Wilderness Top Bruins

Dwight Cadwell – NSO

The Minnesota Wilderness picked up another crucial victory Friday night as the Wilderness defeated the Austin Bruins 2-1 at Riverside Arena Friday.

Jack Forbort scored the Wildernesses first goal early in the third period with an assist coming from Tyler Vold.

The Wilderness went ahead 2-0 when Aaron Miller scored with assists from Nick Altman and Janis Jaks.

Jan Stefka scored a goal with 1:49 left in the third period to bring Austin within 2-1, but the Bruins couldn’t tie things up, as the Wilderness improve to 19-7-3 overall.

Luke Kania stopped 21 Bruin shots for the victory.

Kristofer Carlson had 36 saves for Austin 16-12-1 overall.

SCORING SUMMARY

Wilderness   0 0 2 — 2

Bruins            0 0 1 — 1

First period

No scoring

Second period

No scoring

Third period

Wilderness:  Jack Forbort (Tyler Vold) 3:57

Wilderness:  Aaron Miller (Nick Altmann, Janis Jacks) 15:32

Bruins :Jan Stefka 18:11

Shots: Austin — 22; Wilderness — 38

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-3; Wilderness — 0-for-5

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