort Mustangs at 7:30. Tomorrow night's  game is at 7:30 which means we are on the air at 7:10.

The Creighton Kodiaks 6 Man Football team will head out on the road for the final time this season.

Creighton will put their 0-2 record on the line as they head to Wakaw to take on one of the strongest programs in the province.

Wakaw is the defending Division Champs and they finished second in the Province last year.

The Warriors are a powerhouse again this season and are sitting with a 2-0 record. The Kodiaks have been under manned and have had the injuries pile up the first two games and hope  to get a few more of their starters back in uniform this afternoon.

The good news for Creighton is after today's game in Wakaw, the Kodiaks will play the next three games at home.

Kickoff is at 3pm Sask time, and you can follow today's results on the Creighton Kodiak facebook page.

Good luck to the two Senior Hapnot Kings and Queens Soccer Teams  who are off to  Zones in OCN this Sunday and Monday.

The Queens fresh off an undefeated weekend in Swan River are in a pool with RD Parker from Thompson and Cross Lake.

The Queens will play RD Parker  Sunday at 12 :15pm and then they will take on Cross Lake at 5:15.

Playoff games will be played on Monday.  

The Hapnot Kings are in a pool with RD Parker, Norway House and Cross Lake.

They will play three games on Sunday, RD Parker at 1, Norway House at 3:30 and Cross Lake at 6:30pm.

Playoffs are Monday with the third place game at 10:15 am and the Boy's Final at 1pm.

The Pas U-11 Hockey Travel team is looking for players.

Even though the team is based out of The Pas, they are opening it up to players from Flin Flon, Creighton, Cranberry, Snow Lake and the surrounding areas.

U-9 Girls can also try-out if you feel you can make the jump to U-11.

There will be 6 hours of ice time for try-outs, which will consist of development practices and scrimmages. Ice times have yet to be determined.

They would like to have a team together for the Thompson Female Tournament on November 14th, and if all go's well would like to play another 3 to 4 tournaments throughout the year.

If you are interested in joining the team  you can contact Head Coach Gary Lafreniere at lgarry66@hotmail.com.

All good things must come to an end and the Phantom Lake Golf Club has announced the last Ladies and Men's Nights of the year.

The last Ladies Night will go today  with tee times starting at 3:30, while the last Men's Night will be this Thursday with tee times starting at 3pm.

Come out and take advantage of the nice fall weather, enjoy 9 holes of golf, a steak supper and a chance to win some great prizes.

Call the Pro-Shop to book your tee times at 306-688-5555.

It was a good start to the new SJHL season for the Flin Flon Bombers who knocked off the Laronge Ice Wolves in both games in the home and home this past weekend.

In front of a packed house at the Whitney Forum, the Bombers buried the Wolves 9 to 4 on Friday night.

New comer Ryan Ulmer score just 1:36 into the opening period and the Bombers went into cruize control.

Flin Flon got goals from 9 different scorers including Xavier Fachon, Landon Alexander, Ryder Mucha, Reid Arberry, Leo Seitz, Joey Lies, Wyatt Stinton and Benett Leibel.

Devin Peck started his first regular season game in the SJHL and collected the win for the Bombers making 21 saves on 25 shots. The Bombers managed to get 9 pucks past veteran Graham Brown on 52 shots.

Specialty teams were also a factor in the outcome with Flin Flon going 2 for 4 on the powerplay and Laronge ended up 0 for 5.

The next night the Bombers travelled to Laronge to play the first ever regular season game at the Wolves new home, the Jonas Roberts Memorial Centre.

This is a beautiful facility that should do the Wolves proud for many years to come.

Once again the Bombers started quickly  with Ryder Mucha re-directing a shot past Riley Zezel who got the start on Saturday night.

Mucha got his stick down and re-directed a point shot from Natan Munier just over a minute into the game.

That was the only goal of the first period and after a bit of a sluggish start to the second, the Bombers found the net three more times in the middle frame.

Rhett Ewen playing his first game of the year batted a puck in the net when he was left alone out front. Initially the goal was waved off but after the officials gathered they over turned the decision.

