Saturday night, Feb. 4, at Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, Alaska

No. 1 Minnesota Duluth (18-5-4) vs. Alaska Anchorage (6-17-2)

Referees: Derek Shepherd, Marco Hunt

Final score: 3-2 Anchorage

First period — 1. Anchorage, Corbin Karl 2 (Mitch Bruijsten, Matt Bailey), 1:23.

Second period — 2. Anchorage, Bailey 5 (Austin Coldwell, Eric Scheid), tip, 13:39 (4×3 pp).

Third period — 3. UMD, J.T. Brown 16 (Caleb Herbert), 9:26 (pp); 4. Anchorage, Bailey 6 (Brad Gorham, Derek Docken), 11:31; 5. UMD, Mike Seidel 10 (Connolly, Travis Oleksuk), 15:57 (ea).

SOG: 29-20 UMD

Goalies: Kenny Reiter, UMD; Rob Gunderson, Anchorage