The Austin Bruins opened their home schedule up with a 2-1 loss to the Bismarck Bobcats in Riverside Arena Friday night.

Bismarck took the lead for good when Jacob Marti scored in the second period.

Kyle McClellan stopped 23 of the 25 shots he saw for Austin (3-1-1 overall).

SCORING SUMMARY

Bismarck 1 1 0  –  2

Austin 0 1 0  –  1

First period

(B) Ryan Taylor (Alex Pollock, Adam Stacho) 1:43

Second period

(A) Valdemar Ahlberg (Dante Sheriff, Jed Pietila) (power play) :26

(B) Jacob Marti (Stacho) 10:48

Third period

No scoring

Shots: Austin – 26; Bismarck – 25

Power plays: Austin – 1-for-7; Bismarck – 0-for-5