The Austin Bruins stepped up in the third period to get past Brookings (26-17-4 overall) in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Jay Dickman put the Bruins (34-8-6 overall) up for good when he scored a minute into the third period to make it 3-2 and Brandon Wahlin added another goal to put it away.

Jason Pawloski had 27 saves for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Brookings 1 1 1 — 3

Austin 1 1 2 — 4

First period

(B) Jutin Moody (powerplay) (Thomas Williams, Brandon Parker) 11:41

(A) John Simonson (powerplay) (Jay Dickman, Brandon Wahlin) 13:25

Second period

(A) Chris Fischer (Simonson, CJ Smith) 3:51

Third period

(A) Dickman (Grant Eischstadt, Jake Flynn) 1:09

(A) Wahlin (Kody Reuter) 5:39

(B Justin Moody 16:01

Shots: Austin — 35; Brookings — 30

Powerplays: Austin — 1-for-3; Brookings — 1-for-4