The Austin Bruins swept a weekend series over Kenai River (12-5 overall) when they won 3-1 in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Simon Petersson, who is from Vimmerby, Sweden, scored his first career NAHL goal in the second period to put the Bruins (12-3 overall) up 2-1 and Josh Bretner added a shorthanded goal in the third period for Austin.

Nick Lehr had 22 saves for the Bruins.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bears 1 0 0 – 1

Bruins 0 2 1 – 3

First period

(K) Albin Karlsson (powerplay) (Alec Butcher, Vincent Stefan) 3:28

Second period

(A) Lucas Kohls (Brennan Sanford) 13:36

(A) Simon Petersson (powerplay) (Jay Dickman) 17:07

Third period

(A ) Josh Bretner (shorthanded) (Dickman) 9:50

Shots: Austin – 30; Kenai – 23

Powerplays: Austin – 1-for-5; Kenai – 1-for-6