Box Score
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Led by four goals from their sophomore class, including a pair by forward
Colton Beck, the Alaska Nanooks (7-8-2, 4-7-2-0 CCHA) edged the 19th-ranked Michigan Wolverines (7-8-2, 3-6-2-1 CCHA) 4-3 in Central Collegiate Hockey Association action on Friday night at the Carlson Center.
The Blue and Gold also got markers from forward
Cody Kunyk and defenseman
Michael Quinn, while senior goalie
Scott Greenham made 31 saves between the pipes.
With their fourth league win and seventh of the season, the Nanooks moved into a tie for eighth place with Northern Michigan (14 points) in the CCHA standings, leapfrogging the Wolverines, who fell to 10th (12 points).
The Wolverines wasted little time getting on the board with a goal 2:47 in by AJ Treasis. The Nanooks tied it up at 1-1 at the 12:58 mark of the first when Kunyk notched his sixth goal of the season.
In the second frame, Alaska made program history by scoring two goals in a seven-second span. Quinn found the net for the first time this season at 8:31 and after winning the ensuing faceoff, the Nanooks went right down and Beck got on the board to give Alaska a 3-1 advantage.
Michigan answered 1:31 later, as Lee Moffie slipped one past Greenham to cut the lead in half to 3-2.
Alaska regained a two-goal lead at 4:57 in the third when Beck struck once again. Michigan's David Wohlberg scored at the 10:37 mark of the period to get the Wolverines to within a goal again, but the Nanooks defended the home ice for the final half period to win for the third straight time.
The teams return to the ice to close out the series, the last game of 2011 for Alaska, on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
