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Bomber Game Report: Flin Flon picks up second shutout, local boy gets first goal

One blanking this weekend wasn't enough for the Bombers. The maroon and white went back for seconds Saturday and gave Kindersley another 4-0 drubbing.
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Bomber Game Report

One blanking this weekend wasn't enough for the Bombers. The maroon and white went back for seconds Saturday and gave Kindersley another 4-0 drubbing.

Flin Flon opened the scoring midway through the first with a smattering of chances, but Kindersley goalie Logan Falk answered the call early. As was the case Friday, the goalie would be shelled, but would stand tall on most big chances, including a pair of big saves on a Bomber rush early.

Cory King would break open the game later in the second period, getting a slick feed from Jaeden Mercier and putting the puck high on net and past Falk. The game would be 1-0 Flin Flon after one period, but the teams wouldn't head to the dressing rooms before a fight between Flin Flon's Matt Egan and Kindersley's John Vanden Elzen - Egan got the final takedown.

The Bombers would continue on the march of progress in the second frame, with Jaeden Mercier scoring his second goal in as many nights on a bar-down shot from 40 feet out that solved Falk. Lucas Fry and new acquisition Alex Von Sprecken made their presence known defensively with a few big checks, while Von Sprecken came back midway through the period to block a Klipper 2-on-1 and knock the puck away.

Flin Flon would extend their lead in the third with a milestone, with Joey Lies firing a shot from the high slot that snuck through Falk's pads and into the net, giving the 17-year-old Flin Flonner his first goal as a Bomber. The Bombers would keep the Klippers at bay for the rest of the game, while Liam Bridger added his third goal of the season in garbage time with a powerplay one-timer from the high slot.

The moose legs would hit the ice not long after, giving the Bombers a pair of shutouts on the weekend - one for each of their goalies - and continuing on a seven-game point streak for Flin Flon.

Kenneth Marquart, the 17-year-old backup from Regina, got his first junior A shutout and his second win as a Bomber with a 20 save performance. Falk was able to stop 48 of 52 pucks the Bombers fired his way, getting out of the Klippers' weekend set with a whopping total of 98 saves through just two games.

The Bombers now move to 6-1-1-1 on the season through nine games, good enough for 14 total points. That puts them atop the Sherwood division and third overall in the league, behind only undefeated Humboldt (8-0, 16 points) and Battlefords (10-0, 20 points).

Flin Flon will now undertake a gruelling four-games-in-five-nights southern road trip, where they will face Melville Oct. 11, Estevan Oct. 12, Weyburn Oct. 14 and Notre Dame Oct. 15.

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