Bobcats to Host First-Ever Faith Night Vs. Blizzard
January 11, 2011 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Bismarck Bobcats News Release
BISMARCK, ND - The Bismarck Bobcats will play a very raremid-week home game on Wednesday when they hold their first annual Faith Nightat the VFW Sports Center as part of their Central Division clash with the Alexandria Blizzard.
Wednesday's event will welcome members of local churches andyouth groups to come together in conjunction with the God's Child Project.God's Child founder and CEO Pat Atkinson will address several hundredyoungsters from local congregations starting at 6:00 PM.
Once the puck drops, the Bobcats will be looking to bounceback from their first loss since November- a 3-2 shootout defeat in AberdeenSaturday- against the team that handed them that November loss in the Blizzard(5-1 on November 26).
Leading scorer Matt Gates has the hot hand for the Bobcats,registering four points in the two-game split with the Wings on his way tobeing named this week's NAHL Central Division Player of the Week.
Gates is not the only Bobcat picking up hardware in 2011,though, as red-hot goalie Ryan Faragher was named the Sherbrook NAHL Goalie ofthe Month for December on Friday thanks to a 5-0-0 record, a .962 SV% and aneye-popping 0.80 GAA in the final month of 2010. The Fort Frances, Ont., nativeis 6-0-1 since surrendering five goals in the 5-1 Black Friday loss atAlexandria.
A familiar face to both Faragher and the Bobcats returns toBismarck for the first time since earning a Robertson Cup ring with the 2009-10iteration of the Cats as former Bobcat netminder Jake Williams takes centerstage between the pipes for the Blizzard. Williams is 1-1-0 against his formermates so far this season as a member of both Alexandria and the FresnoMonsters.
Williams' prowess between the pipes will be complementedagain by Alexandria's ferocious firepower up front, led by the NAHL'sfourth-leading scorer in Nardo Nagtzaam (18 G, 27 A; 3 G, 4 A vs. Bismarck),veteran sharpshooter Steve Zierke (17 G, 16 A) and playmaker Alex Altenbernd (7G, 17 A).
Wednesday's special mid-week contest, sponsored byMcDonald's, is set to begin at 7:15 PM.
The game will be broadcast locally on the radio home of Bobcat Hockey, SuperTalk 1270, KLXX-AM, and worldwide at http://nahl.fasthockey.com/. Pre-gamecoverage will begin at 6:45 PM CT.
Season tickets are now on sale for the 2010-11 season! Call the Bobcat Hockeyoffice at (701) 222-3300 or email gobobcathockey@aol.com for more informationon reserving your seats for the entire season as the Bobcats look to defend theRobertson Cup!
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