HOUGHTON, Mich. - Senior Peter Rouleau had a hand in all five Michigan Tech goals to lead the hockey Huskies to a 5-2 win over No. 12 Minnesota Duluth. The Hancock, native scored a hat-trick and added two assists for a career-high five points. His previous hat trick came in a 9-0 victory at Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 27th, 2006.

"Pete gave us 40 great minutes tonight," said head coach Jamie Russell. "Our guys came back after the first period and scored three goals in the second period."

The Bulldogs (11-10-6, 7-9-5) scored the game's first goal wasting no time on their first power play of the evening. Junior MacGregor Sharp scored his sixth goal of the year off a wrist shot 22 seconds into the power play. He was assisted by freshman Justin Fontaine and senior Matt McKnight.

Rouleau tallied his first assist of the evening on a goal by junior Alex Gagne at 6:35 of the second period. Senior Tyler Shelast also notched his eighth assist of the season on the goal for the Huskies (11-13-5, 7-10-4).

Rouleau then followed up with his first goal of the evening at 11:57. Sophomore Drew Dobson, who recorded his team leading 14th assist on the goal, collected a Bulldog shot from the blue line and found Rouleau skating down the middle who then faked out the Bulldog goalie for the short handed goal.

Rouleau scored his second goal of the evening, this time on the power play, at 19:05 of the second period. He was assisted by freshman Eric Kattelus and senior Jimmy Kerr.

Freshman Chad Huttel brought Duluth back within one goal after he scored off a shot from the blue line that was redirected by a Tech player for his first career goal. Senior Mike Curry and sophomore Trent Palm each assisted on the even strength goal at 5:27 of the third period.

Rouleau tallied his 13th assist of the season after he faked a shot before finding Gagne who recorded his second goal of the evening and fourth of the season at 11:30.

"It feels real good to score two goals. It has been a while since I scored," said Gagne.

The Bulldogs pulled its goalie for the extra skater but it was Rouleau who scored his third goal to complete the hat trick with an empty net goal for the Huskies at 18:38. He was assisted by Shelast and Gagne. The hat trick was the first by a Tech player since Justin St. Louis recorded one, which also included a short handed goal, in a 5-4 win at Minnesota on March 3, 2007. Rouleau's five points was the most by a Tech player since junior Malcolm Gwilliam recorded two goals and three assists in a 7-1 win against Minnesota State on Oct. 20th, 2007.

"Once you touch the puck you start getting bounces. It was great when the crowd started chanting my name," said Rouleau. "It was great to get the win at home."

Junior Michael-Lee Teslak (5-5-4) made 20 saves and allowed two goals for the Huskies.

Sophomore Alex Stalock (11-10-6) allowed four goals and made 22 saves in 58:28 minutes of work for the Bulldogs.

Tech held a 27-22 advantage in shots and each team finished 1-6 on the power play.

The two teams will wrap-up its series tomorrow (Feb. 16) at 7:07 p.m. at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.