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Bomber Game Report: Flin Flon snags 5-3 home opener win

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Bomber Game Report

Mark one up in the win column for the Flin Flon Bombers. Playing in their home opener, the Bombers earned their first win in over 18 months, a 5-3 win against Melfort.

After the machine smoke from the pre-game ceremony, both teams had an even first period. It was Melfort who drew first blood, with Liam McInnis sneaking a soft floater past Cal Schell with only four seconds left on the clock.

The Bombers woke up in the second, with Nathan Gagne finishing off a well-executed powerplay to tie the game. Jaxon Martens did the same moments later, firing a rebound past Melfort netminder Steven Bacovsky and giving Flin Flon the lead - a lead they'd never give up.

Xavier Lapointe got on the board midway through the third, going bar-down on Bacovsky and grabbing his first goal as a Bomber. Cole Duperreault continued the run of Bomber goals by tipping in a Lapointe point shot on a Bomber powerplay - scoring the team's third PPG of the evening

A string of late penalties threatened to derail the Bombers' progress - Curtis Hammond scored a pair of late powerplay goals late to bring Melfort to within one, but newly titled Bomber assistant captain Mason Kaspick scored an empty net goal to clinch a Flin Flon win.

Schell made 37 saves on the night, earning his first win in a Bomber sweater in nearly two years - Bacovsky wasn't as lucky, getting pelted in the second period and stopping 42 shots all around.

Both teams move to 1-1 on the season following the home-and-home. The Bombers will play their next game against the Nipawin Hawks Tuesday night at the Whitney Forum.

The Bombers have still not selected a captain, but they do have a pair of assistant captains named - Mason Kaspick and Cole Vardy now sport A's on their chests.

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