The Austin Bruins’ defense stepped up as they allowed just 14 shots on goal in a 4-1 win over Aberdeen (24-18-6 overall) in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Austin Nelson and CJ Smith netted first period goals to put the Bruins (25-15-5 overall) in control early on.

Nicholas Lehr had 13 saves for Austin.

 

SCORING SUMMARY

Aberdeen 0 0 1 — 1

Austin 2 1 1 — 4

First period

(A) Austin Nelson (Jeremy Finger, Matt Hansen) 11:51

(A) CJ Smith (AJ Reid, Trevor Waldoch) 13:33

Second period

(A) John Simonson (powerplay) (Finger, Chris Fischer) 14:10

Third period

(AB) Justin Parizek (powerplay) (Trevor Husch, Lee Mahoney) 11:14

(A) Colton Kramer (powerplay) (Jake Flynn, Simonson) 12:37

Powerplays: Austin — 2-for-4; Aberdeen — 1-for-4

Shots: Austin — 26; Aberdeen — 14