SJHL final: Mustangs look to sweep Bombers [Video]

The Melfort Mustangs are leading the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League [SJHL] championship series 2-0 against the Flin Flon Bombers after winning the first two games on the road.

“We feel like we’re in a very fortunate situation. You know, to be able to play two hard games in probably the toughest rink to play in in Canada, especially against an opponent as good as Flin Flon. We’re really excited to be up 2-0 for sure,” said Mustangs head coach Trevor Blevins.

“Everyone was kind of saying like, ‘It’d be nice to go in there and maybe win one game, go one and one with them,’ but we wanted both of them and ultimately that’s what we did,” said defenceman Danton Cox.

Games 3 and 4 will go Wednesday and Thursday in Melfort and the Mustangs could sweep at home and win their first SJHL championship since 2016. Ironically, that year …