Wilderness play home spoiler, top Bruins 4-2
Published 7:50 am Monday, October 2, 2017
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
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