The Austin Bruins got off to a slow start and never recovered as they lost 7-1 at Brookings (4-10-5 overall) Friday.

Austin’s troubles began before the game even started as their bus broke down and they had to get a charter, which caused the start of the game to be delayed by about one hour.

Guillaume Leclerc tied the game at 1-1 for the Bruins (14-5 overall) in the first period.

Austin head coach Chris Tok was ejected in a second period which had 16 penalties called between the two teams. Austin’s Jay Dickman was also ejected in the third period for checking from behind.

Justin Quale took the loss in net for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin                1  0  0  –  1

Brookings           2  2  3  –  7

First period

(B) Michele Marchetti (power play) (Conor Andrle, Andrew Herlofsky) 8:12

(A) Guillaume Leclerc (power play) (Jay Dickman, Drew Anderson) 13:56

(B) Herlofsky (power play) (Marchetti, Brandon Parker) 18:05

Second period

(B) Connor Andrle (shorthanded) 5:38

(B) Marchetti (Eric Brenk, Beacu Michaud) 6:49

Third period

(B) Brenk (Jared Goudreau, Nick Nitta) 0:41

(B) Conor Andrie (power play) (Nick DeCenzo, Brenk) 9:01

(B) Jared Goudreau (Michaud, Branislav Rapac) 15:03

Shots: Austin – 29; Brookings – 36

Power plays: Austin – 1-for-9; Brookings – 3-for-14