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One win – 11 more to paydirt. The Flin Flon Bombers started their playoffs strong with a 5-2 Game 1 win over Humboldt. Friday's game started with some extra fun at the end of the pregame skate.

In his final season, Cole Rafuse would love to help the Flin Flon Bombers win a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League championship. “It would be really nice to end my career in junior hockey with a winning season,” said the Harmony, N.S.

We now know who the Bombers will face in the first round of this year's SJHL playoffs. In the last game of the season, the Humboldt Broncos locked in the seventh spot in the league standings, securing a Broncos-Bombers series.

Before the last game of the team’s season, Bomber head coach and general manager Mike Reagan was already looking ahead to the playoffs.

The Flin Flon Bombers have ended the regular season, finishing up the 58-game slate with a 2-0 loss in Melfort.

Hapnot Collegiate will have another banner to tack up in their gym, courtesy of the school’s senior Kweens squad. It was zones weekend for the school’s senior basketball squads Feb. 27-29, with each of the school’s top teams in action.

The Bombers earned one point, not two in the latest installment of the Hanson Lake road rivalry, losing 4-3 in OT to La Ronge.

Everybody up, everybody down - the entirety of Canada’s university wrestling ranks couldn’t stop Hunter and Carson Lee from national supremacy. Both brothers were crowned national champions in their weight class Feb. 22 at USports nationals.

The trails are groomed and the start/finish area is ready for photo finishes and fun starts for the Flin Flon Ski Club’s major annual event.

Close, but no cigar. The Bombers rallied late, but a big second period by La Ronge handed Flin Flon a 4-3 L.