Bruins go up 2-0 on Wilderness

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The Austin Bruins are sitting in an awfully good position after defeating the Minnesota Wilderness 3-1 Saturday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their best of five series.

The Bruins got a goal in all three periods to get the win and Alex Schilling got the win between the pipes.

Dan Petrick  got the scoring going on a power play in the first period at 6:53.

Alex Mella followed just 34 seconds into the second period when he chipped a pass in off the left side of Wilderness goalie Jacob Sibell.

Landon Langenbrunner cut the margin to 2-1 early in the third period, as he scored at the 5:15 mark of the period with assists going to Nick Altmann and Isaac Moberg.

Lane Krenzen capped the scoring with an empty-netter in the last minute of the game.

Austin is now in a position to sweep the Wilderness when they travel north to Cloquet next weekend for games three and four.

Scoring summary

Wilderness 0 0 1 — 1

Austin 1 1 1 — 3

First period

A — Dan Petrick (Evan Cholak, Travis Kothenbeutel) PP 6:53

Second period

A — Alex Mella (Ian Mageau, Lane Krenzen) :34

Third period

W _ Landon Langenbrunner (Nick Altmann, Isaac Moberg), 5:10