Bruins stay unbeaten at home
Published 10:07 pm Sunday, December 8, 2013
Austin’s Brennan Sanford watches his backhand shot as the puck dances behind Minnesota Wildernes goalie Kasimir Kaskisuo during the second period Saturday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Austin Bruins won 5-0 over the Minnesota Wilderness (17-5-4 overall) in a game that saw 21 power plays, but just 40 shots on goal in Riverside Arena.
Austin (18-8-1 overall) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals from Dominik Florian, Dion Antisin and Easton Viitala and Nick Lehr stopped all 18 of the shots he saw in net.
The Bruins are now 12-0 at home and they are the only team in the NAHL that hasn’t lost a home contest.
SCORING SUMMARY
Wilderness 0 0 0 – 0
Bruins 3 1 1 – 5
First period
(A) Dominik Florian (Easton Viitala) 13:58
(A) Dion Antisin (PP) (Jay Dickman, Lucas Kohls) 15:12
(A) Viitala (Florian) 19:07
Second period
(A) Luke Dietsch 5:04
Third period
(A) Brennan Sanford (Cory Dunn) 13:42
Power plays: Austin – 1-for-10; Wilderness – 0-for-11
Shots: Austin – 22; Wilderness – 18