Bruins rally to win sixth straight game
Published 10:03 pm Friday, December 1, 2017
The Austin Bruins rattled off their sixth straight win when they beat the Bismarck Bobcats (12-10-2 overall) 3-2 on the road Friday.
The Bruins (12-6-1-3 overall) trailed 2-0 in the second when newly acquired Dante Sheriff scored a goal late in the second to make it 2-1 and Jaden Shields added two third period goals to give Austin the win. Shields scored the game-winner with just 17 seconds left in the third period.
Alex Schilling had 25 saves in the win for Austin.
SCORING SUMMARY
Austin 0 1 2 — 3
Bismarck 1 1 0 — 2
First period
(B) Nick Woodward (Grant Johnson, Joseph Mancuso) 16:38
Second period
(B) Adam Stacho (Patrick O’Connor) 4:41
(A) Dante Sheriff (Travis Kothenbeutel, Andy Willis) 19:48
Third period
(A) Jaden Shields (Sheriff) 14:04
(A) Shields (Willis, Evan Cholak) 19:43
Shots: Austin — 33; Bismarck — 27
Power plays: Austin — 1-for-3; Bismarck — 0-for-4