Bruins clinch a playoff berth with OT win

Published 10:22 pm Sunday, April 3, 2016

The Austin Bruins clinched a trip to the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime win in Minot (34-18-6 overall) Saturday.

The Bruins (28-26-4) won the game when Jan Stefka scored in OT and Austin tied the game at 2-2 when Austin Rueschhoff scored a third period goal.

Kristofer Carlson had 23 saves for Austin, which has just two regular season games remaning.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 1 0 1 1 – 3

Minot 1 1 0 0 – 2

First period

(M) Zach Bross (Austin Martinsen, Sam Fuss) 9:42

(A) Austin Rueschhoff (power play) 11:34

Second peroid

(M) Max Reisinger (power play) (Christian Mohs, James LaDouce) 13:45

Third period

(A) Rueschhoff 4:22

OT

(A) Jan Stefka (Jade Miller) 3:28

Shots: Austin – 23; Minot – 25

Powre plays: Austin – 1-for-5; Minot – 1-for-4