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Are the Flin Flon Bombers spending too much time in the sin bin? Flin Flon is averaging 21.9 minutes of penalties per game so far this season.

The puck has dropped, and the sticks are already swinging madly. Another season of the Flin Flon Creighton Rec Hockey League is now underway. The season kicked off in earnest this past Sunday, Oct.

It’s shaping up to be another solid year of spins, jumps and learning for members of the Flin Flon Skating Club.

To outside ears, the Flin Flon Ski Club’s biggest issue this fall may sound strange. The problem? Too much snow, too early. The club usually opens for the season in early November, but weather has thrown off the schedule.

Although Darryl Dickson helped the Flin Flon Bombers win the 1993 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League championship, he is perhaps now best known for his work on the gridiron. The principal at the Wakaw (Sask.

The Flin Flon Bombers picked up three of a possible four points this past weekend when they hosted the Kindersley Klippers. The Bombers ended a six-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the visiting Kindersley Klippers on Friday, Oct. 21.

With a new season underway, minor hockey is growing in Flin Flon.

The Creighton Kodiaks are upbeat about next year after finishing their season on a winning note. Creighton downed Air Ronge 45-6 at a neutral-site game in Prince Albert on Wednesday.

He’s won two CanAlta Cups, played at the RBC Cup and is recognized as one of the top defencemen in the SJHL. Now, Eric Sinclair is a Flin Flon Bomber.

Hockey has taken former Flin Flon Bomber Zane Kalemba all over the world. The ex-goaltender from New Jersey is now scouting and coaching for USA Hockey and some youth and high school teams in the New Jersey area.