The Austin Bruins survived a wild first period to win their fourth straight game when they topped Brookings (13-18-7 overall) 6-3 in Brookings, S.D. Friday.

The Bruins led 3-2 after Tony Uglem scored near the end of the first and they took a 4-2 lead when Alex Jasiek scored a goal. Uglem and Nico Sturm added empty netter goals to put the game away in the third for Austin (22-9-10 overall).

Jake Kielly stopped 25 shots to get the win in net for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 3 1 2 — 6

Brookings 2 0 1 — 3

First period

(B) TJ Samec (power play) (Nate Colwell, Viktor Lindell) 6:07

(A) Jake Arroyo (power play) (Nico Strum, Alex Jasiek) 8:32

(A) Trevor Boyd (Cory Dunn) 9:15

(B) Garrett Elmore (power play) (Zach Glienke, Oscar Odd) 16:52

(A) Tony Uglem (Liam Freeney, Luke Dietsch) 18:41

Second period

(A) Jasiek (Arroyo, Sturm) 10:46

Third period

(B) Odd (Colwell, Joe Anderson) 4:08

(A) Sturm (empty net) (Alex Pettersson, Jakob Kullberg) 19:07

(A) Uglem (empty net) (Dunn, Derek Olmschenk) 19:50

Power plays: Austin — 2-for-8; Brookings — 2-for-7

Shots: Austin 48; Brookings – 28