Herbster’s goal gives Bruins a win over Magicians

Published 10:11 pm Friday, February 1, 2019

The Austin Bruins survived a late push as they were able to beat the Minnesota Magicians (27-11-1-0 overall) 6-5 on the road Friday.

The Magicians scored two straight goals to tie the game at 5-5 i the third period, but Austin took the lead for good when Kyle Herbster scored with 3:20 left in the game.

Brett Miller had 22 saves for the Bruins (22-13-0-5 overall).

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SCORING SUMMARY

Bruins 3  0  3    6

Magicians 1 1   3    5

First period

(A) Andrew Willis (Reginald Millette, Jed Pietila) 10:03

(M) Moritz Wirth (Logan Severson) 14:02

(A) Sheriff (Terry Ryder, Devon Fields) 15:52

(A) Hugh Larkin (Jared Christy, Kyle Herbster) (power play) 17:35

Second period

(M) Konner Lundeen (Andrew Kruse, Cameron Buhl) 14:18

Third period

(A) Lane Krenzen (Christy, Herbster) :42

(M) Kruse (Nick Lanigan, Buhl) 6:53

(A) Larkin (Christy, Herbster) 9:26

(M) Jake Seitz (Matthew Stanton) 12:10

(M) Nick Lanigan (John Keranen, Buhl) 13:29

(A) Herbster (Christy, Fields) 16:40

Shots: Austin — 27; Magicians — 27

Power plays: Austin — 1-for-3; Magicians — 0-for-0