Bobcats come from behind to top Blizzard, 4-3

Grant Johnson had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win on Thursday.

Bismarck 4 @ St. Cloud 3 – The Bismarck Bobcats moved back into 2nd place in the Central Division thanks to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the St. Cloud Blizzard in the lone NAHL game on Thursday. The Blizzard took a 1-0 lead in the 1st period with a goal from Owen Belisle. The Bobcats had an answer early in the 2nd period on Austin Jouppi’s 10th goal of the season. The Blizzard then scored two straight goals from Brady Bjork and Ryan Green to take a 3-1 lead. However, the Bobcats scored three unanswered goals to bring home the win, including a goal late in the 2nd period from Carl Fish to make it 3-2, and then two goals in the 3rd period from Grant Johnson and the game-winner from Jayden Prince, which turned out to be his first career NAHL goal. Bobcats goalie Andrew Miller made 14 saves in the win, while Tyler Bost made 27 saves in the loss. Boxscore