Mason CIty Iowa after a 3-2 win on Friday night, what would Sunday bring? It would be North Iowa getting on the score board first after a nothing nothing first period. Early in the second period, North Iowans Markus Gander would find the back of the net making the score North Iowa 1 Bismarck nothing. However, that score would not last long. Early in period three the Bobcats would get the game equal, they would tie the game at one on a goal by Tim Serratore. And then we would have one of the most exciting plays in hockey as the Bobcats would be awarded a penalty shot stepping in the penalty shot would be #10 Gavin Hartzog. He would leave little doubt as he would barry the penalty shot giving the Bobcats the 2-1 win! Coming up next for the Bobcats is a dress rehearsal of the first round of the play-offs when the Alberta Lea thunder comes crawling into the den for a pair of games Friday and Saturday beginning at 7:15 p.m. for tickets you can call the Bobcats at 701-222-3300.

Sioux down number one Denver in St. Paul, Minnesota, after Friday nights game. The Sioux proved that numbers don’t mean anything. Just because Denver was number one doesn’t mean they don’t have to play a full game. The Sioux got on the board early with a Chris VandeVelde goal. They then kept the momentum going against the Pioneers. The Sioux are firing on all cylinders showing that they are a very dangerous team to play against. Tonight the Sioux will play St. Cloud Minnesota, for the right to the Broadmoor Trophy. St. Cloud beat Wisconsin to enter into the Finals again North Dakota Fighting Sioux. St. Cloud beat Wisconsin 2-0, North Dakota defeated Denver 4-3. The player of the game went to Evan Trupp form the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

Bismarck, ND
After a 5 goal Bobcat explosion in the 3rd period on Friday night, which led to 6-0 win, the Bismarck offense had an anemic showing on Saturday night. The Express were ready to play and they were helped out by the Wall of Owatonna, Matt Hemmingway. The Bobcats apparently did not set their alarm clocks and were interested in playing goon hockey. Which is something they need to improve if they hope to bring home any type of hardware in the playoffs. Here is your scoring recap. It would be Owatonna’s Cory Thorson lighting the lamp first, making the score: Owatonna 1 Bismarck 0. Then the Express offense would continue to roll down the tracks making the score 2-0. Bismarck would finally wake-up and show signs of life when Roseau’s Jason Fabian put a crack in the Wall of Hemmingway. Then there would be more Owatonna offense following a Bobcats’ penalty, which would be a reoccurring theme on Saturday night. The next goal from Owatonna would close out the 2nd frame. The Bobcats would score their final goal early in the 3rd by Tim Serratore followed by an Owatonna dagger. It would be penalty after penalty that burned the Cats which led to Owatonna’s power plays and goals. There were several turning points in tonight’s debacle. One of them came early in the game when the Bobcats were given 3 straight power plays and could do NOTHING with them! Instead of playing hockey with passion, what I saw tonight was fifteen rounds of fisticuffs. The scoreboard really showed who was ready to play and who was disinterested. The Bobcats did not look like Central Division Champions tonight! Perhaps it had something to do with the Byron Pool? Only time will tell if this is team was made to win or if this team was made to go in a boxing ring. The final score was Owatonna 4 Bismarck 2. The Bobcats now go on the road to face the North Iowa Outlaws on Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 pm.