Flin Flon Bombers
| Flin Flon Bombers | |
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| City | Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada |
| League | SJHL |
| Division | Sherwood Division |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Home arena | Whitney Forum |
| Colours | Maroon and White |
| Head coach | Mike Reagan |
| Website | http://www.bombers.ca |
| Franchise history | |
| 1927–1984 | Flin Flon Bombers |
| 1984–1986 | Creighton Bombers |
| 1986–Present | Flin Flon Bombers |
| Previous franchise history | |
| 1967–78 | Flin Flon Bombers |
| 1978–79 | Edmonton Oil Kings |
| 1979–80 | Great Falls Americans |
| 1980–82 | Spokane Flyers |
The Flin Flon Bombers are a junior ice hockey team and current member of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), and are based in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Their home rink is the Whitney Forum. Radio station CFAR (102.9 FM, 590 AM) live broadcasts a select number of home and away games throughout the year, as well as all playoff games.
The Bombers date back to 1927 and have featured many future hockey greats, including Bobby Clarke, Reggie Leach, Ted Hampson, Blaine Stoughton, Gene Carr, Chuck Arnason, Gerry Hart, Ken Baumgartner and Mel Pearson. Their trademark colours are maroon and white, and their home rink is and has always been the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon.
The Bombers played in the Senior Saskatchewan Hockey League for the 1939 to 1944 seasons, and the North Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the 1950 season. No information is available for the 1945, 1946, and 1947 seasons.
The NSJHL became the SJHL for the 1951 season
The 1956–57 Flin Flon Bombers had no trouble winning their own league, the SJHL, averaging nearly 6 goals a game and allowing only 2 against. They won the league title by 19 points. In the playoffs, they beat the Humboldt Indians 4-games-to-none and won the final over the Prince Albert Mintos 4-games-to-2.
In the Western Canadian playdowns, the Bombers next played Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Junior Hockey League. After allowing the series to be split after four games, the Bombers beat the Oil Kings the next two games to take the series in six. The Bombers then beat the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League's Fort William Canadiens four games straight to win the Abbott Cup.
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