FAIRBANKS, ALASKA - Lake Superior State captured a road sweep over Western Collegiate Hockey Association foe, Alaska, with a 2-0 victory in Saturday's series finale.
Freshman goaltender Nick Kossoff (2-3-0) captured his second career shutout with 36 saves in the winning effort.
Gage Torrel (3-6--9) netted the game-winning goal for the Lakers (6-9-3, 4-3-3 WCHA) while shorthanded and 1:14 remaining in the second period. Torrel received a perfect centering-feed from Mitch Hults (4-5--9) to chip the puck past a sprawling Jesse Jenks.
Jenks (2-3-2)made 25 saves and allowed only the goal by Torrel in the losing effort.
The Lakers killed off six power-play opportunities by the Nanooks (4-10-2, 2-8-2 WCHA) en route to the victory. LSSU went 1-for-6 on the power play, thanks to a power-play tally by J.T. Henke (6-5--11) on the empty net.
Following a penalty call against the Nanooks' Josh Atkinson with 1:24 remaining, UAF pulled Jenks in search of evening the sides to 5-on-5. Henke received a chip pass from Torrel and fired a goal from center ice to seal the victory.
James Roll (2-3--5) also assisted on the empty-net goal by Henke.
The victory gives the Lakers their first three-game winning streak of the season. In the last three series, the Lakers are 4-1-1.
On the weekend, all six Lakers goals came while on the power play or shorthanded.
With the pair of wins over Alaska, LSSU earned their first sweep of the season.
The Lakers return home next weekend to face Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech Dec. 11-12. The Huskies (9-6-1, 8-6-0 WCHA)fell victim to a sweep at home at the hand of Alaska-Anchorage this weekend.
The Lakers and Seawolves (8-6-2, 5-4-1) sit tied for 6th in the WCHA standings, one point back of Northern Michigan with both teams having two games in-hand on the Wildcats.