Bombers gearing up for Centennial Cup challenge

After earning their first-ever playoff series win by sweeping aside the Fort Frances Lakers in the quarterfinals, the second-year Superior International Junior Hockey League club beat the Thunder Bay North Stars in five games and upset the Kam River Fighting Walleye in four games to win the Bill Salonen Cup.The Bombers are off to Oakville to compete for the national Junior A championship at the 2024 Centennial Cup, which gets underway Thursday, May 9.

While the Bombers will have to make some adjustments to their game in Oakville – the tournament is being played on an Olympic-sized ice sheet – they aren’t straying too far from what’s made them a successful team. Johnstone also said that the battles the Bombers went through in the SIJHL playoffs should help them at the Centennial Cup.

“The other teams look down on this league but we want to show these guys that they aren’t that much better than us. Any team can win one game and that’s our mindset.” “There’s some differences between the leagues but I think with the team that we have this year and the speed and skill we have, I think we can make a good push,” Delaney said.The Bombers begin their Group B slate Thursday at 11 a.m. CDT against the Winkler Flyers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

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