Bruins blank Minot 3-0

Published 10:18 pm Friday, November 25, 2011

The Austin Bruins didn’t dominate, but they finished ahead of Minot (3-21 overall) 3-0 on the road Friday.

Austin goalie Nicholas Lehr of Roseville, Minn. stopped all 27 shots he saw as he picked up his second shutout of the season.

The Bruins (12-8-2 overall) got on the board when Austin Nelson scored in the first period.

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Christian Folin and John Kirby each netted power play goals in the second period to put Austin up 3-0.

On Thanksgiving night, the Bruins lost 3-2 to Aberdeen as they came up empty on six power play attempts.

Steve Obarzanek scored two goals for the Wings (11-8-2 overall), including one that made it 3-1 with 11:05 left in the third period.

Tyler Bruggeman took the loss as he had 18 saves.

SCORING SUMMARIES

Austin 1 2 0 — 3

Minot 0 0 0 — 0

First period

(A) Austin Nelson (Charlie Adams, John Kirby) 9:32

Second period

(A) Christian Folin (powerplay) (John Kirby, Brandon Wahlin) 7:56

(A) Kirby (powerplay) (Wahlin, Jonathan Gehrt) 19:47

Third period

No scoring

Powerplays: Austin — 2-for-7; Minot — 0-for-5

Shots: Austin — 27; Minot — 27

Austin 0 0 2 — 2

Aberdeen 1 1 1 — 3

First period

(AB) Steve Obarzanek (Cory Ward) 18:11

Second period

(AB) Joe Mottiqua (Justin Parizek, Paul Prescott) 18:10

Third period

(A) Jeremy Finger (shorthanded) (Chase McDonald) 2:10

(AB) Obarzanek (Parizek, Wes Judnick) 8:55

(A) Jonathan Gehrt (John Simonson, Chris Fischer) 15:56

Powerplays: Austin — 0-for-6; Aberdeen — 0-for-4

Shots: Austin — 31; Aberdeen — 21