Bruins beat Bobcats in home opener

Published 12:37 am Saturday, October 15, 2016

The Austin Bruins beat the Bismarck Bobacts (5-4 overall) 4-1 in their home opener in Riverside Arena Friday.

Logan Haskins and Evan Cholak each scored second period goals for the Bruins (4-4-1 overall) and Jake Kucharski stopped 25 shots in net to get the win.

Austin’s Jason Koehn battles in front of Bismarck goalie Will Ulrich during the second period Friday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Jason Koehn battles in front of Bismarck goalie Will Ulrich during the second period Friday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

SCORING SUMMARY

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Bismarck 0 0 1  —  1

Austin 0 2 2  —  4

First period

No scoring

Second period

(A) Logan Haskins (Michael Phielher, Jan Stefka) :40

(A) Evan Cholak (Justin Misak, Jon Richards) 19:35

Austin’s Justin Misiak breaks back to the net during the second period against Bismarck Friday night in Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Justin Misiak breaks back to the net during the second period against Bismarck Friday night in Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Third period

(B) Zach Kennedy (short handed) 14:05

(A) AJ Drobot 18:30

(A) Phiehler (Haskins, Toby Sengvongxay) 18:38

Shots: Austin — 30; Bismarck — 26

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-7; Bismarck — 0-for-2