Jets fly over Bruins in OT win
Published 11:37 pm Friday, October 6, 2017
- The Austin Bruins’ Justin Brandt chases the puck behind the Janesville net during the second period Friday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Despite having two leads, the Austin Bruins were not able to finish off the win Friday night, losing to the Janesville Jets 3-2 in overtime at Riverside Arena.
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The Bruins Matt Eller flings the puck over to a teammate during the second period against Janesville Friday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Bruins’ Erik Palmqvisk scored at the 2:16 mark over overtime to give the Jets the win.
Austin took an early lead in the first period when Travis Kothenbeutel gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at just 1:28 in.
Janesville’s Kip Hoffmann knotted the score in the second period before Austin reclaimed the lead in the third period on Dante Zapata’s power play goal at 9:31.
But the Jets came right back, tying the score at two towards the end of the third coming off the stick of Regan Cavanagh.
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The Bruins’ Reggie Millette fires a shot in the second period against Janesville Friday night at Riverslde Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Janesville 0 1 1 1 — 3
Austin 1 0 1 0 — 2
Scoring
First period
(A) — Travis Kothenbeutel (Evan Cholak), 1:28
Second period
(J) — Kip Hoffmann (Erik Palmqvisk, Philip Bjorkman), 3:46
Third period
(A) — Dante Zapata (Valdemar Ahlberg, Matt Eller) PP, 9:31
(J) — Regan Cavanagh (Matthew Doyle), 16:37
OT
(J) — Palmqvisk (Brenden MacLaren, Cater Ekberg), 2:16
Shots: Janesville — 28, Austin — 33
Powerplays: Janesville 1-4, Austin 1-5