Owatonna tops Bruins

Published 11:08 pm Thursday, November 11, 2010

Austin's Nolan Kirley (4) looks up the ice after checking Owatonna's Schyler Adams into the boards Thursday night in Owatonna. -- Ian Stauffer/People's Press

The Austin Bruins couldn’t get it done on special teams in a 4-1 loss at Owatonna (9-7 overall) Thursday.

The Express scored on both of their power plays on the night and they converted a shorthanded goal to take a 2-0 lead early in the first.

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Austin (6-9 overall) made it a 2-1 game on that powerplay when Mike Adamowicz, a forward from Chandler, Ariz., scored his third goal of the season.

But Owatonna scored two power play goals in the second half of the second period to ice the game.

Keegan Asmundson stopped 31 of the 35 shots he saw in net.

The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Bruins, who will travel to Coulee Region for games on Friday and Saturday night.

Austin 0 1 0 — 1

Owatonna 1 3 0 — 4

First period

(O) Jace Kusler (Garrett Ohrn, William Faust) 18:32

Second period

(O) Lawrence Cornellier (shorthanded) (John Haeg, Joe Adams) 5:35

(A) Mike Adamowicz (powerplay) 6:46

(O) Joe Adams (powerplay) (Cornellier, Chris Bournazos) 12:17

(O) Bournazos (powerplay) (Cornellier, Adams) 17:56

Third period

No scoring

Power plays: Austin 1-for-1; Owatonna – 2-for-2

Shots on goal: Austin – 28; Owatonna – 35