The Austin Bruins bounced back to beat the Brookings Blizzard (13-12-1-1 overall) 5-2 and earn a weekend split in Riverside Arena Saturday.
The Bruins (14-7-1-3 overall) took a 4-1 lead when Evan Cholak scored a pair of goals in a 35-second stretch in the second period. Cholak now has 12 goals on the season.
Travis Kothenbeutel had four assists and Alex Schilling had 20 saves for Austin.
SCORING SUMMARY
Brookings 0 1 1 – 2
Austin 1 3 1 – 5
First period
(A) Dan Petrick (Sviataslau Kuchynski, Travis Kothenbeutel) (power play) 15:18
Second period
(A) Dante Zapata (Kothenbeutel, Petrick) (power play) :50
(B) Chase Brand (Josh Boyer, Doug Larson) 15:15
(A) Evan Cholak (Kothenbeutel, Kuchynski) 16:58
(A) Cholak (Kuchynski, Kothenbeutel) 17:33
Third period
(B) Connor Koviak (Max Sasson, Carson Kosobud) (power play) 17:26
(A) Jaden Schields (empty net) 18:09
Shots: Austin – 35; Brookings – 22
Power plays: Austin – 2-for-4; Brookings – 1-for-2