Bruins bounce back to beat Minot
Published 12:42 pm Monday, January 20, 2020
The Austin Bruins rebounded from a six-goal loss in big way as they beat the Minot Minotauros (20-12-4 overall) 3-2 to stay in second place in the NAHL Central Division in Riverside Arena Saturday.
Hugh Larkin scored the game-winner for Austin with 6:22 left in the game.
Brett Miller stopped 25 shots for the Bruins (21-10-2-4 overall). Austin now leads Bismarck by a point and trails first place Aberdeen by 10 points.
SCORING SUMMARY
Minot 0 2 0 — 2
Austin 1 1 1 — 3
First period
(A) Jed Pietila (Chase Pilawksi, Tiernan Shoudy) 19:41
Second period
(M) Jay Buchholtz (Kyler Kleven, Dan Russell) 9:44
(A) Dante Sheriff (Josef Mysak, Pietila) (power play) 11:18
(M) Andranik Armstrong-Kingkade (Cade Stibbe, Nikolai Charhecnko) 17:08
Third period
(A) Hugh Larkin (Carson Riddle, Sheriff) 13:38
Shots: Austin — 32; Minot — 27
Power plays: Austin — 2-for-3; Minot — 0-for-4