Shootout win lifts Austin Bruins to first NAHL Central Division championship in 8 years

AUSTIN — Jack Malinski and Walter Zacher were here two years ago, standing on the Riverside Arena ice as the Austin Bruins season came to a painful end. The Bruins finished one victory shy of a North American Hockey League Central Division playoff spot in that 2020-21 season, a season that started late and ran into mid-May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Two years ago we had a great team, it was the COVID year and there were a lot of great players in this league, with guys staying back...