The Austin Bruins closed out their regular season on a six-game winning streak when they beat Brookings (19-32-9 overall) 7-0 on the road Saturday.

Jake Kielly had 19 saves to get the shutout for Austin (38-11-11 overall).

The Bruins will open up a five-game playoff series against Aberdeen in the first round of the NAHL Central Division playoffs at 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Riverside Arena.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 3 2 2 – 7

Brookings 0 0 0 – 0

First perid

(A) Ian Scheid (power play) (Trevor Boyd, Luke Diestch) 3:39

(A) Tony Uglem (Diestch, Scheid) 14:09

(A) Jade Miller (Scheid) 15:57

Second period

(A) Zach Kennedy (Nico Sturm, Jacob Kullberg) 14:07

(A) Alex Pettersson (Sturm, Kennedy) 17:31

Third period

(A) Luke Forfar (Jade Miller, Kennedy) 8:52

(A) Liam Feeney (Josh Wilkins, Cory Dunn) 15:29