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Kelly Carrington Staff Writer The Nipawin Hawks put an end to the Flin Flon Bombers' perfect home record. This past Saturday night, the Hawks downed the Bombers 5-2 to give Flin Flon their first home loss of the season. Nipawin got things going early in the first period with a goal against Devin Buffalo at the 47-second mark. Just before the Hawks made it a 1-0 game, Hayden Dawes and Nipawin's Grant Jensen dropped the gloves for an impressive fight. The two players went well over a minute, throwing punches and standing their ground. Down 1-0 before the first minute of play, the Bombers took another six minutes to tie the game with a marker from Brett Boehm with help from Konrad Litke and Josh Roach. The teams headed to the dressing room tied at 1-1. Nipawin scored the opening goal of the second period. On a power play, Carter Danczak made it a 2-1 game at 9:05 to score the lone goal of the second. Four more goals came in the third period as Nipawin started at 5:29 with another power play marker to make it 3-1. At 6:53 the visitors were back on target with their fourth goal against Buffalo. Dawes picked up the Bombers' second goal of the night at 19:06 with help from Landon Hiebert and Brock Hounsell. Coach Mike Reagan pulled Buffalo for the man advantage, but the Hawks earned an empty net goal at 19:53 to seal the 5-2 victory. Heading into Saturday's game the Bombers held a perfect 13-0-0-0 home record. Though the Bombers were left with their first home loss of the season, the team remained atop both the Bauer Conference and the SJHL. As of Monday, the Bombers sat with 38 points and a 19-6-0-0 record. The Humboldt Broncos sat in second place of the same conference with 32 points and a 15-7-2-0 record. The Yorkton Terriers and Notre Dame Hounds were tied with 35 points for the Sherwood Conference title _ leaving them tied for second in the SJHL. Last night the Bombers hit the road to take on the Battlefords North Stars. The conference rival Stars and Bombers were separated by 14 points in the SJHL standings. Flin Flon's 38 points put them in first as the North Stars' 24 points left them in fourth place. Tonight, the Bombers are in Humboldt before returning to home ice on Saturday to host the Estevan Bruins.
