The Austin Bruins avoided a major upset when they came up with a major goal to beat Brookings (3-28-1-1 overall) 3-2 in overtime on the road Friday.

The Bruins (21-8-0-3 overall) won the game when Dante Sheriff scored his 16th goal of the season to win the game just a little two minutes into the extra session.

Brett Miller stopped 19 of 21 shots to get the win for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0  2  0  1  —  3

Brookings 0  2  0  0  —  2

First period

No scoring

Second period

(A) Ian Mageau (Che Landikusic) (power play) 1:18

(B) Kendrick Frost (Cam Babiak, Brandan Aird) (power play) 6:40

(B) Kendrick Frost (Brendan Aird) (power play) 7:52

(A) Hugh Larkin (Andrew Willis, Lane Krenzen) 18:39

Third period

No scoring

OT

(A) Dante Sheriff (Mageau) (power play) 2:13

Shots: Austin — 23; Brookings — 21

Power plays: Austin — 0-for-3; Brookings — 0-for-2