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The Bismarck Bobcats closed out the NAHL Central Division finals by beating the Austin Bruins 7-2 in game four in Riverside Arena Saturday night.

Ashton Bynum scored early in the third period, to bring Austin within 4-2, but the Bobcats closed out the game with four straight goals.

The Bobcats won three straight games after Austin won game one. 

The first four games of the series had just eight total goals scored by both teams combined, while Saturday’s tilt had nine goals scored.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bismarck 2 1 4  –  7

Austin 0 1 1  –  2

First period

(B) Nick Snyder (Louie Kamienski, Evan Hunter) 6:35

(B) Josh Lehto (Kyle Doll) 12:41

Second period

(B) Jakub Kopecky (Alexandr Kim, Matthew Rafalski) 3:36

(A) John Hirschfeld (Ashton Bynum) 5:42

Third period

(A) Bynum (Hirschfeld) 1:56

(B) Lehto (Kim, Calle Arvedson) 7:01

(B) Gabe Kenne (Ian Engel, Kim) 9:15

(B) Zane Rowan (Kenne) 15:41

(B) Snyder 17:26