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The Flin Flon Bombers won their lone game last week as they shut out the Notre Dame Hounds 3-0. Zac Robidoux turned 26 shots for the goose egg and his teammates outshot the Hounds 39-26 during the Saturday, Feb. 20 matchup at the Whitney Forum.

Cory Thomas, the towering 6-ft 5-in Flin Flon Bombers blueliner, leapt off the ice to catch a wayward puck during his team’s 8-2 over the Humboldt Broncos at the Whitney Forum earlier this month.

Position: Right Wing Shoots: Right Height: 5’9” Weight: 175 Birth Date: November 20, 1995 Hometown: Brandon, Manitoba NHL Favourites: Chicago Blackhawks Other Favourites: Beast Of Burden by The Rolling Stones Aspiration: Go to College

Former Flin Flon Bomber Daryl Fransoo is a fourth-generation farmer in the Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, area north of North Battleford. The North Battleford-based Fransoo family is adept not only at growing crops, but also hockey players.

Trenton Gauthier (right) gave it his all at the Hapnot Kings’ game against MBCI last Friday, Feb. 12.

Hapnot Collegiate’s girls curling team came out on top at the MHSAA Zone 11 competition in Snow Lake last weekend. Their win earns the team a spot in provincials, held in Gladstone and Plumas from Feb. 25 to 27.

Flin Flon Bombers rookies Brandon Lesko and Nick Shumlanski have emerged as important contributors for the squad this season. “They have been really good for us,” Bombers head coach Mike Reagan said.

Former Flin Flon Bombers goalie PJ Musico says that “playing pro hockey is a blast, if I had to put it so simply.” “Enjoying the sport has always been something I focus on daily,” he said. “You have to truly love what you do.

After falling to Yorkton and beating Melville earlier in the week, the Flin Flon Bombers lost to the Melfort Mustangs 4-2 on Saturday, Feb. 13. Melfort led 1-0 and 3-0 at the intermissions. The Bombers mounted a comeback in the third period.

Even the most successful hockey players might learn a thing or two about determination from the Norman Bantam AAA Wolves.