Bruins blast Aberdeen Wings

Published 7:54 am Monday, December 7, 2015

The Austin Bruins took sole possession of first place in the NAHL when they beat Aberdeen (7-12-4 overall) 5-1 on the road Saturday.

Five different players scored goals in the win and Robbie Goor had 24 saves for Austin (16-11-1 overall).

Austin leads Minot by two points in the Central.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Aberdeen 0 1 0 – 1

Austin 2 1 2 – 5

First period

(A) AJ Drobot 1:01

(A) Austin Rueschhoff (power play) (Dawson DiPietro, Marcus Karlstrom) 10:28

Second period

(AB) Tanner Okeson (Kevin Fitzgerald) 1:32

(A) Michael Piehler (Evan Cholak, Jan Stefka) 12:50

Third period

(A) Gilbert Gabor (Derek Olmschenk, Dawson DiPietro) 7:27

(A) DiPietro (short handed) (Griffin Slightham) 9:36

Shots: Austin – 29; Aberdeen – 25

Power plays: Austin – 0-for-5; Aberdeen – 0-for-5