Bruins split with Chill
Published 11:59 pm Sunday, October 23, 2011
Austin's Christian Folin slides into Alexandria goalie Jameson Shortreed after scoring in the second period Saturday night at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.co
The Austin Bruins stayed in second place in the NAHL Central Division when they split a weekend series with the Alexandria Chill.
Austin's John Simonson celebrates his second goal of the game against Alexandria with teammate Connor Quinn in the second period Saturday night at Riverside Arena. Austin's John Kirby takes a shot in the second period against Alexandria Saturday night at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.co
The Bruins (6-4-1 overall) won 4-2 in Austin Saturday and lost 5-1 in Alexandria (5-4-1 overall) Friday.
John Kirby put away Austin’s win over the Chill when he knocked in an empty netter with 26 seconds left. Reid Sturos had scored two third period goals to cut into the Bruins’ three-goal lead.
John Simonson of Grand Forks, N.D., had two goals in the win.
Tyler Bruggeman had 26 saves in the win for Austin.
Nicholas Lerr 30 saves in Friday’s loss, which saw the Chill score three times in the first period.
SCORING SUMMARIES
Chill 0 0 2 – 2
Bruins 1 2 1 – 4
First period
(AB) John Simonson (Chris Fischer, Brandon Wahlin) 14:43
Second period
(AB) Simonson (Brandon Wahlin, Chris Fischer) 9:42
(AB) Christian Folin 13:45
Austin's John Kirby takes a shot in the second period against Alexandria Saturday night at Riverside Arena. - Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Third period
(AC) Reid Sturos (Hayden Trupp, Tucker Coborn) 4:50
(AC) Sturos (extra attacker) (Michael Mooney, Trupp) 18:18
(AB) John Kirby (empty net) (Jonathan Gehrt, Connor Quinn) 19:34
Shots: Austin – 30; Chill – 28
Powerplays: Austin – 0-for-1; Chill – 0-for-3
Austin 1 0 0 – 1
Chill 3 1 1 – 5
First period
(AB) Fischer (Chase McDonald) Nolan Kirley) :53
(AC) Nick DeCenzo (Charlie Aus, Gage Torrel) 6:11
(AC) Grant Eichstadt (DeCenzo, Dylan Zink) 9:08
(AC) Seth Rosenberg (Dyllan Sand, Nick D’Avolio) 14:49
Second period
(AC) Rosenberg (DAvolio, Trupp) 5:05
Third period
(AC) Casey Purpur (Rodney Lalonde, Craig Lndegard) 19:43
Shots: Austin – 29; Chill – 35
Powerplays: Austin – 0-for-2; Chill – 0-for-2