Bruins blow past Wings 5-1
Published 10:29 pm Friday, February 16, 2018
The Austin Bruins had a big third period as it beat the Aberdeen Wings (27-14-3-1 overall) 5-1 in Riverside Arena Friday.
The Bruins (25-13-2-4 overall) scored three third period goals as Travis Kothenbeutel made it 4-1 as he became Austin’s all-time leader in career goal goals scored. Dante Sheriff had two goals in the win.
Alex Schilling stopped 30 shots to get the win for Austin.
SCORING SUMMARY
Aberdeen 0 1 0 — 1
Austin 1 1 3 — 5
First period
(A) Jaden Shields (Alex Mella, Dante Sheriff) (power play) 18:22
Second period
(A) Sheriff (Mella, Danta Zapata) 1:20
(AB) John Sladic (Nathan Burke, Nic Sicoly) 5:42
Third period
(A) Sheriff (Zapata) 10:48
(A) Travis Kothenbeutel (empty net) 18:19
(A) Seth Bacon (Lane Krenzen, Justin Brandt) 19:28
Shots: Austin — 30; Aberdeen — 31
Power plays: Austin — 1-for-2; Aberdeen — 0-for-3