Blizzard beat Bruins in shootout

Published 11:12 pm Friday, December 9, 2011

The Austin Bruins lost to Alexandria in a shootout for the second time this season as the Blizzard prevailed 3-2 in Alexandria Friday.

Blizzard goalie Jacob Meyers stopped 38 shots on the night and he also stopped all three of Austin’s shooters in a shootout that the Blizzard (15-8-2 overall) won 3-0.

Alexandria forced overtime when Dylan Zink scored with nine seconds left in the third period to tie the game.

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Tyler Bruggeman had 47 saves in the loss for Austin (14-9-3 overall).

SCORING SUMMARY

Ausitn 1 1 0 0 — 2

Alexandria 1 0 1 0 — 3

First period

(A) Colton Kramer (Jermey Finger, CJ Smith) 8:51

(AL) Casey Purpur (Justin Moody, Michael Mooney) 16:09

Second period

(A) Connor Quinn (powerplay) (John Simonson, Jonathan Gehrt) 14:33

Third period

(AL) Dylan Zink (Nick DAvolio, Reid Sturos) 19:51

Shots: Austin — 40; Alexandria — 40

Powerplays: Austin — 1-for-3; Alexandria — 0-for-3