ANCHORAGE - Aaron Marvin scored a pair of goals to lead St. Cloud State to a hard-fought  3-2 win over Alaska Anchorage Saturday night in a WCHA encounter at the Sullivan Arena, giving the Huskies a sweep of the weekend series. St. Cloud improves to 8-6-2 overall and 7-4-1 in WCHA play while UAA is now 6-12-0 overall and 4-10-0 in the WCHA.

The loss was a particularly bitter pill to swallow for the Seawolves which outshot the Huskies 29-24 and owned a lion's share of the scoring chances despite a 6-3 St. Cloud advantage in power play opportunities.

The two teams played to a 1-1 draw after the first. Kevin Clark banged in his own rebound on the power play just 2:34 into the game to stake the Seawolves to a 1-0 lead. Craig Parkinson and Tommy Grant assisted on the marker.

But St. Cloud responded to tie things at 1-1 at 15:47 of period. Just 16 seconds following a UAA kill of Lee Baldwin's roughing penalty, St. Cloud's  Nick Oslund scored on an assist from Oliver Lauridsen and Taylor Johnson.

St. Cloud scored its second shorthanded goal in as many nights just 25 seconds into the second period to take a 2-1 lead. Marvin was credited with the shortie, assisted by Jody Christian.

The Huskies' made it 3-1 at 9:13 of the second as St. Cloud's Marvin banged away at a puck in the crease, finally sliding it past UAA netminder Bryce Christiansen. Ryan Lasch assisted on the goal.

After killing off a penalty to open the third period, UAA crept to within one at 3-2 on a goal by Parkinson at 18:35 of the final frame. Baldwin was credited with an assist. But despite a commanding 12-4 shots on goals advantage over the final 20 minutes, UAA was not able to get the equalizer.

Christiansen (3-6-0) had 21 saves for UAA while St. Cloud's Mike Lee (4-4-2) got the win in goal with a 27-save effort.

The Seawolves will enjoy a five-week Holiday break before returning to action at Denver on Jan. 8-9.