Mysak scores late goal to lift Bruins over Steel

Published 9:34 pm Friday, October 26, 2018

The Austin Bruins came up with a big goal at the right time to beat the Chippewa Steel (3-11-1-1 overall) 5-4 on the road Friday.

Josef Mysak scored the game-winning goal with 3:55 left in the third period. The goal was the first of the season for Mysak, who is a University of Alaska-Anchorage commit from the Czech Republic.

The Bruins (9-1-0-3 overall) led 4-2 early in the third period when Chippwa’s Tomas Vochozka, who finished with a hat trick, scored back-to-back goals in a span of four minutes to tie game at 4-4.

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Kyle McClellan stoped 33 of the 37 shots he saw in net for Austin.

The Steel are coached by former Bruins assistant Al Rooney.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 2 1  2    5

Chippewa 0 1  3    4

First period

(A) Levi Stauber (Dante Sheriff, Jed Pietila) (power play) 1:44

(A) Hugh Larkin (Joseph Winkelmann, Andrew Wilis) 12:48

(C) Austin Mikesch (Grant Reichenbacher, Tomas Vochozka) 14:28

Second period

(C) Thomas Vochozka (Dylan Moulton, Killian Kiecker-Olson) 3:35

(A) Lane Krenzen (Ian Mageau) 15:35

Third period

(A) Valdemar Ahlberg (Dante Zapata) (power play) 2:13

(C) Vochozka (Grant Reichenbacher, Dylan Moulton) 4:30

(C) Vochozka (Kiecker-Olson, Austin Mikesch) 8:57

(A) Josef Mysak (Noah Kim) 16:05

Shots: Austin — 50; Chippewa — 37

Power plays: Austin — 2-for-7; Chippewa — 1-for-6