MTU’s Joel L’Esperance scored at 18:54 of the third period to snap a 3-3 tie.
Tyler Cline and Tayler Munson scored in the first period to give Fairbanks an early 2-0 lead, but the Huskies battled back by scoring the next three goals. Alaska’s Zach Frye knotted the score at 5:26 of the third.
MTU (12-9-5, 8-6-5) heads to Ferris for a pair of WCHA games on Friday and Saturday, and Fairbanks (9-14-2, 7-12-1) is off for the next week. They return Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2-3, when they host Ferris.