Austin Bruins start fast and beat Bismarck 5-2

Published 11:52 pm Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Austin Bruins finished off a weekend sweep of the Bismarck Bobcats (6-7 overall) when they won 5-2 in Riverside Arena Saturday.

The Bruins started fast out of the gates as Ian Scheid, Liam Feeney and Nico Sturm all scored goal in the first seven minutes of the game.

Jake Kielly had 16 saves in the win for the Bruins.

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The win puts Austin (7-2-4 overall) three points ahead of second place Minot in the NAHL Central Division.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bismarck 1 1 0 —  2

Austin 3 2 0 — 5

First period

(A) Ian Scheid (Cory Dunn, Jacob Kullberg) 3:31

(A) Liam Feeney (Trevor Boyd, Luke Forfar) 4:10

(A) Nico Sturm (Brady Jones, Alex Pettersson) 6:30

(B) Keaton Leininger (Logan Rivard, Anthony Song) 15:34

Second period

(A) Luke Dietsch (Scheid, Boyd) 0:27

(A) Kullberg (Pettersson, Cory Dunn) 2:38

(B) Evan Giesler (Jared Spooner, Cullen Willox) 7:57

Third period

No scoring

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-3; Bismarck — 0-for-5

Shots: Austin — 27; Bismarck — 18