Box Score HOUGHTON, MICH. – Jonah Renouf and Drayson Pears each scored for Alaska Anchorage in a 3-2 loss at Michigan Tech Friday.
“I thought our effort was there, but we never seemed to get things rolling the way we are able too,” said head coach Matt Curley. “We struggled to get pucks to the net and gave up a lot against on the other end, ultimately costing us the game. Kristian Stead was outstanding tonight and kept us in it, hopefully tomorrow we will be able to generate some more presence in the offensive zone.”
Jonah Renouf gave the Seawolves the early lead after scoring on a break-away high glove side on goalie Matt Jurusik at 4:43 of the second period. Nicolas Erb-Ekholm tallied the lone assist.
MTU tied it up two minutes later when Jake Lucchini scored on the power play. The power-play goal was the first given up by the Seawolves since Jan. 25th, a span of five games.
Brian Halonen scored on a rebound at 4:21 of the third period to give Michigan Tech their first lead of the game.
Drayson Pears tied the game 70 seconds later with a wrist shot that caught Jurusik out of position. Trey deGraaf and Carmine Buono assisted on Pears' second goal of the season.
Jake Jackson scored the game-winner with a break-away power-play goal at 9:00 of the third period.
MTU finished 2-for-4 on the powerplay, and held UAA 0-for-3.
Kristian Stead made 39 saves for UAA.
The Huskies led 42-14 in shots.
Alaska Anchorage and Michigan Tech will close out the season series Saturday.
