BROOKINGS – The Blizzard capped off a six-point weekend with a 7-2 thumping of the Aberdeen Wings on Sunday night at Larson Ice Center.

Brookings completed a weekend sweep at Austin with a 4-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday night and solidified its hold on third place in the Central Division with the two wins.

“A win is a win for us,” said Blizzard head coach Dan Daikawa of Sunday’s five-goal win over the Wings. “We won two earlier on the road; we didn’t think we played great – I thought we came out and backed up the weekend with a pretty good performance (Sunday) – great goaltending; timely goals, which we haven’t been getting.

“We’ve been playing well, we just haven’t been scoring at the times that we need them, and (Sunday) we did.”

The Blizzard improved to 24-17-3-1 with 52 points while the Wings dropped to 23-20-2-1 and 49 points.

Brookings plays host to the MN Wilderness for a pair of games this weekend with the puck dropping at 7:05 both Friday and Saturday night at LIC.

Sunday

• Blizzard 7, Aberdeen 2

BROOKINGS – The Wings drew first blood, but Brookings scored five straight to take control and then added two more in the third for the final margin.

Kevin Fitzgerald’s goal with less than five minutes to play in the first period gave Aberdeen the early advantage, but Cade Borchardt found the back of the net less than two minutes late to send the game into the first intermission tied at 1-1. Parker Revering set up Borchardt’s goal.

Brett Callahan notched the only goal of the second period Nicholas Cardelli and Brandon Kruse earned assists as Brookings led 2-1.

Brenden Stanko, Doug Larson and Chase Brand all lit the lamp within a two-minute time frame in the third to push the Blizzard edge to four goals, and then, Cam Babiak and Paul Cotter added insurance goals after Logan Jenuwine cut into the Brookings lead with 7:40 to play.

Cardelli set up Stanko; Connor Koviak and Cotter assisted on Larson’s tally; and Chase Gamelin and Parker Revering picked up assists on Brand’s lamplighter.

After Jenuwine made it 5-2, Chase Gamelin and Brand set up Babiak and then, John Siebenaler and Cameron Teamor earned assists on Cotter’s goal.

Both teams fired 32 shots on goal as Josh Boyko finished with 30 saves in the win.

Saturday

• Blizzard 4, Austin 2

AUSTIN – After the Bruins lit the lamp within the first two minutes, Brookings answered with two straight goals to go up 2-1 through two and the tacked on two late goals in the third for the 4-2 win.

Logan Haskins scored less than two minutes in before Stanko found the back of the net with two straight goals to give the Blizzard a 2-1 lead heading into the third.

Cardelli and Callahan assisted on Stanko’s first-period goal while Babiak and Cardelli set up the second-period score.

Justin Misiak tied the score less than four minutes into the third period before Koviak and Brandon Kruse scored for Brookings for the 4-2 win.

Koviak netted the game winner with 7:18 to play on a short-handed goal off assists from Cotter and Callahan, and then, Kruse lit the lamp with a power-play tally at the 3:18 mark as Stanko and Cardelli earned the assists.

Austin outshot the visiting Blizzard, 37-21, but Boyko collected 35 saves for the win in goal.