The Austin Bruins rebounded from a six-goal loss in big way as they beat the Minot Minotauros (20-12-4 overall) 3-2 to stay in second place in the NAHL Central Division in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Hugh Larkin scored the game-winner for Austin with 6:22 left in the game.

Brett Miller stopped 25 shots for the Bruins (21-10-2-4 overall). Austin now leads Bismarck by a point and trails first place Aberdeen by 10 points.

SCORING SUMMARY

Minot 0 2 0  —  2

Austin 1 1 1  —  3

First period

(A) Jed Pietila (Chase Pilawksi, Tiernan Shoudy) 19:41

Second period

(M) Jay Buchholtz (Kyler Kleven, Dan Russell) 9:44

(A) Dante Sheriff (Josef Mysak, Pietila) (power play) 11:18

(M) Andranik Armstrong-Kingkade (Cade Stibbe, Nikolai Charhecnko) 17:08

Third period

(A) Hugh Larkin (Carson Riddle, Sheriff) 13:38

Shots: Austin — 32; Minot — 27

Power plays: Austin — 2-for-3; Minot — 0-for-4