Bruins rally to win sixth straight game

Published 10:03 pm Friday, December 1, 2017

The Austin Bruins rattled off their sixth straight win when they beat the Bismarck Bobcats (12-10-2 overall) 3-2 on the road Friday.

The Bruins (12-6-1-3 overall) trailed 2-0 in the second when newly acquired Dante Sheriff scored a goal late in the second to make it 2-1 and Jaden Shields added two third period goals to give Austin the win. Shields scored the game-winner with just 17 seconds left in the third period.

Alex Schilling had 25 saves in the win for Austin.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0  1  2    3

Bismarck 1  1  0    2

First period

(B) Nick Woodward (Grant Johnson, Joseph Mancuso) 16:38

Second period

(B) Adam Stacho (Patrick O’Connor) 4:41

(A) Dante Sheriff (Travis Kothenbeutel, Andy Willis) 19:48

Third period

(A) Jaden Shields (Sheriff) 14:04

(A) Shields (Willis, Evan Cholak) 19:43

Shots: Austin — 33; Bismarck — 27

Power plays: Austin — 1-for-3; Bismarck — 0-for-4