DULUTH, Minn. -- Eight different players notched a point, including a two-point effort from Justin St. Louis, as the Michigan Tech (5-17-1, 4-10-1 WCHA) hockey team edged Minnesota Duluth (8-11, 4, 5-7-3) by a 4-2 score in front of an announced crowd of 4,114 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Friday night. Michael-Lee Teslak made 26 saves and recorded his fifth win of the season between the pipes for MTU.

The Huskies opened the game's scoring at the 12:49 mark when Jimmy Kerr lit the lamp for the second time of the year off assists from Justin St. Louis and John Schwarz. With the puck near center ice, St. Louis muscled the puck towards Kerr by the UMD blue line. From there, Kerr made a quick move around a defender in the slot and then beat Bulldog netminder Isaac Reichmuth low on the glove side. The helper for St. Louis was his sixth of the year. Schwarz's assist was the first of his rookie year and his first point as a Husky.

Tech struck again late in the first stanza, as Nick Anderson blasted home a one-timer on the power play at 18:40. Brandon Schwartz cycled the puck from the point over to Anderson at the top of the left circle and Anderson fired the puck by Reichmuth high on the stick side. Anderson's tally was his fifth of the season and was his fourth power-play marker of the year. Schwartz picked up the ninth assist of his senior campaign, while Lars Helminen extended his point streak to three games with his 12th assist of 2005-06.

Minnesota Duluth's Nick Kemp converted on a 3-on-2 rush at 16:31 of the second frame to cut the score to 2-1.

MTU outshot UMD by a 19-8 clip in the second period.

Chris Conner and Taggart Desmet worked together to give the visitors what proved to be the game-winning goal at the 11:14 mark of the final period. The linemates set up a give-and-go near the left circle and after receiving a timely pass from Desmet, Conner fired a shot high on the short side past Reichmuth. Conner's tally was his team-leading 13th goal of the year and 23rd point. Desmet earned his seventh assist of the season and 12th point.

After several UMD scoring chances were stifled by MTU, the home team pulled Reichmuth to gain the extra skater with less than 1:00 left in regulation. The Huskies quickly gained control of the puck, however, and St. Louis launched a shot near the left boards in the neutral zone into the top half of the Bulldogs' vacant net to give his team a 4-1 lead. St. Louis's tally pushed his season point total to 1-6--7, tops among Tech rookies.

Matt Greer added a late goal for the Bulldogs at 19:28, but Michigan Tech held Minnesota Duluth scoreless for the remaining :32 to secure the victory.

MTU held a 36-28 shot advantage in the game.

Reichmuth dropped to 5-7-4 after making 32 saves for UMD.

The Huskies went 1-for-7 on the power play, compared to an 0-for-4 clip for the Bulldogs.

Michigan Tech will look for the series-sweep Saturday night at the DECC. Opening faceoff is slated for 8:07 p.m. EST.

Notes:

• Tech has now won three straight at the DECC, as it bested UMD 3-2 twice last year (Feb. 4-5, 2005).

• Chris Conner increased his career goal total to 65 and moved into a tie for 21st all-time on MTU's goal scoring list. In addition, the winger is tied for third with Matt Moulson (67) of Cornell among all active college players in goals. Brett Sterling (98) of Colorado College and T. J. Trevelyan (67) of St. Lawrence lead the nation in career lamplighters.

• Conner's game-winning goal was his third of the year and eighth of his career. He has totaled 8-8--16 in 15 games against Minnesota Duluth.

• After his assist tonight, Brandon Schwartz now has amassed 3-5--8 in his last five games vs. the Bulldogs. His career total against UMD now stands at 6-9--15 in 15 games.

• Helminen moved his scoring streak (1-2--3) to three games with his assist.

• Tech is 4-2-0 this year when leading after two periods.

• Dating back to last season, the Huskies are 7-4-1 when scoring four or more goals in a game. MTU is 3-1-0 this year when lighting the lamp at least four times.