Leo Seitz would then score his second of the season before Ryder Mucha picked up his second of the night and third of the year.

The teams traded goals in the third period with the Wolves Ryder McAslin converting a nice pass from the slot to beat Bomber netminder Devin Peck low glove side.

Flin Flon then took advantage of a 5 minute major when Xavier Fachon scored from the point in front of a screened Zezel to make the final 5 to 1.

Riley Zezel played very well in his SJHL debut and was the Wolves best player stopping 49 out of 54 shots. Devin Peck picked up his second SJHL win and also played well with 18 saves on 19 shots.

The Bombers went 1 for 5 with the extra attacker while the Wolves were 0 for 2.

Next up will be a challenging weekend for the Maroon and White as the Bombers will travel to Nipawin for the Hawks home opener this Friday night. The Hawks should be one of the deepest teams this year with 17 players back from last year's team.

Nipawin is 1-0 after beating the defending Champs, the Melfort Mustangs 4 to 3 this past Friday. Game time will be 8pm Manitoba time.

On Saturday Flin Flon will host Melfort with puck drop at 7:30.

Both games will be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

It was a good start for the Senior Hapnot Queens Volleyball team who took part in their first tournament of the year this past weekend in Elton.

The Queens started with a win over Grandview, a loss to Carberry and then a win over Goose Lake to finish first in their pool.

That would advance them to the playoff round where they beat Major Pratt out of Russell before losing to Carberry once again in the semi finals. The Queens would then play the host team from Elton for third place and they ended up winning in two straight sets.

The JV Hapnot Queens were in Thompson this past weekend and they went 12-0 and ended up winning that tournament.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club hosted their last big event of the year, The Club Championship and Closing Day Tournament yesterday afternoon.

54 golfers from all different ages came out and took part and a big thanks to all the staff who did a great job with the organizing and making sure the course was in great shape.

Congratulations to all the winners including Darcy Salamondra who fired an incredible 66 and he is the Male Club Champion this year holding off a very deep championship flight that included Neil Goodman, Jake Champagne and Steve Pickering.

Here are the complete results.

There is a lot of excitement  in hockey rinks right across Saskatchewan and you can include the Whitney Forum in the mix.

The Flin Flon Bombers will host the Laronge Ice Wolves in their home opener as a brand new SJHL season will begin tonight.

Despite losing a lot of marquee players from last season,  there is a lot of optimism in Bomber country who bring back 12 players from last year's team.

Flin Flon looks to be very good on the back end with the return of Pierce Yakimchuk, Natan Meunier, Nash Holmes, Emerson Clark and Kyle Marsden. Marsden will not be in uniform tonight due to injury.

All 5 looked great in camp and look forward to leading this group throughout the season.

The Bombers also bring back a good compliment of forwards including local products Joey Lies, preparing for his fourth season , Wyatt Stinton and Ryder Mucha.

This will be the second season for Stinton and Mucha who look to be poised to become elite players this year. Mucha scored 8 goals in the pre season and has a very deceptive shot and knows how to get to the net.

Stinton picked up three goals in the pre season and can really fly down the ice and doesn't mind playing physical when he has to.

Lies is also coming off a productive pre season which saw him score 4 goals in his last two pre-season games. Look for Lies to have his best offensive season as he gets ready for his last year of Junior Hockey.

Flin Flon will also bring back Leo Seitz, Reid Arberry, Rhett Ewen and Landon Alexander who can all play two way games and will bring a physical presence to the lineup.

The Bombers do not have a returning goalie with both tenders moving on from last year and it looks like 20 year old Devin Peck will be the opening night starter. The 20 year old from Colorado Springs  arrived a few days after Main Camp and only gave up one goal in two pre-season starts and looks to be pretty solid.

Laronge looks to start the season with a younger lineup with only 8 players returning from last year but one of them looks to make a big impact.

Starting goalie Graham Brown is back and he was one of the league's best tenders down the stretch last year and was one of the big reasons the Wolves only missed the playoffs by a single point.

Brown plays the Bombers well and he will be tough to beat tonight.

