Bruins pick up first win of the season; Willis hits for 2 in 4-1 win

Published 5:29 am Monday, October 16, 2017

The Austin Bruins picked up their first win of the season with a 4-1 over the Brookings Blizzard at Riverside Arena.

Austin took a 2-0 lead after one period with goals from from Evan Cholak and Andy Willis just about two minutes a part at 12:54 and 14:48 respectively.

Willis added his second goal of the evening at 16:14 of the second and Xander Lamppa put the cap on the night’s scoring with a goal late in the third period.

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Bruins goalie Mads Sogaard made 24 saves on the night, while the defense quashed all eight power plays the Blizzard had.

Brookings 0   1   0 — 1

Austin 2   1   1 — 4

SCORING

First period

(A) Evan Cholak (unassisted), SH, 12:54

(A) Andy Willis (Dante Zapata, Alex Mella), 14:48

Second period

(B) Griffen Sanom (Tyler Hinterser, Tim Lopez), 8:21

(A) Andy Willis (Travis Kothenbeutel, Lane Krenzen), 16:14

Third period

(A) Xander Lamppa (Jaden Shields), 12:01

Shots: Brookings 28, Austin 23

Powerplay: Brookings 0-8, Austin 1-3