Photo Credit: Michigan Tech

HOUGHTON, Mich. - Sophomore Brett Olson scored a pair of goals for Michigan Tech in a 6-2 WCHA loss to Alaska Anchorage Friday (Jan. 15) at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Seawolves improve to 7-13-1 overall and 5-11-1 in the WCHA, and Tech falls to 3-19-1 overall and 2-15-0 in the league.

“I thought we played a great third period, but our first two periods were just awful,” said head coach Jamie Russell. “Our defensemen just turned it over, turned it over, and turned it over some more. Anchorage got their rushes because of this. We got our act together in the third period. We came out and blocked some shots, but we didn’t win enough battles throughout the game.”

The Seawolves scored two quick goals in the first period. Junior Tommy Grant scored the first goal on the power play at 5:33, and sophomore Jade Portwood followed up with his second goal of the season 15 seconds later.

Olson closed the deficit to one goal heading into the first intermission thanks to his break away short handed goal at 10:16. The Superior, Wis., native also scored the team’s previous short handed goal in its 3-1 win over St. Cloud State on Oct. 30th.

The Seawolves added a pair of goals in the second period. Freshman Mitch Bruijsten scored his first goal of the season at 4:40, and junior Sean Wiles added a short handed goal for the Seawolves at 10:39.

Olson scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season after tapping in a rebound on the power play at 5:17. Juniors Jordan Baker and Eric Kattelus assisted on the goal.

Anchorage closed the scoring with a pair of empty net goals at 18:30 and 19:35 respectively.

Freshman Kevin Genoe (2-13-1) gave up four goals and made 29 saves for the Huskies.

On the other end, senior Jon Olthuis (4-7-1) made 27 saves and allowed two goals.

The two teams will close out the season series Saturday (Jan. 16) at 5:07 p.m.