Don't forget to get to the rink early for the Northland Ford Tailgate Party which kicks off in the Whitney Forum Parking Lot at 5pm. There will be free hotdogs and drinks, music from Amisk Sounds, a Beer Garden and free Glow Sticks for the first 300 fans.

You will be able to catch both games between the Bombers and Wolves this weekend including the home opener tonight beginning with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10 and drop of the puck at 7:30.

We will also have the rematch tomorrow from the Ice Wolves new home the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 8:10 and drop of the puck 8:30 MB time.

It has been a rough start for the Creighton Kodiaks 6 man Football Team.

The Kodiaks had a short bench yesterday as they made their way to Shellbrook to battle the Ardvarks and dropped a 60 to 13 decision and are 0-2 to start the season.

Creighton only had 13 players dressed and Deakon Anaka led the way with two touchdowns. Brayden Church made his first start at quarterback and played very well and was able to move the ball.

Unfortunately penalties also hurt the Kodiaks with two touchdowns being called back on penalties.

Fatigue set in towards the second half and Shellbrook was able to wear the Kodiaks down and picked up the victory.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk says despite  the tough start they are trying to remain optimistic. " We know going into Wakaw next week we are in extremely tough with the guys we have. We are hoping to have PK and Quinton  back, and hopefully there is   some light at the end of the tunnel with the injuries we have. The goal is to get our full lineup back and have a really good home game on our new field with our fans. We will go to Wakaw next week and try to build on some of our positives. We then get to return home and make it tough on some of these teams when they come North." 

The Kodiaks will finish on the road in Wakaw next Thursday and will get to finish out the regular season with three straight games at home.

The home opener against Hague will go Thursday October the 2nd at the Creighton Field with kickoff at 4pm, MB time.

The Senior Creighton Kodiak Girls will be hosting the Senior Kodiak Border Battle Volleyball Tournament starting later today.

Besides the host Kodiaks,  there will be teams from Cranberry, Laronge, The Pas and Snow Lake.

Action starts this afternoon with the host Kodiaks playing Frontier out of Cranberry at 3pm.Round robin will continue throughout Friday and Saturday at the Creighton Gym.

Playoffs start Saturday at 12:20 with the final at 4:20pm. You can see the full schedule  on the Creighton School facebook page.

Good luck to the Creighton Kodiaks 6 man football team who are off to Shellbrook for their second game of the season.

The Kodiaks dropped their first game in Hague last week by a score of 74 to 60,  but were still happy with their game.

Creighton had to battle the heat and were undermanned with only 15 players available for their first game, with many playing both offense and defense and they simply ran out of gas.

The Kodiaks hope to have a few more bodies for today in what will be a crucial game in the standings. Shellbrook dropped their opening game to powerhouse Wakaw, so they are also 0-1.

Kickoff in Shellbrook today is 3pm Sask time.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey has selected their Rep Coach's for the upcoming season.

Congratulations to Kylie McKinnon- U-9 Vipers, the U-11 Peds Threads Bombers-Tyler McKinnon, U-11 Northland Ford Bombers- Greg Kritzer, U-13 Kinsmen Bombers- Jon Cooper and U-18 CO-OP Bombers- Corey Grant.

They are still looking for a coach for the U-13 Eddies Bombers and if you are interested in the position you can reach out to repteamcoordinatorffmh@gmail.com.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club has confirmed their second hole in one of the local golf season.

Shawn Fraser got the first hole in one  back in early August and now Lorna Bray Rice has been added to the list.

This is Lorna's first ever hole in one and it happened on hole number 6 this past Monday.

Congratulations on behalf of everyone at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

Don't forget you can still enter your name for the Club Championship and Closing Day Tournament coming up this  Sunday September the 21st. It is open to everyone including Men, Ladies, Juniors and Seniors.

It begins with a shotgun start at 11 and you can sign up at the Pro-Shop at 306-688-5555.

The Flin Flon Trout Festival Fishing Derby was extended this past summer due to the wildfires that were taking place in late May and June.

It officially wrapped up this past Sunday at midnight with hundred's  of entries.

