The Austin Bruins pulled off another franchise first when they earned their first trip to the Robertson Cup Finals after they beat the Topeka Roadrunners 4-3 in overtime in game three of the Robertson Cup semifinals in Topeka Sunday night.

Drew Anderson, who is from Rochester, scored the game-winning and series clinching goal just 2:07 into overtime to give Austin the win. The Bruins had led 3-2 late in regulation, but Topeka’s Tyler Poulson scored a power play goal to tie the game at 3-3 with 1:27 left in regulation.

Nick Lehr had 29 saves in the win for Austin, which will now play at Fairbanks Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the NAHL title on the line.

In game 2, the Bruins survived a wild third period that saw a total of four goals scored. Casey Jerry put Austin up 4-2 with a third period goal and Joe Schuldt made it 5-3 Bruins with 9:22 left in the game.

The Bruins won the game 6-4.

 

GAME 2

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

 

GAME 3

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 1 2 1 – 4

Topeka 0 1 2 0 – 3

First period

No scoring

Second period

(T) Jasen Fernsler 8:02

(A) Niko Hildenbrand (Luke Dietsch, Brian Bachnak) 13:53

Second period

(A) Bachnak 7:58

(T) Thomas Nechala (Jake Kamrass, Tyler Poulsen) 10:35

(A) Joe Schuldt 14:48

(T) Tyler Poulson (power play) (Jake Kamrass, Tomas Nechala) 18:33

OT

(A) Drew Anderson (power play) (Jay Dickman) 2:07

Shots: Austin – 25; Topeka – 32

Austin – 1-for-3; Topeka – 1-for-6