The Bismarck Bobcats saw the Alexandria Blizzard pour in three second-period goals and couldn’t recover, falling 4-2 to the red-hot Blizzard at the Runestone Center Friday.

Two of the hottest teams in the North American Hockey league will square off this weekend for a home-and-home series as the Bismarck Bobcats travel to take on the Alexandria Blizzard on Friday before a home date against the Blizzard at the VFW Sports Center on Saturday.

The Bismarck Bobcats rallied twice from one-goal deficits to the visiting Owatonna Express, but it was the Express who came away with a 3-2 overtime win over the Bobcats at the VFW Sports Center Saturday.

The Bismarck Bobcats tallied three unanswered goals Friday night in a come-from behind win, dumping the Owatonna Express 3-1 in front of a sellout crowd at the VFW Sports Center.

The Bismarck Bobcats are set to wrap up their current seven-game homestand on Friday and Saturday in a matchup of the top two teams in the Central Division as the Owatonna Express invade the VFW Sports Center for a pair of 7:15 PM contests this weekend.

Coming off a big weekend on the ice, the good news keeps rolling in for Bismarck Bobcats forward Ryan Jacobson, who announced Tuesday that he has committed to play his collegiate hockey at the United States Air Force Academy.

Following a five-point weekend against the Alexandria Blizzard and North Iowa Outlaws, Bismarck Bobcats forward Ryan Jacobson was named the Sherwood NAHL Central Division Player of the Week Monday.

One night after recording their first overtime win of the 2009-10 season, the Bismarck Bobcats secured their first shootout win of the year Saturday, surviving a late rally to upend the North Iowa Outlaws 3-2 at the VFW Sports Center.