Local Sports

Flin Flon Minor Hockey Association players accepted hardware during the annual Triad Realty and Liberty Tax Awards Night on March 26 at the Flin Flon Community Hall.

School sports highlights as presented at last week’s Flin Flon school board meeting: • Christina McKay won silver and Hunter Lee took bronze at the recent Saskatchewan Provincial Wrestling Championships.

An interesting sidebar of the Flin Flon Bombers’ 2014-15 season was the game of musical chairs in net. Just who was Flin Flon’s number one goaltender: Simon Hofley or Adam Beukeboom? To start the season, there was no question it was Hofley.

The Greenstone High School Hockey League concluded its inaugural season last week with Creighton Community School defeating Frontier Collegiate 5-4 in a final game that went to overtime. The final was played at the Whitney Forum on Tuesday, March 24.

Promising season ends in OT

If there’s one thing hockey coaches stress, it’s the value of teamwork. That certainly paid off for the Reliance Rhinos, who overcame a rough start to capture the Flin Flon Minor Hockey Association novice championship over the weekend.

Ashton Sautner still cherishes all those winter nights of his childhood spent cheering on the Flin Flon Bombers.

After seven games, 50-plus goals and countless momentum shifts, it all came down to a single play. Notre Dame Hounds winger Carter Hikichi, not known for his scoring prowess, was fed the puck.

The Flin Flon Bombers have forced a seventh and deciding game in their quarter-final series after a commanding win over the Notre Dame Hounds on Sunday evening.