MINNEAPOLIS – Ethan Warrener, Jacob Terpstra and Ethan Neutens each scored for Alaska Anchorage in a 7-3 loss at Minnesota Friday.
"We are super proud of how hard we played tonight," said Eric Rud. "It was a hard fought hockey game, and we went toe-to-toe with them."
The Seawolves found themselves in a hole early after Javon Moore scored two goals in the opening 66 seconds.
Jacob Terpstra scored on the powerplay for his fifth goal of the season for UAA at 6:10 of the first thanks to assists from Ethan Warrener and Connor Brown.
Brodie Ziemer scored his first of four goals for the Gophers at 8:40 to give Minnesota a 3-1 lead after one.
Connor Brown collected his second assist of the game on a goal by Ethan Neutens, his second of the season, at 17:09 of the second period. Paul Bloomer recorded his first assist for his first career point at UAA.
The Gophers capitalized on a five-minute major penalty in the third period with three power-play goals, before Ethan Warrener scored a short-handed goal at 14:21 for his fifth goal of the season. Karter McNarland recorded his seventh-assist of the season, and Samuel Boisvert tallied an assist for his first point as a Seawolf.
The Seawolves pulled goalie Joey Rocha, who finished with 27 saves, with four minutes remaining but could not score with the extra attacker.
Brodie Ziemer scored an empty-net goal for the Gophers with 75 seconds remaining.
UAA was plagued by penalties finishing with eight penalties for 35 minutes leading to UM finishing 3-for-8 on the powerplay. The Seawolves finished one-for-one on the powerplay scoring a second goal short-handed.
Alaska Anchorage will close out the weekend series at Minnesota Saturday.
