The Austin Bruins held on to third place in the NAHL Central when they completed a weekend sweep of the Chippewa Steel (29-18-3-1 overall) with a 4-3 win Saturday.
Carson Riddle scored the game-winner for the Bruins (28-16-2-5 overall) in the second period.
Brett Miller had 24 saves for Austin.
Austin holds a two point lead on fourth place Minot in the Central and it trails second place Bismarck by seven points.
SCORING SUMMARY
Chippewa 1 2 0  –  3
Austin 2 2 0  –  4
First period
(C) Banks Burkart (Brendan Ogle, Jake Vaughan) 10:41
(A) Travis Shoudy (Zach Anderson, Carson Riddle) 13:55
(A) Josef Mysak (Dante Sheriff, Jed Pietila) (power play) 19:41
Second period
(C) Jacob Dirks (Connor Szmul) (power play) 6:42
(A) Hugh Larkin (Pietila, Sheriff) (power play) 7:29
(C) Gordon Whalen (Braden Lindstrom, Dirks) (power play) 12:04
(A) Riddle (Hugh Quinn, Barrett Brooks) 14:57
Third period
No scoring
Shots: Chippewa – 24; Austin – 27
Power plays: Austin – 2-for-4; Chippewa – 2-for-4