Bruins complete sweep of Blizzard
Published 6:39 pm Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Bruins' Rhodes Dolan reaches in to pull Brookings' Tyler Cayemberg off Austin goalie Nicholas Lehr after Cayemberg ran into Lehr off a breakaway in the first period Saturday night at Riverside Arena. -- Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Austin Bruins completed a weekend sweep of the Brookings Blizzard (13-6 overall) when they won 7-5 in Riverside Arena Saturday.
The Bruins (15-3-2 overall) took the tied the game at 5-5 when AJ Reid scored a powerplay goal with 3:29 left in the second period and CJ Smith gave Austin the lead for good when he scored his third goal of the night early in the third period.
The Bruin's Riley Colvard is knocked to the ice by Brookings' Craig Lindegard during the second period Saturday night at Riverside Arena.
Brandon Wahlin had four assists for Austin and Nicholas Lehr had 20 saves.
SCORING SUMMARY
Brookings 2 3 0 – 5
Austin 4 1 2 – 7
First period
(A) CJ Smith (AJ Reid, Chris Fischer) 0:28
(B) Justin Moody (Evan Hesse, Eric Brenk) 3:04
(A) Scott Nelson (John Simonson, Brandon Wahlin) 4:13
(A) Smith (powerplay) (Riley Colvard, Josh Bretner) 7:01
(A) Jay Dickman (powerplay) (Simonson, Wahlin) 12:17
(B) Jeff McFarland (Drew Brevig, Nick DeCenzo) 18:09
Second period
(B) Eric Brenk (Jordan Stejskal) 0:48
(B) Hesse (Moody, Brenk) 3:56
(B) Drew Brevig (Hesse, Brenk) 6:56
(A) Reid (powerplay) (Cody Dixon, Wahlin) 16:21
Third period
(A) Smith (Wahlin, Dixon) 5:05
(A) Dickman (Reid, Nolan Kirley) 13:15
Shots: Austin – 38; Brookings – 25
Powerplays: Austin – 3-for-7; Brookings – 0-for-4