Here are the official results:

NORTHERN PIKE

1st - Brett Unrau  44"  $1500

2nd - Dale Brightnose  43 1/4"  $500 - Town of Creighton

TROUT

1st - Barry Anderson 40 3/8" $1500

2nd - Colten Tetoff  40"   $500  Town of Creighton

WALLEYE

1st Jayden Ouellet  30"    $1500

2nd - Bently Crone 29"   $500 - Town of Creighton

ALL OTHER PRIZING AND WINNERS

Big Fish Youth Entry        Beau Fidierchuk / Jacob Wiens

Youngest Participant      Aurora Wollman 21 mths     

Young Participant         Alisdair Wollman

Golden Lady's Entry        Carol Reitch   

Little Lady Entry               Vienna Wollman     Lady's Draw                   Alyssa Danko  / Crystal Mote / Diana LeJon    

Golden Gentleman's Entry     Ted Smith    

Gentleman's Draw     Gordon Fidierchuk 

Most Entries                Mike Odut    

Secret Lake Draw        Tiffany Andreson / Mike Odut /  Lisa Lane / Mike Ferguson / Liam Lane /  Eric Langan 

Splash Adult       Allan Roschuk / Andrew Lam / Cory Lane Sr. / Daniel Wollman / Joby Nomeland / Josh Wiens / Kevin Schanowski / Shaun Nabe 

Splash Youth - Jet Nabe /  Malcolm Lukowich /  Waylon Crone  /  Weston Wollman

Prizes can be picked up at the Creighton Recreation Tourism Office.        

Flin Flon Minor Hockey is excited to announce that Rep Team Try-outs will be taking place starting tomorrow.

U-11 and U-13 Rep Team Tryouts will begin at 5:30 at the Whitney Forum and continue throughout the week.

FFMH will also need volunteers to help out starting tomorrow at 4:30 and then 4:30 to 7:30 on Thursday September the 18th, noon to 3pm on Sunday September 21st, 3 to 6pm on Sunday September 21st and 4:30 to 9pm on Monday September 22nd.

If you are interested in helping out you can contact volunteercoordinatorffmh@gmail.com.

It was a very good weekend for the Hapnot Queens Soccer Team who competed in their first tournament of the year.

The Queens went down to Swan River and went undefeated and didn't give up a single goal.

Hapnot beat Dauphin in their first game 1 to 0 with the only  goal scored by Mia Desjarlais, this was Mia's first goal as a Queen.

The Queens then went on to blank Swan Valley 3-0 and RD Parker out of Thompson 4 to 0.

This was a great tune up for Zones which will take place in OCN at the end of the month. Both the Hapnot Queens and Kings will be represented.

The Queens will head to OCN today  to play a friendly game and get a little more preparation.

Another impressive display by the Flin Flon Bombers who wrapped up the pre season Friday,  with another dominating victory taking down the Northern Manitoba Blizzard 9 to 0.

Local product Joes Lies had another strong game where he scored a pair of goals and added two assists for a four point game.

Leo Seitz also added a pair with the other goals coming from Natan Munier Roberge, Rhett Ewen, Hudson Brehaut, Nathan Lalumiere and Nash Holmes.

Devin Peck from Colorado Springs got the start and looked very steady in stopping all 30 shots fired in his direction.

The Blizzard went with the tandem of Tysen Endall who played the first period and stopped 8 of 13 before making way for Kevin Podgurny,  who did everything he could to keep his team in the game with 27 saves on 31 shots.

Flin Flon  wrap up the pre  season with a perfect 7-0 record out scoring the opposition 49 to 16 and hit the regular season brimming with confidence.

It all starts this weekend with the Bombers tangling with the Laronge Ice Wolves in a home and home to start the brand new season. Flin Flon will host Laronge on Friday at the Whitney Forum before heading to Laronge on Saturday.

Don't forget to get their early on Friday for the Northland Ford Tailgate party for free hotdogs and drinks. Both games will also be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com with the Great North GM Coach's Show, 15 minutes before puck drop both nights.

The Flin Flon Bombers spotted the MJHL'S  Swan Valley Stampeders the first goal last night , but found their offense soon after and  rolled to a convincing 11 to 2 win  at the Whitney Forum.

