Bismarck, North Dakota. With the regular season over, the defending NAHL champions look ahead to round 1 of the NAHL playoffs. On Wednesday night, jeremiahboyce.com sat down with hometown hero Layne Sedevie, the head coach of the defending NAHL champions, your Bismarck Bobcats. The first question we posed to coach Sedevie was “What scares him the most about first round opponent Alexandria.” Sedevie stated, “They have good forwards and one guy to keep your eye on Bobcat fans is Nardo Nagtzaam. Nardo has been a real Bobcat killer.” In order to move on, the Bobcats must take Nardo away from Alexandria. Next on the agenda for former Bull player Layne Sedevie was why he didn’t start the captain, number thirty-one, Ryan Faragher. During the Bobcats 5-4 defeat on Sunday in Alexandria, Sedevie said, “I wanted to give Ryan some rest.” The next area we wanted to touch on was if Layne felt any added pressure being the head Bobcat. To which Sedevie replied, “No, I don’t really feel any added pressure being the head coach.” We also asked coach what he brings from his days as a Bull. Layne brings a wealth of knowledge to the Bobcat bench from a player’s perspective and he knows how to pick up player’s spirits. Coach Sedevie was asked, “What would make the Bobcats coaching staff comfortable coming out of Alexandria?” Sedevie stated, “We would like to be up two games to none but if the Bobcats can’t be up two games to none, they would take a tie of the series.” After jeremiahboyce.com was done with the head coach, we moved on to Nikolaj Rosenthal. Rosenthal stated, “I think we are better than the Blizzard and we are going to win.” Rosenthal also told jermiahboyce.com that Alexandria’s goalie isn’t very good with the puck, so the Bobcats are going to fire a lot of rubber at Alexandria’s goalie. When asked if Nikolaj was coming back in a Bobcat uniform next year, he said anything could happen, but as of right now his plans are to return to Bismarck next year. When asked if Nikolaj plays any head games with Alexandria, “Not really,” he stated. Moving on, we asked him about his goalie and his captain, Ryan Faragher. We asked him if he felt comfortable with him in the net. He said “Yes, I feel very comfortable with either one in the net, Ryan Faragher or Tommy Burke.” Both Nikolaj and the coach said they would like to be up two games to none. The one thing that jermiahboyce.com learned about the defending champs is that they are not afraid of Alexandria, even though the Blizzard owned a 10-2 regular season record against the Bobcats.
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Student Finally Has Dean of Basketball’s Number
Fargo, ND. In the Bible, there is the book of John. In WDA basketball, there has been the book of Steve for a long time. Saturday night, a new king was crowned; his name is Darin Mattern. His Century Patriots finally conquered the devilish crew from Bismarck High led by Steve Miller, who was Darin’s mentor when he was an assistant coach at Bismarck. Over the years, as far back as this reporter was in high school at Century, the Demons had always been a pain, and the Patriots had always been unable to beat them. But my, how time has changed. Now it’s Mr. Mattern’s turn to be on top, and Mr. Miller’s turn to be number two. He had always gotten the spoils of what it feels like to be number one, but now you spell champion C-E-N-T-U-R-Y. You will hear more from the guys who wear red, white, and blue. As soon as we find out when your celebration is, JeremiahBoyce.com will bring you exclusive coverage of the kings being crowned champions. This is extremely special for me, because how many reporters get an opportunity to go back to the campus where they used to roam? Another reason why I am especially excited is because I used to take a class from the new king.
Las Vegas, Nevada. Most of the day, it looked like Tony was going to be king of the jungle, but in the end, it was the Columbia, MO native and Bob Osborne who turned the wrenches in the right way at the Kobalt Tools 400. Carl Edwards has been on fire, and looks to be a serious contender to put an end to five-time champion Jimmie Johnson’s reign. In other stories from Las Vegas, Jeff Gordon, last week’s winner, shredded a tire and hit the wall. The biggest story of the day was that your Sprint Cup points leader Kyle Busch had no dice, nor did Kurt Busch.
Austin, Minnesota. After losing 3-1 to the Bruins on Friday night March 4, the Bismarck Bobcats earned a split of the weekend with a 3-2 rebound win on Saturday, and find themselves just two points away from playing spring hockey, where anything can happen. The champs look to measure their fingers for a second time for a championship ring. Matt Gates fired the game winner into the net and heard a chorus of boos, which is a sweet sound if you are the defending champions. With this win, the Bobcats sent a message to the NAHL that if you want to be king, you have to go through us in the spring. The Bismarck Bobcats have a busy week which starts on Thursday and runs through Saturday, when they take on their rivals from South Dakota, the Aberdeen Wings on Thursday and the Bruins on Friday and Saturday. It all comes down to 60 minutes on the ice, which can solidify a berth in the playoffs. One more win, and the kings are in.
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