Bruins top Coulee Region 4-3

Published 10:50 pm Friday, December 30, 2011

Despite only attempting about half as many shots as Coulee Region, the Austin Bruins were able to pull off a 4-3 win in Onalaska Friday.

Charlie Adams and Austin Nelson each scored in the first three minutes of the third period to give the Bruins (17-10-3 overall) a 4-2 lead they would hold on to.

Nelson, who is from Hastings, Minn., also scored in the second period to make it 2-0.

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The Chill (11-16-4 overall) shot Austin 40-21 on the night.

The Bruins were out-shot 12-5 in the first period, but Jeremy Finger put Austin up 1-0 on its third shot of the night.

The Chill didn’t score until their 23rd shot of the night when James Hughes made scored to pull his team within 2-1 early in the second period.

Tyler Bruggeman stopped 37 shots to pick up the win for Austin.

Austin will host the Chill at Riverside Arena Saturday at 7:05 p.m.

SCORING SUMMMARY

Austin 1 1 2 — 4

Chill 0 2 1 — 3

First period

(A) Jeremy Finger (Nolan Kirley, Michael Bond) 15:08

Second period

(A) Austin Nelson (Matt Hansen, CJ Smith) 1:22

(C) James Hughes (Tyler Klein, Tommy Miller) 5:45

(C) Tyler Klein (James Hughes) 18:29

Third period

(A) Charlie Adams (Colton Kramer) 1:15

(A) Austin Nelson (Chris Fischer, Matt Hansen) 2:54

(C) Hughes (Tommy Miller) 9:13

Shots: Austin — 21; Coulee Region — 40

Powerplays; Austin — 0-for-1; Coulee Region — 0-for-2