SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - Lake Superior State junior forward Colin Campbell made the most of his first shift of 2012-13.

Campbell set up Kellan Lain's goal nine seconds into Friday's Central Collegiate Hockey Association game against Alaska. Lake Superior State fed off that early energy and went on to win 5-1 and beat a CCHA opponent for the first time since January 25, snapping a four game losing streak.

LSSU (14-16-1 overall, 9-13-1-1 CCHA), which set a season high for goals scored in a game this season, sits in eighth place in the CCHA with 29 points. The Nanooks (13-12-4 overall, 11-11-3-1 CCHA) remain in sixth place with 37 points.

The Lakers came on strong in the first period, scoring two goals in less than two minutes. Lain (7-7--14) scored on assists from forwards Campbell (0-1--1) and Nick McParland (6-14--20).

Junior defenseman Zach Sternberg (4-10--14) tallied LSSU's game-winning goal at 1:07 of the first period from Buddy Robinson (8-7--15) and Ben Power (4-6--10). UAF came within one goal of the Lakers with a short-handed marker at 3:04 of the first. LSSU responded with three unanswered goals.

Halfway through the second period, Domenic Monardo (15-11--26) scored his first of two goals from linemates Chris Ciotti (10-7--17) and Dan Radke (3-11--14). At 11:11 of the third, Robinson tallied his second point of the night with a goal from Matt Bruneteau (1-2--3) and Andrew Perrault (1-10--11).

Monardo's final goal of the game came at 11:38 of the third from Sternberg and Power.

LSSU killed off all seven penalties and were held to 0-for-6 on the power play.

Junior netminder Kevin Murdock (9-10-0) totaled 46 saves for the Lakers. John Keeney suffered the loss for Alaska, stopping 22 shots while Steve Thompson tallied four saves in the relief.

LSSU 5, Alaska 1 Boxscore