The Austin Bruins had a big third period as it beat the Aberdeen Wings (27-14-3-1 overall) 5-1 in Riverside Arena Friday.

The Bruins (25-13-2-4 overall) scored three third period goals as Travis Kothenbeutel made it 4-1 as he became Austin’s all-time leader in career goal goals scored. Dante Sheriff had two goals in the win.

Alex Schilling stopped 30 shots to get the win for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Aberdeen 0  1  0  —  1

Austin 1  1  3  —  5

First period

(A) Jaden Shields (Alex Mella, Dante Sheriff) (power play) 18:22

Second period

(A) Sheriff (Mella, Danta Zapata) 1:20

(AB) John Sladic (Nathan Burke, Nic Sicoly) 5:42

Third period

(A) Sheriff (Zapata) 10:48

(A) Travis Kothenbeutel (empty net) 18:19

(A) Seth Bacon (Lane Krenzen, Justin Brandt) 19:28

Shots: Austin — 30; Aberdeen — 31

Power plays: Austin — 1-for-2; Aberdeen — 0-for-3