MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves dropped a 3-2 game against their host Northern Michigan Wildcats in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Berry Events Center Friday.

The Seawolves (10-14-3, 7-12-2 WCHA) took a 1-0 lead in the second after a scoreless 20 minutes of play thanks to sophomore Jarrett Brown. The Wildcats (11-10-6, 8-7-4 WCHA) then retaliated with two of their own for a 2-1 advantage heading into the second intermission. Sophomore Tad Kozun netted the equalizer in the final frame, but a NMU power-play snipe gave the Wildcats the win.

UAA's leading defenseman, Brown ended the deadlock at 2:33 of the second period with his first power-play goal of the season. Assisting on the play was sophomore Matt Anholt and junior Chase Van Allen, helping Brown to two goals in two games.

The Seawolf lead held until the Wildcats netted back-to-back goals, halfway through the game. Justin Rose picked up his first tally of the season at 9:24, before Brock Maschmeyer gave the Wildcats their first lead at 13:16 with a power-play strike.

Kozun made things interesting in the third period, picking up his team-leading 12th of the season at 5:23 of the third. The goal was unassisted and gave Kozun a three-game point streak heading into tomorrow's rematch at 3:07 p.m. AST.

The Seawolves hopes of a road win ended at 14:42, when the Wildcats capitalized on their fifth power-play advantage. Getting the game-winning goal was Robbie Payne with a shot from the left circle. NMU was 2-for-5 on the man advantage, while UAA was 1-for-6.

Sophomore netminder Olivier Mantha made 20 saves in the loss, while Mathias Dahlstrom turned aside 22. UAA outshot NMU, 24-23.