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The Flin Flon Bantam 'AA' Bombers travelled to Melville, Saskatchewan this past weekend and went undefeated in a 12-team tournament, winning the A side championship. In game one on Saturday, the Bombers took on the Allan Prairie Flames. The teams played to a 2-2 draw in the first period, and the Bombers took a 4-2 lead after 60 minutes. The superior conditioning of the Bomber players paid off in the third period as they outscored their opponents 4-2 posting an 8-4 victory. Scoring for the Bombers were Ryan Fox with two goals and one assist; Lyle Leclair with a goal and two assists; Wesley Gawiak with two goals, with single goals going to Landon Row, Owen Woloshyn and Aaron Bauman. Tanner Korchinski chipped in with an assist. In the second game on Saturday, the Bombers took on the Regina Stars. After giving up the first goal early in the first period, the Bombers stormed back with 11 unanswered goals to lay an 11-1 shellacking upon the highly touted team from Regina. Owen Woloshyn scored a hat trick and added an asset while Aaron Bauman led the way for the Bombers scoring two goals and adding four assists, followed closely by his linemates, Wes Gawiak and Nick Hamilton, who each had two goals and two assists. Lloyd Highway and Lyle Leclair chipped in singles with Landon Row and Corey Dupre picking up two assists apiece and Greg Kritzer, Kelvin Linklater and Skylar Hillier each adding one assist. The win against Regina gave the Bombers first place in their pool and put them up against the Vibank Bruins on Sunday in one of the 'A' side semi-finals. In what turned out to be Flin Flon's toughest game, the Bombers opened with a 4-2 lead after the first period on goals by Wes Gawiak, Owen Woloshyn, Lyle Leclair and Corey Dupre. Assists went to Landon Row with two, Owen Woloshyn, Corey Dupre and Aaron Bauman each with one. In the second period, the Bombers appeared to fall asleep and allowed Vibank to quickly tie the game. However, once again the Bombers' conditioning appeared to pay off as they gained the lead by the end of the period on goals by Corey Dupre, assisted by Owen Woloshyn and Ryan Fox, assisted by Tanner Korchinski. See 'Natural' P.# Con't from P.# In the third period the Bombers outscored Vibank 2-1 as Ryan Fox secured the win for the Bombers with two unassisted goals, giving him a natural hat trick, and the Bombers winning 8-5. The win put the Bombers into the A side final against the Avonlea Thunder. Both teams appeared to start rather tentatively, and the Bombers took a 2-1 lead into the dressing room after the first period, on goals by Owen Woloshyn, assisted by Landon Row, and Ryan Fox assisted by Jordan Crone and Landon Row. In the second period, the Bombers came to life and basically shored up the win by outscoring their opponents 7-1, including five goals in a span of less than five minutes. Nick Hamilton and Ryan Fox paced the Bombers in the second period with a goal and two assists each, Tanner Korchinski had two goals while Wes Gawiak had a goal and an assist with Owen Woloshyn and Jordan Crone each chipping in singles. Calvin Cairns and Corey Dupre also had assists in the second frame. The Bombers closed out the third period with two more goals, the first by Ryan Fox assisted by Tanner Korchinski and Jordan Crone and the second by Owen Woloshyn (hat trick) assisted by Landon Row and Corey Dupre to take the championship plaque. The Bantam 'AA' Bombers played an excellent weekend of hockey, and the coaches and parents and fans watching the games were truly appreciative of their efforts. It should be noted that the boys showed a lot of stamina, and superior conditioning, which game them a distinct advantage over their rivals in the tournament. The boys were very well behaved this weekend as attested to by accolades received from hotel and restaurant staff as well as others who witnessed the boys' off-ice demeanour. The Flin Flon Bantam 'AA' Bombers' next action will be two exhibition games in Swan River against the Swan River Bantam 'AA' and the Dauphin Bantam 'AA' this coming Saturday. They will then travel to Prince Albert on December 10, 11 and 12 to participate in the annual 24-team tournament being played there.
