ANCHORAGE ? Alaska Anchorage recorded another big win on home ice as the Seawolves offense came alive for a 6-2 victory over No. 3-ranked North Dakota tonight in Western Collegiate Hockey Association action at the Sullivan Arena.
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UAA, who had five skaters record two-point games, improved its overall season record to 5-4-1 and its league mark to 3-4-0 with the win, its third over the Fighting Sioux in the last four meetings. The loss ended UND's (6-4-1, 4-2-2 WCHA) season-high four-game unbeaten streak.
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The six-goal output was the second of the season for the Seawolves, who also put up six in their season-opening win over Merrimack (6-2). Just as was the case in that game, all six goals came from different players, including three freshmen.
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UAA also won the battle on special teams, going 2-of-5 while holding the Sioux scoreless at 0-of-5.
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The Seawolves trailed 1-0 and 2-1 in the midway through the first period before scoring the game's final five goals, including three in the second frame. ?
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Freshman Josh Lunden produced UAA's first score at 5:31 of the first, knotting the game at 1-1, before junior Chris Tarkir would tie the game a second time in the period with his first goal of the season at 14:10.
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It wouldn't take the ?Wolves long to find the net in the second as freshman Paul Crowder would find a narrow opening between Sioux goalie Anthony Grieco and the left post 34 seconds into the period on a power play, putting UAA ahead for good at 3-2.
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Grieco was replaced in net by freshman Aaron Walski after the Seawolves' third goal.
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The goalie change didn't a have an effect on the Seawolves as they scored nearly two minutes later when freshman Kevin Clark poked in a lose puck at the post at the 2:40 mark.
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Senior Justin Bourne went top shelf on the power play at 18:16 giving UAA a commanding 5-2 advantage at the second break.
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Junior Jay Beagle added an empty netter with under a minute to play for the Seawolves' final score.
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UAA goalie Nathan Lawson recorded 28 saves, improving his season record to 5-4-1. Greico (9 saves) took the loss for UND, while Walski posted 11 saves in his first collegiate effort. ?
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Senior defenseman Chad Anderson and senior forward Nick Lowe each tallied two assists, while Bourne, Clark and Lunden each recorded a goal and an assist.
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The Sioux edged the Seawolves in shots on goal at 30-26.
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The victory, which places UAA within one game of its entire win total from last season, propels it into a tie with Colorado College for seventh in the WCHA standings with six points.
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The two-game series concludes Saturday night at the Sully at 7:07 p.m.
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