The Austin Bruins crowned a new franchise points leader, but they lost to the Chippewa Steel (23-12 overall) 5-2 on the road Saturday.

Dante Sheriff became the Bruins’ all-time points leader when he scored a goal to tie the game in the second period.

Tyler Shea stopped 43 of 46 shots for Austin (21-12-2-4 overall).

SCORING SUMMARY
Austin 0 1 1 – 2
Chippewa 0 3 2 – 5

First period
No scoring

Second period
(C) Gordon Whalen (Jacob Dirks, Luke Farthing) 5:11
(A) Dante Sheriff (Josef Mysak) 12:29
(C) Dirks (Ryan Kerchoff, Braiden Dorfman) 15:06
(C) Isaac Moberg (Dirks, Spencer Oyler) (power play) 16:08

Third period
(A) Mysak (power play) 3:12
(C) Moberg (empty net, short handed) 17:07
(C) Moberg (Ian Famulak, Oyler) (empty net, short handed) 18:15

Shots: Austin – 35; Chippewa – 48
Power plays: Austin – 1-for-3; Chippewa – 1-for-3