The Austin Bruins went on a scoring frenzy as they blasted Brookings (0-7-1 overall) 11-1 in their home opener in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Guillaume Leclerc had a hat trick for the Bruins (7-1 overall) and the Frenchman now has 12 points in eight games.

Josh Bretner had four assists and Luke Dietsch had two goals and two assists for Austin.

Nick Lehr had 23 saves in the win for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Brookings 1 0 0 — 1

Bruins 3 4 4 — 11

First period

(B) Connor Andrle (power play) (Eric Brenk, Nick DeCenzo) 6:07

(A) Luke Diestch 16:24

(A) Jay Dickman (power play) (Josh Bretner) 16:55

(A) Dietsch (power play) (Dickman, Bretner) 18:21

Second period

(A) Austin Nelson (Dietsch, Kody Reuter) 2:19

(A) Guillaume Leclerc (Bretner, Lucas Kohls) 3:10

(A) Sam Kauppila (Easton Vitala) 9:15

(A) Leclerc (Bretner) 17:10

Third period

(A) Leclerc (Reuter) 0:28

(A) Brennan Sanford (Niko Hildenbrand) 8:08

(A) Vitala (power play) (Hildenbrand, Sanford) 11:20

(A) Nelson (Dietsch) 16:45

Powerplays: Austin — 3-for-6; Brookings — 1-for-5

Shots: Austin — 35; Brookings — 24