The Austin Bruins lost 5-2 to the Brookings Blizzard (22-17-3-1 overall) in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Austin (19-21-2-3 overall) pulled within 3-2 when Jon Richards scored a goal, but that was as close as they would get.

Jake Kicharski stopped 18 of the 23 shots he saw for Austin and Alex Schilling stopped all nine of the shots he saw.

SCORING SUMMARY

Brookings 2  3  0  —  5

Austin 1  1  0  —  2

First period

(B) Dog Larson 4:00

(A) Justin Misiak (Toby Sengvongxay, Jan Stefka) (power play) 8:41

(B) Larson (Paul Cotter) 15:37

Second period

(B) Brenden Stanko (power play) 0:48

(A) Jon Richards (Jack Murphy) 2:05

(B) Nicholas Cardelli (Brenden Stanko) 16:38

(B) Cardelli (Stanko) 18:47

Third period

No scoring

Shots: Austin — 30; Brookings — 32

Power plays: Austin — 1-for-5; Brookings — 32