Orono - Tim Whitehead and his boys were expecting things to be easy.

It wasn't that way early. First period, the Chargers strike first. A desperate cross-ice pass to Kyle Lysaght and Dan Sullivan surprised to see him. Lysaght scores, making it 1-0.

Then in the second, UAH up 2-0. They do it again, this time Lysaght goes over to Justin Cseter and he finds a gap next to Sullivan. It was 3-0 Alabama-Huntsville after 2.

But that's when the Black Bears woke up. Start of the third, they're on the power play, Spencer Abbott with the windup and Matt Mangene credited with the tip-in. Cuts the deficit to 3-1.

Then later, under a minute to go, Black Bears down 3-2 and it's Abbott, the extra attacker, who puts the rebound in, tying it at 3 and sending it to overtime.

Just a minute into the extra period, the loose puck is knocked in by Stu Higgins. He's the hero tonight as Maine survives, 4-3 in overtime. Here's Coach Tim Whitehead after the game.

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