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Kelly Carrington Staff Writer The Flin Flon Bombers picked up their first road win since the Christmas break as they blanked the Melville Millionaires 5-4 in a shootout Wednesday night. The Bombers started off strong with a 2-0 lead after the first period, thanks to a shot from Brett Penner at 8:48, with help from Cam Blair and Dillan McCombie for the team's first goal. Landon Hiebert was on the ice and in the right spot for the team's second goal as he made it a 2-0 game at 18:32 with help from Brandt Weldon and Andrew Allen. Leading the game, the Bombers couldn't keep the pace in the second period as the home team passed their goals and made it a 3-2 hockey game. Melville scored their first goal of the contest exactly :60 into the second period. The team's second marker came nine minutes later on a power play as Devin Buffalo couldn't make the save. Russell Trudeau broke the tie and made it a 3-2 hockey game for the Millionaires with a shorthanded goal over the Bombers. Flin Flon evened the score in the third period with two goals. Jay Young picked up an unassisted goal at make it 3-3 at :58 while Dallen Hall was right on target with the team's fourth goal at 14:27. The Bombers couldn't hang on to the 4-3 lead as the Millionaires scored their second shorthanded goal of the night at 17:54. It was a scoreless overtime for the Bombers and Millionaires. Melville started the shootout with a goal from Sean Aschim. McCombie had a failed attempt against Millionaire goalie Blake Voth. Trudeau was next for the home team but couldn't made his way past Buffalo. Young tied the shootout with the Bombers' first goal. Michael Desjarlais attempted to make it a 2-1 shootout but couldn't make it past Buffalo. Riley Storzuk didn't fold under the pressure as he delivered the Bombers' second shootout goal for the win. Chances The Bombers came up empty-handed with their five power play chances while the Millionaires capitalized on one of their five. It was a close game in terms of shots on net as the Bombers fired off 40 to Voth while Buffalo was on top of 44 of the home team's 48 shots. Game Time The Flin Flon Bombers traveled to Notre Dame Thursday night in search of a big win. The Hounds have home ice advantage as they are accustomed to the bigger playing surface while the Bombers may take a few shifts to get used to it. In the standings, heading into the game, the Bombers sat in third place of the Bauer Conference with 53 points while the Hounds took up fifth place in the Sherwood Conference with 31 points. With only 14 wins under their belt, compared to the Bomber's 23, heading into Thursday's game, the outcome seemed predictable on paper.
