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Alex Laurenza registered a hat trick for the Austin Bruins as they completed a weekend sweep over the Minnesota Mallards (6-13-0-1 overall) with a 5-3 win in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Laurenza scored two first period goals and he added a third score in the final period. He now has 17 goals on the season.

Jack Solomon had 17 saves for Austin (11-5-0-1 overall).

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 3 1 1  –  5

Mallards 0 2 1  –  3

First period

(A) Alex Laurenza (Ludvig Mellgren, Luc Malkhassian) 10:34

(A) Ashton Bynum (Nathan Williams, Connor Beckwith) 11:10

(A) Laurenza (EJ Paddington, Mellgren) 14:11

Second period

(M) Benjamin Tauscher (Brayden Kaldenbach, Hunter Hayes) 0:41

(A) Gustav Svantesson (Beckwith, Mellgren) 15:58

(M) Tauscher (Trey Gnetz, Hunter Hayes) 16:50

Third period

(M) Eli Bailey (Brayden Kaldenbach, Mitch Vanderway) 4:03

(A) Laurenza (Luc Malkhassian, Evan Malkhassian) 12:08