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Wilderness Stop Janesville

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The Minnesota Wilderness won their seventh straight playoff game on Friday as they went into Janesville and captured Game 1 by a score of 2-1.

Former Janesville goalie and current Wilderness netminder Brock Kautz played well in the win, stopping 17 of 18 shots that came his way to move the Wilderness to within one win of the Robertson Cup Finals.

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The Wilderness outshot the Jets in each of the three periods and 30-18 for the game.

Minnesota was bolstered by a fast start, which seemed to catch the Jets off guard. Less than a minute into the contest, it was the playoffs leading scorer, Darian Romanko, who lit the lamp to give the Wilderness a 1-0 lead as he scored from the low slot with a shot low to the blocker side of Janesville goalie Matt Jurusik.

The eventual game-winner came just over three minutes later as Bradley Johnson’s shot eluded Jurusik for a 2-0 Wilderness lead.

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Tyler Hart would assist on both goals. The Jets pulled to within one just :28 seconds into the 2nd period as Zach LaValle scored his third goal of the playoffs.

However, that would be all that Kautz and the Wilderness would allow as they gave up just 10 shots on goal in the final two periods. Jurusik ended with 28 saves on the night. Game 2 in Saturday night in Janesville.

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