HOUGHTON, Mich. -- Seniors Brandon Schwartz and Chris Conner each lit the lamp once to help lead the Michigan Tech (6-17-2, 5-10-2 WCHA) hockey team to a 2-2 overtime tie against Alaska Anchorage (6-17-2, 4-13-2 WCHA) in Western Collegiate Hockey Association competition Friday night at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies outshot the Seawolves 40-31 in the game, including an 8-0 mark in the extra session.

Schwartz started off the evening's scoring at the 9:20 mark of the opening stanza with his ninth goal of the year off an assist from senior Nick Anderson. Anderson skated the puck up the right wing and after reaching the right circle he found Schwartz streaking through the slot. The team captain then flipped a quick wrister past UAA goalie Nathan Lawson on the stick side. The tally extended Schwartz's point streak (3-2--5) to four games and pushed Anderson's season assist total to four. Sophomore Jake Wilkens was credited with his second helper of the year.

Later in the period, Tyler Shelast had a goal waived off after it was ruled the puck was played with a high stick.

MTU held a 13-9 shot advantage after the first period.

Neither team scored again until 7:48 of the second frame, when Conner provided his team-leading 14th goal of the year while both teams were skating 4-on-4. Taggart Desmet won a faceoff outside of the Huskies' zone and immediately fired the puck to his linemate near the Seawolves' blue line. Conner then evaded several UAA defensemen and slipped a low shot past Lawson to give his squad a two-goal cushion. Desmet notched the eighth helper of his senior campaign on the play.

The visitors responded with their first of two power-play markers in the contest at the 15:02 mark of the second stanza. Justin Johnson secured his second tally of the season off an assist from Brent McMann.

UAA owned a slight 10-9 edge on the shot chart heading into the third period.

Mark Smith scored the game-tying goal, an unassisted strike, for the Seawolves with 13:02 left in regulation.

In the overtime period MTU, compiled eight shots on goal and held UAA without a shot. The home team's best shot at a victory came with 1:30 left in the game. Brandon Schwartz directed a sharp shot on net that nearly broke the goal-line, but Lawson made a sprawling save to allow the Seawolves to hang on to a 2-2 stalemate.

Freshman goaltender Michael-Lee Teslak made 29 saves and moved his record to 6-8-1, while Lawson stopped 38 shots and saw his record go to 4-10-2 on the season.

Alaska Anchorage went 2-for-7 on the power play, compared to an 0-for-9 clip for Michigan Tech.

The Huskies and Seawolves will play the rematch tomorrow night at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The puck will drop at 7:07 p.m.

Notes:

• Tech is now 1-2-2 in overtime games in 2005-06
• Conner's tally pushed his career goal total to 66 and vaulted him into a tie with Rick Boehm (1978-82) for 20th place on MTU's all-time goal-scoring list.
• The Huskies' three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1) is their longest such streak since last season when they knocked off Notre Dame, 6-2, Jan. 18, 2005, and then swept Minnesota, 6-3, 3-1, in Minneapolis, Jan. 21-22, 2005.
• MTU improves to 4-2-1 in its last seven WCHA games.
• Schwartz improved his career point total vs. Alaska Anchorage to 2-3--5
• Conner extended his point total to 4-7--11 against UAA