Sioux Lookout Bombers double up visiting Red Lake Miners 8-4

Tim Brody - Editor

An explosive game for the Sioux Lookout Bombers on Oct. 17, doubling up the visiting Red Lake Miners 8-4 at the Hangar (Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena).
Seth Baptiste opened the scoring in the first period with a goal for the Miners.
Dominique Fortin scored the equalizer for the Bombers shortly after to tie the game 1-1.
Fortin lit the lamp again for the Bombers with his second goal of the match just after the halfway mark in the period to give the Bombers a 2-1 lead.
Emmet Long added another goal to the Bombers tally with about three minutes left in the period.
McCall Nault put a second goal on the board for the Miners with less than a minute left in the period to bring the score to 3-2 in favour of the Bombers.
Jaxon Nicol stretched the Bombers lead to 4-2 with a goal less than five minutes into the second period.
Bombers Captain Cooper Labelle scored his first goal of the evening just after the 15 minute mark in the period to give the Bombers a 5-2 lead.
Cobin Housley scored for the Bombers at about five minutes into the third period to make the score 6-2 Bombers.
Mark Pimentel gave the Miners another goal about seven minutes into the period.
Cooper Labelle scored his second goal the night at the third period’s halfway mark.
Jakob Boekelder scored short-handed for the Miners just past the 15 minute mark to bring the score to 7-4 in favour of the Bombers.
Cooper Labelle found the back of the net for the third time that night, short-handed, with 18:39 left to score his third goal of the evening and earn the hat trick, bringing the crowd to their feet with thunderous applause and giving the Bombers an 8-4 win.
Nick Webb picked up the win in net for the Bombers. 
Bombers Head Coach Joel Litt-Jukes said he was really happy with his team’s transition game, “We were fast up ice and fast back down the ice. The backtrack was phenomenal.”
“Couple little things in the D-zone I want to clean up and I think our power play got a little bit too excited for offence… but other than that, little details to clean up, I was really happy with it,” he said.
Commenting on Labelle’s three goals and Fortin’s two, Litt-Jukes said, “Those are guys that know how to put the puck in the net. They both did a really good job of it tonight and I couldn’t be happier for them.”
Bombers Captain Cooper Labelle, the hero of the night for the hometown team, commented on his hat trick, “It was definitely a great feeling. I mean, it’s my second one ever in Junior, it was a great all-around team game. Up and down the lineup the boys were working hard tonight, so that obviously helps and goes into it.”