The Bismarck Bobcats have secured their third straight playoff season and the first-ever Titan Machinery Dakota Cup thanks to a 5-2 dispatching of the arch-rival Aberdeen Wings Thursday at the VFW Sports Center.

Even though the Bismarck Bobcats are locked in a heated playoff chase in the wide-open Central Division, they will take time out for the second straight year to lend a hand—and their heads—to the fight against childhood cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Trailing late in the second period, the Bismarck Bobcats got big performances from their two captains, Matt Gates and Ryan Faragher, and rallied for a big 3-2 win against the Austin Bruins Saturday at Riverside Arena.

The Bismarck Bobcats saw the Austin Bruins rattle off three straight second period goals and couldn’t bounce back, falling 3-1 Friday at Riverside Arena.

The Bismarck Bobcats open the last month of the 2010-11 regular season with a two-game series at Riverside Arena against the Austin Bruins starting Friday night.

For the second straight night, the Coulee Region Chill used a multi-goal run to down the Bismarck Bobcats, riding a run of four unanswered tallies Saturday to drop the Cats 6-2 at the VFW Sports Center.

The Bismarck Bobcats saw a one goal lead turn into a two-goal deficit in a seven-minute span and saw their rally come up short as the Coulee Region Chill hung on for a 4-3 win Friday at the VFW Sports Center.

The Bismarck Bobcats will close out the month of February with a big two-game series against the Coulee Region Chill Friday and Saturday nights at the VFW Sports Center.