HOUGHTON, Mich. -- After falling behind, 2-1, the 18th-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team rallied to score four of the next five goals, to capture a 5-3 win and series sweep of Alaska Anchorage in front of 2,479 at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Saturday night. The win catapulted the Huskies (5-1-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) into a tie for third in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings.

The Huskies scored the only goal of the opening period, as Jordan Foote (Edmonton, Alta.) banged in his own rebound to secure the first goal of his junior campaign at the 4:03 mark. Junior Jake Wilkens (Eagle River, Alaska) started the play by sending the puck into the corner from the point, where junior Jimmy Kerr (Leduc, Alta.) then gained possession. Kerr found Foote behind the net to UAA netminder Nathan Lawson's left and Foote used hard work to poke the past the goaltender on a second effort. Kerr and Wilkens each picked up their third assist of the year on the goal.

Alaska Anchorage (2-2-2, 0-2-0 WCHA) responded with a pair of markers in the first 8:00 of the second frame, as Mark Smith tallied his second goal of the year on the power play at 4:03 and Jay Beagle notched his fourth tally of the season playing 5-on-5 at 7:59.

Junior Tyler Shelast (Kelowna, B.C.) tied the game at 2-2 for the Huskies at the 15:03 mark of the middle period when he buried a bouncing puck in front of the net. Tech capitalized on a delayed penalty call, which gave the home team an opportunity to utilize an extra skater. Sophomore Geoff Kinrade (Nelson, B.C.) directed a shot towards the net from the top of the left point that immediately deflected off teammate Phil Axtell (New Windsor, Md.), and several Seawolves into the slot. Shelast proved to be in the right spot, at the right time, as he slipped the puck through the legs of Lawson to notch his first of two goals on the night. Axtell's helper was his third of the season, while Kinrade wracked up his second assist of 2006-07.

Michigan Tech took its first lead of the evening at 10:15 of the third stanza, as a result of Wilken's first career goal. Wilkens caught Lawson off guard with a perfectly-placed blast that was taken near the boards along the right point. Shelast assisted on the marker, moving his assist total to four on the season.

Shelast struck again at the 17:00 mark of the period, in what ended up being the game-winning goal. After freshman Alex Gagne (Rock Forest, Que.) won the faceoff, linemate Malcolm Gwilliam (Kamloops, B.C.) whistled a shot on net that once again found Shelast's stick. With the puck bouncing near the goal line, Shelast whacked at the puck enough to send it into the back of the net past Lawson. Gwilliam's helper was the second of his sophomore year. The assist for Gagne moved his season point mark to 2-5--7, which allowed him to move into a tie for first on Tech's scoring chart with Shelast (3-4--7).

The visitors made the score 4-3 with an extra-attacker goal with just :50 remaining, as Chad Anderson compiled his second goal of the year for UAA.

Michigan Tech got the goal right back, however, as Kerr tapped in an empty-netter with 28 ticks left on the clock to put an end to any further comebacks by the Seawolves. Senior Tyler Skworchinski (Marathon, Ont.) added his second assist of the year on the goal, while fellow senior Lars Helminen (Brighton, Mich.) was credited with his third helper of the season.

Sophomore Rob Nolan (Sherwood Park, Alta.) improved his season record to 2-1-0 after making 23 saves. Lawson stopped 19 shots and saw his record drop to 2-2-1 in 2006-07.

UAA put together a slight 26-24 shot advantage in the contest.

The Seawolves went 1-for-4 on the power play and the Huskies were held scoreless on four chances with a man advantage.

Michigan Tech heads to the Rocky Mountains next Friday (Nov. 3) and Saturday (Nov. 4) for a two-game series at Colorado College. Friday night's game is scheduled at 9:37 p.m., with Saturday's tilt set to begin at 9:07 p.m. Both games will be played on the Olympic ice sheet at Colorado Springs World Arena.

Notes: Tyler Shelast (2-1--3), Jimmy Kerr (1-1--2) and Jake Wilkens (1-1--2) each amassed multi-point games tonight ... Alex Gagne is on a four-game point streak (2-5--7) ... Phil Axtell is on a three-game point streak (2-3--5) ... Tyler Shelast (2-4--6), Lars Helminen (0-3--3), Jimmy Kerr (2-1--3), Malcolm Gwilliam (0-2--2), and Tyler Skworchinski (0-2--2) are each on two-game point streaks ... This weekend marked Tech's first sweep at home since Jan. 24-25, 2003, when the Huskies defeated Alaska Anchorage, 4-2, 3-1 ... It was also MTU's first sweep of a WCHA team to start the conference season since Oct. 22-23, 1993, as the Huskies bested St. Cloud State, 6-1, 3-2, in Houghton ... Tech is off to its best start since the 1993-94 campaign when it compiled a 5-1-2 record to begin the season ... This weekend's 14-goal output is the Huskies' highest two-game series total since Jan. 26-27, 1996, when they recorded an 8-2 win and 6-6 tie against Wisconsin at home ... MTU now owns a 22-20-7 all-time record against UAA ... Michael-Lee Teslak ranks second in the nation in goals against average (1.33) and 10th in save percentage (.933) ... Rob Nolan is seventh in the country in goals against average (1.67) and 12th in save percentage (.928) ... Tech is tied for second with Maine nationally in scoring defense (1.50 gpg) ... The Huskies have scored 22 goals in their first six games, a mark they didn't achieve until the 10th game of the 2005-06 season.