GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Sophomore Malcolm Gwilliam (Kamloops, British Columbia) broke a 2-2 tie at the 9:08 mark of the third period with his third goal of the season to launch the Michigan Tech hockey team to a 3-2 victory and series sweep of 17th-ranked North Dakota in front of 11,671 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena Saturday night. Rob Nolan (Sherwood Park, Alberta) finished with 30 saves for the Huskies and improved his record to 5-4-1 on the year.

Like Friday night, neither team was able to light up the scoreboard in the first period. UND held a 11-6 shot advantage and carried the offensive zone for much of the session.

The Fighting Sioux started the evening's scoring just 49 seconds into the second period, as T.J. Oshie beat sophomore netminder Nolan top shelf on the glove side from the bottom of the left circle. Brad Miller and Taylor Chorney each earned assists on the goal.

Michigan Tech evened the score at 1-1 at the 12:24 mark of the second stanza when freshman Alex Gagne (Rock Forest, Quebec) put a rebound past UND goalie Anthony Grieco five-hole to secure his third goal of the season. Junior Peter Rouleau (Hancock, Mich.) picked up the lone assist on the goal after taking a shallow angle shot that Gagne converted. The helper was Rouleau's third of the year.

The Huskies struck again less than a minute later after junior Jimmy Kerr (Leduc, Alberta) unintentionally knocked the puck into the net off his skate. Junior Jordan Foote (Edmonton, Alberta) sent a pass from neutral ice into the UND zone where Tyler Skworchinski (Marathon, Ontario) made a quick pass in front that banged off Kerr's skate past Grieco. The goal was Kerr's fifth of the season, while Skworchinski and Foote each recorded their fifth helpers of the year.

Oshie scored his second marker of the evening at the 13:53 mark of the middle stanza to again tie the score at 2-2.

UND made a goaltending switch before the third period, inserting Philippe Lamoureux back into the net.

Gwilliam's game-winning tally was a tip-in that slid around Lamoureux's left blocker. Sophomore John Schwarz (Calgary, Alberta) rifled a shot from the point that Gwilliam perfectly directed into the back of the net. The assist was Schwarz's second of the season. Rouleau was credited with his second assist of the night and fourth of the 2006-07 slate.

The home team pulled Lamoureux for the extra skater late in regulation, but its comeback attempt proved fruitless, much like Friday night.

UND finished with a 32-27 edge in shots on goal for the game.

Tech went 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Fighting Sioux compiled one tally with a man advantage in seven chances.

Michigan Tech is now 8-8-2 overall and 5-7-2 in the WCHA. North Dakota dropped to 7-10-1 in all games and 5-8-1 in league competition.

The Huskies will take a week off before traveling to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., where they will take on Michigan in the 42nd annual Great Lakes Invitational on Friday, December 29th.

Notes: Tech's sweep of UND was its first over the Fighting Sioux since Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 1992, and the Huskies first sweep of North Dakota in Grand Forks since Dec. 11-12, 1987 ... Rouleau's two-point effort was his second multi-point game of the year ... Gwilliam's gamewinner was his first as a Husky ... With eight wins this year, MTU has already bested its seven-win total of the 2005-06 campaign.