The Austin Bruins made a late surge, but they couldn’t finish the job as they lost to the Aberdeen Wings 3-2 in Aberdeen, S.D. Friday.

Carson Riddle and Jed Pietila each scored third period goals for Austin, but that’s as close as the Bruins would get.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 0 2  —  2
Aberdeen 2 1 0  —  3

First period

(AB) Zach Aughe (Antonio DiPaolo, Jack Beaune) 15:55
(AB) Cade Neilson (Trevor Russell, Nico DeVita) 18:13

Second period

(AB) Jakob Breault (Natan Vertes, Jordan Randall) 13:11

Third period

(A) Carson Riddle (Dante Sheriff, Jaxon Friedman) (power play) :35
(A) Jed Pietila (Jaden Shields, Tiernan Shoudy) 19:00