The Flin Flon Bombers split another road series as they ended the weekend with two points.
The Bombers took on the Kindersley Klippers Friday and picked up a close 3-2 win before losing 2-0 Saturday in Battleford.
The weekend action didn’t disrupt the Bombers’ ranking in the Sherwood Division as they remained in second place as of yesterday morning.
Flin Flon started Friday’s scoring, holding a 1-0 lead for the first two periods.
Austin Calladine picked up the marker at 1:17 of the first period with help from Parker Evans-Campbell and Brett Boehm.
A scoreless second period led to an interesting third period for both teams.
The Bombers picked up the first of four goals in the last frame as Dean Allison scored shorthanded at 2:44 to make it 2-0.
Boehm was on target shortly afterwards as he scored the Bombers’ last goal of the night at 3:25 with help from Calladine and Evans-Campbell, making it 3-0.
It wasn’t until 12:11 that the Klippers made it onto the scoreboard with a marker against goaltender Devin Buffalo.
Second goal
The home team’s second goal came quickly at 14:34 to make it a 3-2 game in favour of the visiting Bombers.
Buffalo was solid between the pipes Friday as he turned away 38 of 40 shots.
Buffalo faced his busiest period in the third as the Klippers had 18 shots on net.
Flin Flon, a typically high-shooting team, sat at nearly half as many shots as the Klippers.
In the first period, Flin Flon offered up seven shots on net and a three-period total of 24.
The next night, the Bombers were hosted by the Battlefords North Stars.
The home team shut out the Bombers 2-0 as they served up nearly double the shots as Flin Flon.
Buffalo had another busy night as he turned away 43 of 45 shots while the Bombers managed a total of 28 shots on North Stars goaltender Michael Gudmandson.
It was another busy third period as the Bombers and North Stars were scoreless in the first two frames.
The final frame saw Battlefords make it a 2-0 game with markers at 5:28 and 6:02.
Last night, after The Reminder went to press, the Bombers played host to the North Stars.
The last two games the Bombers had hosted in the Whitney Forum went in their favour with a 4-0 shutout over La Ronge and a 3-2 shootout victory over the Melfort Mustangs.
The Flin Flon Bombers celebrate a recent goal on home ice.PHOTO BY KELLY CARRINGTON
