SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame took advantage of its six power-play opportunities to edge Lake Superior State 3-2 Friday at the Charles "Lefty" Smith Rink.

The Lakers fell to 7-8-0 overall and 4-5-0 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, while Notre Dame improved to 10-4-0 overall and 6-1-0 in the CCHA.

At 6:25 of the first period, UND's Anders Lee opened the scoring on assists from Bryan Rust and Jeff Costello. Thirty-five seconds into the second period the Irish took a 2-0 lead over the Lakers after Mario Lucia scored a power-play goal.

Junior Kellan Lain (3-2--5) notched the Lakers' first goal of the game at 5:15 of the second. It was unassisted. The Irish reclaimed the two-goal lead when Mike Voran scored their second power-play goal and the game-winner at 7:24 of the second.

LSSU senior forward Domenic Monardo (5-7--12) rounded out the scoring. Senior forward Nick McParland (4-7--11) assisted on the goal scored at 13:21 of the second period. Both teams totaled eight shots on goal during the scoreless third period.

The Lakers were held to 0-for-3 on the power play, while the Irish were 2-for-6.

Junior netminder Kevin Murdock (4-6-0) suffered the loss for LSSU, stopping  24 shots on goal through the first two periods and 32 for the game. Steven Summerhays totaled 18 saves for the Irish.

UND sports information reported that the Irish won their first series opener of the season on home ice, improving to 1-3.

"It's a win on Friday night. I'll take it. We wore the golds tonight to break the routine," UND coach Jeff Jackson said. "Lake Superior is a good team, a tough team to play against. They have good goaltending and they bend, but don't break. They picked it up in the third period and put the pressure on us. It was a close game, a tough game."

The Lakers and Irish will be back in action Saturday night at 7:05 p.m.

LSSU 2, Notre Dame 3