Bruins sweep weekend series from Wings
Published 11:05 pm Saturday, February 25, 2012
ABERDEEN, S.D. — The Austin Bruins swept a weekend series with Aberdeen (24-20-6 overall) when they won 5-4 on the road Saturday.
Chase McDonald gave Austin (27-15-5 overall) a 4-3 lead with a third period goal and Chris Fischer added a score to make it 5-3 with 9:20 left in the game.
John Kirby and Jeremy Finger had first period goals for the Bruins.
Tyler Bruggeman had 35 saves for Austin.
SCORING SUMMARY
Austin 0 2 3 — 5
Abderdeen 0 1 3 — 4
First period
No scoring
Second period
(A) Jeremy Finger 1:17
(AB) Tyler Dunagan (Mike Parnell, Mack Ohnsted) 5:40
(A) John Kirby 15:02
Third period
(A) Charlie Adams (shorthanded) (AJ Reid) 1:39
(AB) Cory Ward (powerplay) (CJ Reuschlein, Paul Prescott) 3:28
(AB) Lane Mahoney (Paul Prescott, Oliver Widding-Persson) 5:03
(A) Chase McDonald (Nolan Kirley, Chris Fischer) 10:40
(A) Fischer (powerplay) (Christian Folin) 15:04
(AB) Prescott (Kevin Becker, Wes Judnick) 15:51
Powerplays: Austin — 1-for-2; Aberdeen — 1-for-3
Shots: Austin — 31; Aberdeen — 39