The Austin Bruins snapped a cold streak as they beat the Bismarck Bobcats (11-7-1 overall) 5-1 in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Dante Sheriff scored a pair of goals in the win for the Bruins and he now has a team-high nine goals on the season.

Austin (12-5-0-3 overall) had scored a total of just three goals in its previous three games — which were all losses. The Bruins broke the game open when they scored three times in the third period to take a 4-1 lead.

Brett Miller stopped 25 of 26 shots in net for Austin, which will host the Chippewa Steel Friday and Saturday.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bismarck 0 1 0  —  1

Austin 1 3 1  —  5

First period

(A) Andrew Willis (Joseph Winkelmann, Reginald MIllette) 3:22

Second period

(A) Dante Sheriff (Valdemar Ahlberg, Willis) 1:20

(A) Levi Stauber (Hugh Larkin, Jed Pietila) 5:57

(A) Garrett Dahm (Sheriff, Ahlberg) 9:54

(B) Ryan Taylor (Adam Stacho, Hunter Johannes) (power play) 13:43

Third period

A) Sheriff (Dahm, Terry Rider) 13:48

Shots: Austin — 38; Bismarck — 26