The Bruins fell into a tie for first place in the NAHL Central Division with Bismarck after they lost 4-1 to Brookings (7-16-6 overall) on the road Saturday.

The Bruins (18-10-1 overall) have lost five of their last six games and they have 37 points, which puts them even with Bismarck and three points ahead of third place Aberdeen.

The Bruins out-shot Brookings 32-7 in the last two periods, but it they were outscored 2-1 in that stretch as Cory Dunn’s first career goal was Austin’s only score of the night.

Nick Lehr had 13 saves in the loss for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 1 0 – 1

Brookings 2 1 1 – 4

First period

(B) Beau Michaud (Christian Fosse, Ryan Sete) 4:35

(B) Sete (Elliot Tisdale, Nick DeCenzo) 9:15

Second period

(A) Cory Dunn (power play) (Jay Dickman) 11:29

(B) Conrad Sampair (Connor Giard) 13:07

Third period

(B) Brandon Parker (power play) (Connor Andrle, Branislav Rapac) 11:07

Shots: Austin – 41; Brookings – 17

Power plays: Austin – 1-for-4; Brookings 1-for-9