You could tell from listening to the Bobcats radio that the team was ready to play from the opening face-off until the final buzzer. They blitzed Minot 5-2. Here’s a look at how it all went down. In the first period, Bismarck struck with a power play, getting a power play goal from a native of Sandy, Utah, Jared Pike. The Bobcats weren’t finished making it feel like 1200 N. Washington, when a puck bounced off of Lucas Murray and into the net, prompting Marty Murray to send Lucas Murray to the showers early. That gave the Bobcats a 2-0 lead, which made the home standing Maysa sound like a funeral home. Alex Strand would make sure the Tauros fans would sit on their butts and moan and groan some more. Minot would cut into the Bobcats lead going into the end of the second period. Doctor Jack would try to give the Minotauros life, but the Bobcats would quickly restore their two goal lead in the third, making the Maysa quiet once again, en route to a 5-2 purring for the Bismarck Bobcats and Coach Layne Sedevie. It will be interesting what kind of team we see from the bench of the Tauros. If you’re Layne, you want more of the same. I’m just saying the Bobcats need to come out with the same effort and intensity. What they did 24 hours ago means nothing. Marty’s boys will be ready to play in Bismarck, and so will Layne’s. It’s going to come down to 60 minutes on the ice tonight.
