Bruins win last home game

Published 8:01 pm Sunday, March 20, 2011

Austin Bruins Chris Fischer, right, celebrates his second-period goal against Alexandria Saturday night at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

The Austin Bruins closed out their home schedule with a commanding 3-1 win over Aberdeen in Riverside Arena Saturday and Austin lost at Coulee Region 5-1 on Sunday.

Austin's Trevor Waldoch turns to the net Saturday night against Alexandria at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

In the home win, the Bruins jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Mike Adamowicz and Cody Hotchkin put in first period scores and Chris Fischer scored in the second.

Keegan Asmundson stopped 35 of the 36 shots he saw in the win.

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There were 1,361 people in attendance for the last game at Riverside this season.

In the 5-1 loss to Coulee (33-17-5 overall), the Bruins (22-30-3 overall) came up short on all eight of their powerplay attempts, while the Chill scored two shorthanded goals.

Austin’s Sam Olson tied the game at one in the first with a goal, but Coulee Region scored four times in the second period.

AJ Underwood had 27 saves for Austin, while Coulee Region’s Aaron Davis stopped 47 of the 48 shots he saw.

Austin, which can’t qualify for the playoffs, will close out the season in Aberdeen and Coulee Region this coming weekend.

Austin's Sam Olson sends a shot past Alexandria's Geoff Ferguson during the second period Saturday night at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

SCORING SUMMARIES

Aberdeen 0 0 1 — 1

Austin 2 1 0 — 3

First period

(A) Mike Adamowicz (Connor Quinn) 7:33

(A) Cody Hotchkin (powerplay) (Jack Walsh, Connor Quinn) 18:01

Second period

(A) Chris Fischer (Quinn, Alex Tesenky) 5:32

Third period

(AB) Cory Ward (powerplay) (Tyler Poulsen, Louis Educate) 2:07

Shots: Austin — 35; Aberdeen — 36

Powerplays: Austin — 1-for-2; Aberdeen — 1-for-3

Austin 1 0 0 — 1

Coulee 1 4 0 — 5

First period

(C) Berkley Scott (powerplay) (Micky Knox, Zac Frischmon) 5:04

(A) Sam Olson (Trevor Waldoch, Cody Hotchkin) 8:20

Second period

(C) Frischmon (shorthanded) 5:11

(C) Knox (Frischmon) 5:23

(C) Frischmon (Eric Drapluk, Aaron Davis) 14:29

(C) Jake Useldinger (shorthanded) (Scott Bell) 17:25

Third period

No scoring

Shots: Austin — 48; Coulee — 32

Powerplays: Austin — 0-for-8; Coulee — 1-for-5