The Austin Bruins tied up the NAHL Central Division semifinals at one game each when they beat Minot 4-1 on the road Saturday.

Jade Miler scored an early first period goal for the Bruins and Austin Rueschoff and Jacob Paganelli added second period goals to make it a 3-0 game.

Kristofer Carlson had 29 saves for Austin.

Games three and four of the series will be held in Riverside Arena 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday. If the Bruins can win both of those games, they will advance to the NAHL Central Division Finals.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 1 2 1 – 4

Minot 0 0 1 – 1

First period

(A) Jade Miller (power play) (Gilbert Gabor, Jacob Paganelli) 1:27

Second period

(A) Austin Rueschhoff (power play) (Paganelli, Marcus Karlstrom) 4:39

(A) Paganelli (power play) (Miller, Gabor) 14:06

Third period

(M) Grayson Gavin 17:00

(A) Zach Kennedy (empty net) 19:51

Power plays: Austin – 3-for-5; Minot – 0-for-5

Shots: Austin – 28; Minot – 30