The Twins were founded in 2003. A year later, under different management, they changed their name to the Bombers. The name Bombers was inspired by the hockey movie
Youngblood and colours by that then worn by the
San Jose Sharks. In 2005, after shocking Major League Hockey's
Aylmer Blues 2-games-to-none to win the
Ontario seed and
Renwick Cup, the Bombers went out to
Lloydminster and captured the
2005 Allan Cup. This marked the first Allan Cup championship by an Ontario team since 1989 by the original
Thunder Bay Twins. The Bombers spent much of the 2005–06 season touring Europe as representatives of
Hockey Canada, only to get quickly ejected from the playoffs by the
Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League's
Whitby Dunlops. In Europe, they competed in a tournament for the
Pannon GSM Cup in
Budapest,
Hungary. After tying the
Croatia National Team 1-1, they lost 6–1 to the
Slovenia National Team and 6–4 to the
Hungary National Team. The team went home with an 0-2-1 record and the tournament's bronze medal. Losing a lot of money from the European trip, the teams suspended operations for the 2006–07 season, opening the door for a new regional team to take their playoff spot, the
Kenora Thistles. ==
2005 Allan Cup run==