Hugh Larkin had a big impact for the Bruins as they beat the Brookings Blizzard (9-39-3-1 overall) 5-2 on the road Friday.

Larkin, a forward from Livonia, Michigan, had four goals and an assist in the win for Austin (30-16-0-6 overall). He now has 19 goals and 18 assists on the season.

Brett Miller had 22 saves for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 1  2  2  —  5

Brookings 0  1  1  —  2

First period

(A) Dante Sheriff (Hugh Larkin, Ben Almquist) :50

Second period

(A) Larkin (Almquist) 2:51

(B) Tyler Hinterser (Brock Draeger, TJ Koufis) 11:42 (power play) 11:42

(A) Connor Mylymok 15:00

Third period

(B) Tyler Hinterser 3:11

(A) Larkin (Lane Krenzen) (power play) 4:06

(A) Larkin (Josef Mysak, Sheriff) 11:22

Shots: Austin — 21; Brookings — 24

Power plays: Austin — 1-for-1; Brookings — 1-for-4