Two local products led the way with Joey Lies and Wyatt Stinton both scoring a pair of goals. Other Bombers that found the back of the net were Leo Seitz, Natan Munier Roberge, Benett Leibel, Landon Alexander, Michael Donovan, Hudson Brehaut and Reid Arberry.

The Swan River goals were scored by Ryder Boddez and Alex Campbell.

Flin Flon  managed to fire 58  shots at the Swan Valley netminders Rowan White and Sam Bastien, while the Bomber netminders Brayden Burrows and Devin Peck were far less busy and only saw 18 shots combined.

Peck made his Bomber debut as he only arrived yesterday from the US and recently played for Pueblo Bulls of the NCDC. Flin Flon has yet to decide who their starting goaltender will be this season,  with neither goalie from last year returning.

After last night's victory the Bombers are a perfect 6-0 in the pre season and will wrap up their exhibition schedule tonight against the Northern Manitoba Blizzard.

You will be able to listen in to tonight's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com beginning with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10. The regular season starts one week from tonight with the Bombers opening up the season against Laronge.

The Creighton Kodiaks travelled down to Hague yesterday to kick off another 6 man football season.

The game was originally supposed to take place in Creighton but due to field conditions the game had to change venues.

Despite being under manned and having to battle the heat,  the Kodiaks played well but came up on the wrong end of a 74 to 60 score.

Matthew Lavis had a good afternoon as we was able to hall in four touchdown catches.  Peyton Pelletier who started his first ever game at quarterback due to injury , threw four touchdown passes and ran in another two.

Other touchdowns came from D. Anaka who scored a pair including a 95 yard kickoff return. Brayden Church played his first ever game and was a beast on defense and  led the way with two interceptions.

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk summed up yesterday's game. " I felt pretty confident going into yesterday's game,  and the first drive we get an interception from Brayden Church playing his first ever game.  We get the ball and bang we lose our starting quarterback with a severe ankle injury and it brought everyone down. We did get a touchdown soon after he left to give us a boost. The bottom line is deep in my heart I thought we were the better team , I just thought our depth wasn't there and we just ran out of gas." 

The Kodiaks will now get back to practise and try and get some more bodies in the lineup, as they head back on the road to Shellbrook next Thursday September the 18th.

Shellbrook lost their first game to Wakaw so this game could have huge playoff implications. Kickoff will be at 3pm Sask time.

The Creighton Kodiaks 6 Man Football Team will kick off the 2025 season today in Hague.

The game was supposed to take place in Creighton but unfortunately the field is not ready to go with the new sod.

The Players and Coach's worked very hard to fix the field but unfortunately ran out of time and are sorry that things didn't work out.

Hague will now come to play in Creighton in October.

This means the Kodiaks will play their first three games of the season on the road, today in Hague, September the 18th at Shellbrook and September the 25th at Wakaw.

Kickoff is at 3pm Saskatchewan time and you can follow today's game on the SHSAA website.

The Flin Flon Bombers made their way to Swan River last night for a pre-seasn encounter with the MJHL'S  Swan Valley Stampeders.

It was a tight contest with the Bombers prevailing by a score of 3 to 2. Landon Alexander scored the game winner short handed midway through the third period.

The other Bomber goals were scored by newcomers Beck Bethard and Connor Hoemsen. Ben Groome scored both goals for Swan River.

Flin Flon used two goalies last night including Matt Bradley who was sharp making 18 saves on 19 shots. He would make way for Brayden Burrows who got in for the second straight game and he stopped 12 of 13.

The Stampeders went with the duo of Easton Falls and Elias Giaccari Dimitriou who were busier and combined for 39 saves on 42 shots.

With last night's win Flin Flon improves to 5-0 in the pre season and will entertain Swan River at the Whitney Forum tomorrow night at 7:30.

Then the Bombers will wrap up the pre season on Friday with the third and final installment of the battle of Northern Manitoba.

The Blizzard will make their way to the Whitney Forum in a game you can hear right here on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com. It all begins with the Great North GM Coach's Show at 7:10.

