The Austin Bruins took care of the Brookings Blizzard 6-3 in their home opener in Riverside Arena Saturday.

The Bruins (5-3 overall) opened with an exclamation point as they scored four goals in the oppening period and never looked back.

Kristofer Carlson had 27 saves in the win for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Brookings 0 1 2 – 3

Bruins 4 1 1 – 6

First period

(A) Gilbert Gabor (Travis Kothenbeutel, William Riedell)

(A) John Pesek (Justin Misiak)

(A) AJ Drobot ) (Jade Miller, Riedell) 6:24

(A) Justin Misiak (Austn Rueschhoff) 14:36

Second period

(A) Dawson DiPietro (Gabor, Dalton Gally) 2:27

(B) Martan Yelle (Brett Callahan16:33

Third period

(A) Gally (Misiak, Jacob Paganelli) 4:18

(B) Connor Hutchins (Callahan, Christian Canavati) 8:48

(B) Mikael Hakkarainen (power play) (Griff Jeszka, Connor Hutchins) 15:57

Power plays: Austin – 0-for-2; Brookings – 1-for-7

Shots: Austin – 32; Brookings – 30