Bobcats Drop 5-1 Decision to Amarillo
Published on September 16, 2011 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Bismarck Bobcats News Release
BLAINE, MN - The Bismarck Bobcats gave up four unansweredgoals and suffered their first loss of the 2011-12 season, falling 5-1 to theAmarillo Bulls Friday at the Combat Hockey NAHL Showcase at the Schwan SuperRink.
"The only thing I can say about that game is: lessonlearned," asserted Bobcats head coach and general manager Layne Sedevie. "Therewasn't very much urgency and our guys, I hope, have learned that you can't takenights, periods or plays off- especially against a team as good as Amarillo."
The Bulls got on the board first with just three secondsleft in the first as Joe Kozlak grabbed a faceoff win from TJ Sarcona and poppedit through goalie Tommy Burke's legs for a 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
Bobcats defenseman Donald Olivieri tied the game 3:47into the second on a power play goal that fooled Bulls goaltender from thepoint. It was Olivieri's fourth goal in three nights.
A fluky bounce, however, stung the Bobcats 4:11 later asa long clear-out from Bulls blueliner Karl Beckman had an icing call washed outdespite the Bobcats winning the race to puck; the puck took a strange hop offthe back wall and rolled off Burke's skate and into the net.
The Bobcats could not recover from the goal, though, asJude Warner and Brandon Lubin adding late goals in the second as the Bullsseized control with a 4-1 lead.
Following Lubin's goal, Sedevie lifted Burke for backupgoaltender Aaron Nelson. The former all-state player at Century High Schoollooked sharp in his Bobcats debut, stopping 19 of 20 shots faced in 27:39 ofice time.
"Aaron was a definite bright spot tonight," admittedSedevie. "It's safe to say that he's earned himself a start [Saturday] againstKalamazoo."
Nelson's lone blemish came with 13 seconds left inregulation when Sarcona knocked in a third-chance rebound for a power play goaland the final margin of 5-1.
Burke took the loss to fall to 1-1-0 behind 15 saveswhile Taffe picked up his first win of the season on 19 stops.
The Bobcats will wrap up their Showcase schedule with a4:00 PM start against the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings at the Schwan Super Rink.
Saturday's Showcase finale will be broadcast locally onthe radio home of Bobcat Hockey, Super Talk 1270, KLXX-AM, and worldwide on theofficial internet television partner of the NAHL, FASTHockey, athttp://nahl.fasthockey.com. Pregamecoverage gets under way at 3:30.
Season tickets are nowon sale for the 2011-12 season- and going fast! Call the Bobcat Hockey office at(701) 222-3300 or email gobobcathockey@aol.com for more information onreserving your seats for the upcoming season!
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