Regular season begins on September the 19th when the Bombers will host the Laronge Ice Wolves.

There are only a few days remaining to land the big one in the Flin Flon Trout Festival Fishing Derby.

Entries will close this Sunday September the 14th at Midnight.

You can fish any lake or stream north of the 54th paralell in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan and win some big cash prizes.

There is $15,00.00 up for grabs for first place in the Trout, Walleye and Pike categories. Don't forget to get your fishing kits at the Tempo Gateway, Creighton Rec Tourism Office,  Rubi's Outdoors and T and D Amisk.

There will be lots of hidden prizes as well. Here is a look at the current leader board.

• NORTHERN PIKE:
  •       Brett Unrau                              44"
  •       Colten Tetoff                            43"
  •       Jayden Ouellet                         41 1/2"
  •       Carol Reich                              40 1/2"
  •       Andrew Lam                            40"
  •       Bentley Crone                         39 1/2"
  •       Jacob Wiens                            38 1/4"
  •       Ted Smith                                38"
  •       Jacob Wiens                            37"
  •       Waylon Crone                         33 1/2"
  •       Diana LeJan                             32"
  •       Jett Nabe                                   32"
  •       Shaun Nabe                            30" 
  •       Jett Nabe                                 29 1/2" 
  •       Malcolm Lukowich                 28" 
  •       Tiffany Anderson                    27 5/8"
  •       Daniel Wollman                      17" 
  •       Daniel Wollman                      25 3/4"
  •       Weston Wollman                    23"
  •       Alasdair Wollman                   22 1/4"
  •       Aurora Wollman                     21"  
  •       Vienna Wollman                     19 1/4"

• Trout:     
•           Barry Anderson                   40 3/8"
•           Colten Tetoff                        40"
•           Joby Nomeland                    37" 
•          Gordon Fidierchuk               30 1/2"
•          Carol Reich                            30"
•          Tiffany Anderson                  27"
•          Mike Odut                             22"
•          Mike Odut                             20"

Walleye

•       Jayden Ouellet                         30"
•       Colten Tetoff                            29 1/2"
•       Bentley Crone                          29"
•       Jayden Ouellet                         29"
•       Jayden Ouellet                         28 3/4"
•       Colten Tetoff                            28" 
•       Mike Ferguson                         28"
•       Colten Tetoff                            27 3/4" 
•       Allan Roschuk                          27" 
•       Beau Fidierchuk                      26 3/4"
•       Gordon Fidierchuk                 26
•       Daniel Wollman                     17" 
•       Tiffany Anderson                   25 7/8"
•       Crystal Mote                           25 1/2"
•       Alyssa Danko                          24 3/4"
•       Alyssa Danko                          23 1/4"
•       Mike Odut                               22 1/2"
•       Mike Odut                               22 1/4" 
•       Mike Odut                               20 1/2"
•       Malcolm  Lukowich                22"
•       Lisa Lane                                 20"   
•       Beau Fidierchuk                     20" 
•       Crystal Mote                           20"  
•       Crystal Mote                          19 3/4"
•       Crystal Mote                          19 1/5" 
•       Mike Odut                              18 1/2"     
•       Mike Odut                              18 3/4"  
•       Mike Odut                              18"
•       Jacob Wiens                           18"
•       Crystal Mote                          18"
•       Mike Odut                              17 1/2" 
•       Daniel Wollman                     17" 
•       Tiffany Anderson                   16 5/8"
•       Alasdair Wollman                  16"
•       Mike Odut                              14 3/4" 
•       Mike Odut                               9 1/4"  
•       Mike Odut                               6 1/4"  

• YOUTH ENTRIES 
• Malcolm  Lukowich    11 years old                      
• Bentley Crone            13 years old                          
• Aurora Wollman        21 months old 
• Waylon Crone            10 years old 
• Alasdair Wollman      4 years old
• Weston Wollman       7 years old
• Vienna Wollman        5 years old
• Jett Nabe                    9 years old             

The Phantom Lake Golf Club gets ready to wrap up another year of tournaments in style with the Club Champoonship and Closing Day Tournament on Sunday September the 21st.

