ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Atte Tolvanen made 29 saves to propel the Northern Michigan hockey team to a 4-1 victory over Alaska-Anchorage Saturday night at George M. Sullivan Arena.

The Wildcats netted two of their four goals on the power play to down the Seawolves and snap their eight-game winless skid.

Troy Loggins's fourth strike of the year opened the scoring at the 5:10 mark of the first. Connor Frantti's point shot deflected off of a Seawolf and Gerard Hanson to Loggins, who fired a backhanded shot just inside the post.

The Seawolves had three power-play opportunities in the opening stanza, helping them build a 9-5 advantage in shots on goal. Tolvanen turned aside all nine of those bids, including one early in the game that kept Alaska-Anchorage from jumping out to the lead. On Northern Michigan's first penalty kill, just 1:40 into the game, Tolvanen went post to post to deny Jonah Renouf.

The Wildcats extended their lead to 2-0 on a Brock Maschmeyer goal scored during their five-minute major power play. Maschmeyer faked a shot from the point, skated in a few strides and then roofed a bullet over Olivier Mantha's shoulder at 2:39 of the second period.

At just over the halfway mark, Northern Michigan nearly took a 3-0 edge when Dominik Shine disrupted a Seawolf breakout. Under pressure, a Seawolf sent a blind pass into the slot, where Sami Salminen was lurking. Mantha managed to square up to block Salminen's shot to keep Alaska-Anchorage within two goals.

Tolvanen made 12 saves in the middle stanza, with seven coming in the final three minutes. Two of his more impressive stops came with just under 2:40 to play when Jarrett Brown fired a shot on a rush from the edge of the left circle. Tolvanen stopped Brown's initial shot and then batted aside his attempt to stuff his rebound home.

Five minutes into the final frame, the Seawolves cut the Wildcat lead to 2-1 with a shorthanded goal. Matt Anholt beat a Wildcat to a loose puck in the neutral zone, rushed down the right wing and then dished it to Tad Kozun on the left edge of the crease for a tap-in goal.

Alaska-Anchorage carried the play for the majority of the third period. The Seawolves held Northern Michigan without a shot on net until there was 6:29 on the clock, when Jordan Klimek forced Mantha to make a save with the toe of his skate to keep his team within one strike. Right before Klimek's bid, Tolvanen kept the Wildcats ahead on the scoreboard by making back-to-back saves on Kozun and Alex Jackstadt.

Robbie Payne gave Northern Michigan breathing room with a power-play goal at 15:43. Shine held onto the puck in the left circle and then dropped a pass to Payne near its bottom. From the sharp angle, Payne roofed a one-timer into the upper right corner of the net.

Shine capped the scoring, directing the puck into an empty net with 51.1 seconds remaining in the game.

With the win, the Wildcats move to 4-12-2 (2-9-1 WCHA) on the season. They return to the Berry Events Center to square off against Alabama-Huntsville on Dec. 9-10.

NOTES: Northern Michigan leads the all-time series, 18-12-1 ... The Wildcats held the Seawolves scoreless on seven power-play opportunities ... Payne and Shine each now have five goals on the season ... Philip Beaulieu and Zach Diamantoni each recorded two helpers; Beaulieu's two-assist effort matched his career high, last accomplished on Nov. 12 against Bowling Green ... Frantti picked up his first point of the campaign with the secondary assist on Loggins's goal; he last recorded a point, a helper, on Dec. 5, 2015 at Alabama-Huntsville ... This was the first time Northern Michigan held an opponent to one goal in 2016-17; the Wildcats had allowed two goals 10 times ... Maschmeyer's power play goal was Northern Michigan's first since its Nov. 12 game against Bowling Green; in the past five games, the Wildcats were 0-for-19 on the man advantage ... Northern Michigan last netted more than one power-play goal in the same game on Oct. 21 at Ferris State; the Wildcats went 2-for-8 on the man advantage during that game ... Northern Michigan has now allowed five shorthanded goals this season.