Wilderness play home spoiler, top Bruins 4-2
Published 7:50 am Monday, October 2, 2017
- The Bruins’ Toby Sengvongxay carries the puck into the Wilderness zone during the second period.
Gino Lucia and the Minnesota Wilderness played spoiler Saturday night, defeated the Austin Bruins in their home opener 4-2 at Riverside Arena.
Lucia scored twice in the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie and leading the Wilderness to the win.
Austin took a 1-0 lead in the second period when he deflected a shot in on the power play at the 6:12 mark. Then, after the Wilderness tied the game with a power play goal of their own, the Bruins’ Travis Kothenbeutel scored on a short-handed break-away goal at 10:12 of the second.
The Wilderness’ Nick Altmann knotted the score once again with a goal at 12:45. That three-goal flurry came with in just over a three minute span.
Alex Schilling took the loss between the pipes stopping 21 shots. The Bruins out-shot the Wilderness 37-25.
MN Wilderness 0 2 2 — 4
Austin 0 2 0 —2
Bruins goalie Alex Schilling makes a stop in the first period against the Minnesota Wilderness Saturday night in the team’s home opener at Riverside Arena.
Photos by Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
First period
No scoring
Second period
(A) Valdemar Ahlberg (Jaden Shields, Toby Sengvongxay), PP 6:12
(M) Kosta Likourezos (Nick Altmann), PP 9:31
(A) Travis Kothenbeutel, SH 10:12
(M) Altmann (Isaac Kobienia), 12:45
Third period
(M) Gino Lucia (Ben Ward), 7:56
(M) Lucia (Likourezos), 13:32
Shots: Wilderness 25, Bruins 37
Powerplay: Wilderness 1-5, Bruins 1-4