Next to Labour Day,  this would be the second most prestigious tournament of the year.

This event is open to everyone including Men, Ladies, Seniors and Juniors. It will kick off with a shotgun start at 11am.

It is $45.00 for members and $55.00 for non-members. That will include 18 holes of golf, a supper and prizes.

You can sign up now by contacting the Pro- Shop at 306-688-5555.

After a slow start yesterday afternoon, the Flin Flon Bombers found their stride and powered to another pre-season win at the Whitney Forum, beating the Laronge Ice Wolves 10 to 4.

Flin Flon faced Laronge for the second time in the pre-season and spotted the Wolves two quick goals.

Laronge scored a couple of fluky goals, six minutes into the opening period courtesy of David Vitt and Grayden Perozni and seemed to have the Bombers back on their heels.

Flin Flon shook that off and got on track courtesy of Nathan Lalumiere who ended up scoring four goals to go along with one assist for a 5 point game and Pierce Yakimchuk had a game for the ages.

Yakimchuk, who looked very confident at training camp is having a very impressive pre-season that included a natural hat-trick in the second period and he looks very determined and ready for his 20 year old season.

Ryder Mucha continues to be impressive with two goals yesterday to give him 8 in the last three games.  The other Bomber goal came from new comer Xavier Fachon.

20 year old local product Joey Lies picked up 3 assists and has 6 points in the last two games.

The Bombers have picked up 19 year old goaltender Brayden Burrows who comes out of BC  and he made his debut yesterday stopping 16 out of 20 shots.

Laronge had two goalies play yesterday with Riley Zezel and Ethan Edwards splitting the crease and making  33 saves on 43 shots.

The Bombers improve to 4-0 in the pre season and Head Coach and GM, Mike Reagan told us what he wants to see from his club in their final 3 pre-season games. " Just grow, gotta grow, have to continue to get better. The one thing we have done in this pre-season that we haven't done as much as in the past, we are going over systems in practise. Every day we have practise, which is every second day,  we are focussing in on an  area like d-zone coverage, our forecheck and some other areas we want to focus on. I am hopeful we can get Stinton and Leo in the lineup in Swan River on Tuesday , and then hopefully a few more guys in the lineup on the weekend to see where we are at."

Flin Flon will play their final three pre-season games this week in Swan River Tuesday, host Swan River on Thursday and play the Northern Manitoba Blizzard to wrap up the pre-season on Friday at the Whitney Forum.

You can catch Friday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

The Flin Flon Minor Hockey season is underway as they officially kicked off their season this past week.

FFMH announced their tournament schedule for the up coming season.

The U-9 Mel Pearson Memorial will take place November the 28th to the 30th. U-11 Jason Morran Memorial, January the 2nd to the 4th, U-7 Lil Prospects Cup, January the 10th and the Teagan Quinn Memorial Tournament, January the 30th to Feb 1st.

Teams can register for these tournaments by going to flinflonminorhockey.com.

The SHSAA will be holding a Youth Officials Volleyball Clinic next Wednesday September the 10th 3:30 to 4:30pm.

The Clinic will be done virtually through Zoom.

This Clinic will provide athletes and teams a better understanding of the rules, rotations and everything that comes with playing volleyball.

This is for any students in grades 9-12 interested in officiating Junior/Elementary volleyball and for any high school volleyball teams looking to gain volleyball knowledge.

You can register at shsaa.ca.

If you are a Official you will need to complete Hockey Canada Modules to attend the Norman Referee Clinics.

The Norman Region has announced dates for Level 1 Clinics.

The Pas and Norway House October the 18th, Thompson October the 25th, Flin Flon October the 26th and Cross Lake, Nelson House and Snow Lake to be announced later.

Level 2 and 3 Clinics will be done virtually throughout October and November.

All new Officials and returning Officials will need to attend a Level 1 Clinic.

You can take part by clicking on the link at www.hockeymanitoba.ca/officials/clinics.

You can also contact your local Referee In Chief with any questions at norman.refs@gmail.com.

