Austin Bruins win game two against Topeka, will play for trip to Robertson Finals Sunday night
Published 9:49 pm Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Austin Bruins forced a game three in their three-game Robertson Cup Semifinals series with the Topeka Roadrunners when they won game two 6-4 Saturday night in Topeka.
The Bruins survived a wild third period that saw a total of six goals scored. Casey Jerry put Austin up 4-2 with a third period goal, Charlie Manley made it 5-3 Bruins with 9:22 left in the game and Niko Hildenbrand scored an empty net goal to make it 6-3 with 1:48 left in the game.
The Bruins will play for a trip to the Robertson Cup Finals Sunday at 7:05 p.m. in Topeka. If Austin wins, it advances, if it loses, its season is over.
Nick Lehr had 29 saves in the win for the Bruins.
SCORING SUMMARY
Austin 1 2 3 – 6
Topeka 0 1 3 – 4
First period
(A) Luke Dietsch (Trey Dodd) 5:05
Second period
(A) Brian Bachnak (Kody Reuter, Eli May) 1:52
(T) Tyler Poulsen (Jake Kamrass, Avni Berisha) 4:41
(A) Dietsch (Drew Anderson, Sam Kauppila) 6:21
Third period
(T) Jasen Fernsler (power play) (Daniel Rzavsky) 0:58
(A) Casey Jerry (Cory Dunn) 4:33
(T) Fernsler (Mike Gornall) 9:35
(A) Joe Schuldt 10:38
(A) Niko Hildenbrand (empty net) 18:12
(T) James Ring (power play) 19:59
Power plays: Austin – 0-for-3; Topeka – 2-for-8
Shots: Austin – 30; Topeka – 33