Wilderness slide past Bruins in a shootout

Published 9:35 pm Thursday, October 10, 2019

The Austin Bruins had their four-game winning streak snapped when they lost to the Minnesota Wilderness (6-3 overall) 3-2 in overtime on the road Thursday.

Austin (5-2-0-2 overall) went 0-for-4 in the shootout and Zach Michaelis scored the game-winner for the Wilderness on their fourth attempt.

The Bruins held a 2-0 lead through two periods, but Kimball Johnson and Nate Horn each scored in the third period for the Wilderness to force the extra session.

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Jaxon Friedman had 21 saves for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 2 0 0  0 0    2

Wilderness 0 0 2  0 1    3

First period

(A) Dante Sheriff (Ben Almquist) 7:16

(A) Almquist (Devon Fields) 16:42

Second period

No scoring

Third period

(M) Kimball Johnson (power play) 1:10

(M) Nate Horn 17:28

Shots: Austin — 38; Wilderness — 22

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-4; Wilderness —1-for-4