The Flin Flon Bombers went into Laronge last night and picked up the 5 to 3 win to go to 2-0 in the pre season.

Local product Ryder Mucha held the hot hand as he picked up the hat-trick including an empty netter with only 18 seconds left in the game to seel it for the Maroon and White.

The other Bomber goals came from Michael Donovan and Hudson Brehaut who picked up his second of the pre season.

Laronge got their goals from new comer Brendan Jones who scored a pair and Jacob Ziller.

Both teams used  two goalies last night with the Bombers going with Liam Furey who started and made 16 saves on 17 shots. Wyatt Nelson came in relief and made 14 saves on 16 shots. Laronge went with the tandem of Mason Hiller who stopped 23 of 25 before giving way to Riley Zezel who made 20 saves on 21 shots.

The Bombers improve to 2-0 in the pre-season while the Wolves will slip to 1-2.

Flin Flon is back in action tomorrow night as they head to The Pas for the second installment of the battle of Northern Manitoba. The Bombers took the first meeting 4 to 2 on Monday night.

Game time is 7pm at the Roy H Johnston Arena and will be broadcast on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com with the pre game at 6:45pm.

On the cusp of another exciting SJHL regular season which is only a few weeks away the league  made a big announcement today.

The SJHL will be welcoming the new Bunge Division replacing the Viterra Division  featuring the 4 teams in the South, The Yorkton Terriers, Melville Millionaires, Weyburn Red Wings and Estevan Bruins.

Bunge has been a big sponsor and supporter of the SJHL for the last 13 years so it is fitting to have them sponsor a Division.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey is ready to officially kick off their season tonight with their Checking and Angling Clinic at the Whitney Forum.

They will also host their 3 on 3 Jamboree on Saturday.

Now they are preparing for Rep Team try-outs for the U-11 Northland Ford Bombers, U-11 Peds Threads Bombers, U-13 Kinsmen Bombers, U-15 Flin Flon/The Pas combined and U-18 CO-OP Bombers.

If you are interested in trying out for any of these teams you can register by going to flinflonminorhockey.com.

Dates and times will be announced soon.

Congratulations to Flin Flon's Ray Shirran on winning Flin Flon's biggest golf prize, The Walt Cunningham Labour Day Golf Classic.

A total of 77 golfers took part over the three day event.

Shirran took the Championship flight for KFC and Desjardins Investments holding off Chris Harris, Darcy Salamondra and Shawn Fraser.

Here are the rest of the results:- First Flight- Alexanders- The Hooter

It was an all rookie clash in the battle of Northern Manitoba  last night as the Flin Flon Bombers hosted the Northern Manitoba Blizzard in pre-season hockey action.

It was a game that featured lots of local talent with a combined 8 local players suiting up for the two teams.

The Bombers set the tone early with a couple of first period goals and rode the momentum to a 4 to 2 victory.

Bronson Parker out of Spiritwood Saskatchewan took a nice pass from Michael Donovan just over 8 minutes into the opening frame and Flin Flon never looked back.

The other Bomber goals came from Noah Larre, Hudson Brehaut and Owen Hentschel.

Brehaut just made it into Flin Flon before game time as he was at Regina Pats camp over the weekend. He did play a handful of games for Flin Flon towards the end of last year and did score a goal in the playoffs.

The Blizzard got their goals from Daylin Monias who played for the Norman Northstars last season and Lucas Lorenz out of Grand Prairie.

Cranberry's Logan Grenier started for the Blizzard and stopped 25 out of 27 shots before making way for Kevin Podgurny who stopped 20 out of 22.

The Bombers went with Jaden Blanchette and Jaxon Ford and they combined for 18 saves on 20 shots.

Overall,  it was an entertaining game and there was a good quick pace for all three periods.

This was the first of three meetings between the Northern Hockey Rivals who will square off two more times this pre season including this Friday at the Roy H Johnston Arena in The Pas.

You can listen to Friday's game on 102.9 CFAR and flinflononline.com.

The Bombers will also travel to Laronge for a pre season meeting with the Ice Wolves this Wednesday for an 8:30 pm Manitoba  start.