Bruins’ rally falls short in Janesville
Published 9:31 pm Friday, March 30, 2018
The Austin Bruins put on a flurry of shots in the third period, but they lost to the Janesville Jets (37-11-6-3 overalL) 4-3 on the road Friday night.
Austin (29-19-4-4 overall) out-shot the Jets 18-9 in the third, but they couldn’t score the tying goal. Alex Mella pulled the Bruins to within 4-3 when he scored with with 10:29 left in the third.
Alex Schilling had 21 saves in the loss for Austin.
SCORING SUMMARY
Austin 0 2 1 — 3
Janesville 0 2 2 — 4
First period
No scoring
Second period
(J) Kip Hoffman (Luke LaMaster) 9:08
(A) Evan Cholak (Travis Kothenbeutel) (power play) 13:04
(J) Simon Sagissor (Tanner Polglaze) 15:19
(A) Ian Mageau (Dan Petrick) 16:56
Third period
(J) Benji Eckerle (Sam Renlund) 3:33
(J) Sagissor (Polglaze) (short handed) 8:08
(A) Alex Mella (Kothenbeutel, Petrick) (power play) 9:31
Shots: Austin — 32; Janesville — 32
Power plays: Austin — 2-for-3; Janesville — 0-for-1