The Austin Bruins put up three goals in the third period to force overtime, but they couldn’t finish the job as Austin fell to Aberdeen (27-5-1-1 overall) 4-3 in a shootout in Riverside Arena Saturday.

Kyle McClellan stopped 31 of 34 shots in regulation, but he allowed two goals on three shots to lose in the shootout. Austin (21-10-0-4 overall) went 0-for-2 in the shootout.

Che Landikusic tied the game at 3-3 when he scored with 1:15 left in regulation.

SCORING SUMMARY

Aberdeen 1 2 0 0 1 – 4
Austin 0 0 3 0 0 – 3

First period
(AB) Nic Sicoly (Thomas Rocco, Dalton Weigel) (power play) 14:38

Second period
(AB) Rocco (short handed) 7:49
(AB) Tim Makowski (John Sladic, Brad Belisle) 16:46

Third period
(A) Dante Zapata (Hugh Larkin, Lane Krenzen) 3:22
(A) Larkin (Zapata, Dante Sheriff) 15:14
(A) Che Landikuisic (Krenzen, Zapata) 18:45

Shots: Austin – 29; Aberdeen – 35
Power plays: Austin – 0-for-4; Aberdeen – 2-for-5