Bruins blow two goal lead, fall in OT
Published 10:20 am Sunday, November 20, 2011
The Austin Bruins blew a two-goal lead in the last two minutes of regulation and went on to lose 3-2 in a shootout to Aberdeen (10-10-2 overall) in Riverside Arena Saturday.
Aberdeen’s Justin Parizek and Kevin Becker connected on scores during the shootout, while Austin’s Charlie Adams was the only one to score for the Bruins.
The Bruins (11-7-2 overall) held a 2-0 lead with two minutes to go when the Wings pulled their goalie. Wes Judnick scored with 1:23 left in the game and Joe Mottiqua tied it up with 35 seconds left in the game.
Tyler Bruggeman, who had two straight shutouts headed into the game, had 29 saves in the loss.
SCORING SUMMARY
Aberdeen 0 0 2 — 3
Austin 1 1 0 — 2
First period
(A) Austin Nelson (Ilya Arkalov, Jonathan Gehrt) 14:12
Second period
(A) Jeremy Finger (Trevor Waldoch, Chase McDonald) 15:50
(AB) Wes Jundick (extra attacker) 18:37
(AB) Joe Mottiqua (extra attacker) (Cory Ward, Mack Ohnsted) 19:25
Power plays: Austin — 0-for-1; Aberdeen — 0-for-2
Shots: Aberdeen — 32; Austin — 31