The Austin Bruins couldn’t hang on to a third period lead as they lost 6-5 to Brookings (18-11-2-1 overall) on the road Friday.

Justin Misiak gave Austin (15-14-2-2 overall) a 5-4 lead when he scored with 5:54 left in the game, but Brookings scored two goals in the last five minutes to get the win.

Alex Schilling had 22 saves in the loss for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 3  1  1  —  5

Brookings 1  2  3  —  6

First period

(A) Dan Petrick (Logan Haskins, John Wojciechowski) 4:55

(B) Derek Hammer (Cade Borchardt, Brandon Kruse) 8:09

(A) Cole Lawrence (Peter Zsombor-Garat, Jon Richards) 11:35

(A) Dante Zapata (Michael Piehler, Wojciechowski) 15:47

Second period

(B) Brett Callahan (Kruse, Borchardt) 7:48

(B) Cam Babiak (Nicholas Cardelli) 11:48

(A) Evan Cholak (Charlie Spetz, Travis Kothenbeutel) 17:39

Third period

(B) Gunnar Goodmanson (Chase Gamelin, Babiak) 4:18

(A) Justin Misiak (Cole Lawrence) 13:06

(B) Doug Larson (Connor Koviak, Paul Cotter) 15:06

(B) Borchardt (Hammer, Kruse) 18:47

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-4; Brookings — 0-for-2

Shots: Austin — 39; Brookings — 28