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The Austin Bruins dropped their home opener when they fell to the Minot Minotauros (2-2 overall) by a score of 5-1 in Riverside Arena Friday.

EJ Paddington had one goal and Jack Solomon had 29 saves for the Bruins (4-1 overall).

SCORING SUMMARY

Minot 1 3 1  –  5

Austin 0 0 1  –  1

First period

(M) Ian Spencer (Adam Mahler) 17:08

Second period

(M) Jesse Juhola (Billy Batten, Jack O’Hanisain) 5:57

(M) Juhola (Spencer, Batten) 9:12

(M) Leo Cabulis (Adam Mahler, Leon Haggstrom) 9:56

Third period

(A) EJ Paddington (Alex Laurenza) 3:20

(M) Batten (Juhola, Mahler) 18:25