The Humboldt Broncos gauntlet through the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's division leaders continued Friday night in Flin Flon as the green and gold dropped their fifth straight losing 4-1 at the Whitney Forum.

The Bombers opened the scoring, Greyson Reitmeier would put the home side up 1-0; 7:58 in depositing a Brandon Masson rebound past Carter Seminuk.

During their slide the Broncos have given up 12 first period goals, Friday they would change the fate and draw even, Chris Van Os-Shaw was sent alone on a breakaway by Erik Gardiner and the 19 year-old snapped his 20th of the season past Zac Robidoux knotting the game 1-1.

The stalemate was short lived, Jason Lavallee restored the lead for Flin Flon banking shot past Seminuk from the right post as the puck caromed off the end wall.

Just 2:25 in to the second period Tyler Nyman also turned the tricked chipping in an end board rebound making it 3-1 Bombers.

Assistant Coach Brayden Klimosko said on the post game show those guys can't be allowed that free near the net.

"The effort and intensity was there for sure but it seems like we're talking about this all the time. It's the same mistakes that are costing us, the first three goals are kind of the same thing. We're not taking our men in front, we're watching the puck go to the blueline and we're not taking those guys in front and they are banging them home that way."

The Nyman goal stood until Kristian St. Onge redirected an Eric Sinclair point shot capping the scoring at 4-1 late in regulation.

The Broncos penalty kill has taken a beating over the last four losses but on Friday they did shut the Bombers down as they were 0/7. Even though they did kill them off, Klimosko said the infractions are still hurting them.

"You can't win if you are in the penalty box all game, it's just impossible. I don't know what we have to do to say that penalties are bad but they aren't good. For some reason we think we can win a hockey game being in the box for 14 minutes on a short bench as it is, it's impossible, it really is."

The Broncos couldn't capitalize on their chances either, they were 0/4.

Seminuk was busy as Humboldt was questionably out shot 50-21. He made 46 stops on the record, much less to people at the game, Robidoux was cheated for just 20 stops by the scorekeepers.

The Broncos will try again to rebound and find the win column Saturday in LaRonge, face-off is 7 o'clock versus the Ice Wolves.

Elsewhere Friday night in the SJHL, the Battlefords moved 15 points up on the Broncos for first in their division with a 4-2 win over Notre Dame, Nipawin crushed Melfort 7-2, Estevan edged Weyburn 5-4 in a shoot-out and Melville out scored Yorkton 7-4.

You can hear more from both Klimosko below.