Bruins get past Wilderness in shootout win

Published 7:48 am Monday, December 8, 2014

The Austin Bruins rattled off their fourth straight win when they edged the Minnesota Wilderness (15-7-3 overall) 2-1 in a shootout in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Trevor Boyd, a forward from Muskegon, Mich., scored fourth goal of the weekend when he netted the tying goal to make it 1-1 early in the period. Boyd now has 11 goals and 13 assists in 26 games.

Boyd also scored the first goal of the shootout to tie it up at 1-1 and Liam Feeney scored the game-winner on Austin’s fourth attempt of the shootout. Austin’s Jake Kielly had 22 saves and he stopped four of the five attempts in the shootout.

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With the win, the Bruins (14-7-7 overall) have moved into a first place tie with Minot.

SCORING SUMMARY

Wilderness 0 1 0 0 0 – 1

Austin 0 1 0 0 1 – 2

First period

No scoring

Second period

(M) Darian Romanko 5:35

Third period

(A) Trevor Boyd (power play) 2:43

Shots: Austin – 25; Wilderness – 23

Power plays: Austin – 1-for-7; Wilderness – 0-for-6