Wilderness close out Bruins in a shootout

Published 9:37 am Sunday, January 31, 2021

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The Austin Bruins couldn’t hang on to a late one-goal lead as they lost to the Minnesota Wilderness 2-1 in a shootout in Riverside Arena Saturday.

The Wilderness (4-5-0-1 overall) tied the game up at 1-1 when Mitchell Allard scored with 3:34 left in regulation and Grant Doctor scored the game-winning goal on their fourth attempt of the shootout.

Austin (6-7-2-2 overall) went 0-for-4 in the shootout and Tyler Shea had 34 saves for the Bruins.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 1 0 0 0  – 1

Wilderness 0 0 1 0 1  – 2

First period

No scoring

Second period

(A) Sutter Muzzati (John Lundy) 18:08

Third period

(M) Mitchell Allard (Jacob Herter, Grant Doctor) 16:26 

OT

No scoring

Shots: Austin – 29; Wilderness – 46

Power plays: Austin – 0-for-4; Wilderness – 1-for-5