Bobcats Blast Thunder In Game Two
April 3, 2010 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Bismarck Bobcats News Release
BISMARCK, ND - The Bismarck Bobcats put themselves in thedriver's seat of the 2010 Central Division Semifinals Saturday, trouncing theAlbert Lea Thunder 8-2 at the VFW Sports Center to seize a 2-0 lead in theirbest-of-five-games playoff series.
It was a four-goal second period that put Game Two out ofreach for the home side.
Holding a tenuous 2-1 lead after one, the Bobcats came outblazing in the second as red-hot forward Tim Serratore tapped home a DominicPanetta centering pass on a 2-on-1 transition rush to extend the lead to 3-1just 4:47 into the middle frame.
Casey Kleisinger followed up with his first of the playoffsat the 8:36 mark of the second, stinging a bad angle shot off Thunder goalieJoe Rogers and into the net, pushing the advantage to 4-1 Bobcats.
Ryan Jacobson tallied his second goal of the night 1:40later, popping a perfect 2-on-0 pass from Panetta into the cage for a 5-1spread.
Aaron Quick capped the four-goal second with 5:47 left inthe period, getting free behind the Albert Lea defense and beating Rogers tomake it a 6-1 rout after two periods.
"We weren't happy at all with how we played in the firstperiod, despite the lead," said Quick, an Air Force recruit for fall 2010. "Wedidn't match their intensity out of the gate but when we did, things reallytook off for us."
Quick followed his first playoff goal of 2010 with anotherin the third- this time on the short-hand-
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