HOUGHTON, Mich. -- The 18th-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team received points from 12 different players, including a hat trick from junior Peter Rouleau (Hancock, Mich.), en route to recording an unprecedented 9-0 victory over #19 Alaska Anchorage in front of 2,357 fans at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Friday night. Sophomore netminder Michael-Lee Teslak (Fernie, B.C.), who compiled his first career shutout in the contest, improved to 3-0-0 on the season after making 22 saves for Tech.

After a fairly defensive-minded start to the opening period, the Huskies rattled off four goals in less than six minutes late in the stanza.

Rouleau lit up the scoreboard first at the 14:27 mark while his squad was on the penalty kill. The speedy center stole the puck from a Seawolf defender near center ice and from there Rouleau was all alone. He eventually beat UAA goaltender Nathan Lawson with a quick wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle. The shorty was Rouleau's first as a Husky and the first of the year for Tech.

Rouleau struck again at 16:12, this time on the power play. Senior Lars Helminen (Brighton, Mich.) rifled a shot from the point that bounced off Lawson right to the goal scorer. Rouleau lifted the puck top shelf past Lawson to give the home team a 2-0 lead. Helminen's helper was the first of two on the night for the blueliner.

Less than :15 later, freshman Alex Gagne (Rock Forest, Que.) lit the lamp for the first time as a collegian. The goal came as a result of Gagne's ability to take advantage of a puck handling miscue by Lawson. Lawson inadvertently flipped the puck right back to the Huskies inside his own zone, and with the help of junior Tyler Shelast (Kelowna, B.C.), Gagne buried his chance. Shelast's helper was one of three on the evening for the winger.

Rookie Phil Axtell (New Windsor, Md.) capped Tech's four-goal outburst with a crafty one-timer goal off assists from Gagne and Shelast in the waning seconds of the first period. Axtell's marker was his second of the season.

Lawson, who stopped 10 shots in 20:00 of action, was pulled in favor of freshman Jon Olthuis before the start of the middle session.

MTU added two goals in the second stanza, one at 7:28, the other at 18:08.

Sophomore Ryan Angelow (Mississauga, Ont.) joined in the scoring rush, with his first tally of 2006-07 when he beat Olthuis with a spot-on shot from the left circle. Angelow's goal was set up by Helminen, who improved his season point total to 1-2--3 with the assist.

Rouleau provided the conclusion to an already strong offensive performance with his third lamplighter of the contest with assistance from linemate Justin St. Louis (Calgary, Alta.). Rouleau tapped in a rebound while Olthuis was spread out in all directions on the ice. St. Louis ignited the opportunity by taking the initial shot, which squirted through for an easy tap in by Rouleau. St. Louis' assist was the first of his sophomore campaign.

The Huskies' pressure continued in the third period, as junior Jimmy Kerr (Leduc, Alta.), Gagne and Derek Kitti (Laurium, Mich.) each found the back of the net.

Kerr filed MTU's second power-play marker of the night just 1:28 into the stanza. Junior Jake Wilkens (Eagle River, Alaska) picked up his second assist of the year, while senior Tyler Skworchinski (Marathon, Ont.) was credited with his first helper of the season on the goal.

Gagne made it 8-0 with his second goal of the game at the 10:14 mark, with assists coming from Shelast and sophomore Malcolm Gwilliam (Kamloops, B.C.).

Kitti notched his second career goal, and his first of the year, to close out the scoring exhibition at 11:25 of the period.

MTU compiled a final shot advantage of 30-22 over UAA.

Tech went 2-for-6 on the power play and held the Seawolves scoreless on five chances with a man advantage.

Olthuis finished with 11 saves in final two periods of the game.

Michigan Tech is now 4-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in Western Collegiate Hockey Association competition, while Alaska Anchorage's records stands at 2-1-2 overall and 0-1-0 in conference play.

Notes: The nine goals scored by MTU was its highest total since Feb. 14, 2004, when the Huskies defeated Alaska Anchorage, 9-4, in Anchorage ... The last time Tech amassed nine or more goals at home was on Jan. 30, 1993, in a 10-2 win over Minnesota ... The four goals tallied by the Huskies in the first period was their highest single-period total since their 9-4 triumph at UAA on Feb. 14, 2004 ... The shutout tonight was Tech's first since Jan. 7, 2005, when the Huskies bested Denver, 3-0, at Magness Arena ... Peter Rouleau's hat trick was the first by a Husky player since Oct. 25, 2003, as Chris Conner scored three times at St. Cloud State ... The last MTU hat trick at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena took place on Oct. 18, 2003, when Colin Murphy turned in four goals against Northern Michigan ... The 4-1-0 start by the Huskies is their best against all NCAA sanctioned teams since the 1994-95 campaign, when they jumped out to a 4-1-1 mark ... Five Tech players -- Peter Rouleau (3-0--3), Alex Gagne (2-1--3), Tyler Shelast (0-3--3), Phil Axtell (1-1--2) and Lars Helminen (0-2--2) -- each turned in multi-point games ... Axtell's two-point effort was his second of the year, tops among Tech players ... Gagne leads the Huskies in scoring with 2-4--6.