Jeremiah Luedtke and Olivier Mantha came through in a shootout for the UAA hockey team Saturday in Huntsville, Alabama.
The game will go down as a 3-3 tie in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, but the Seawolves picked up two points in the standings by winning the shootout.
Luedtke buried UAA's first attempt in the sudden-death shootout and Mantha stopped Huntville's only effort. Both teams picked up one point for the tie, and the Seawolves grabbed an extra point for the shootout win.
UAA scored three unanswered goals in the second period and was one second away from winning in regulation when the Chargers, skating with a 6-on-4 advantage, tied it as the buzzer sounded.
The teams played through two scoreless overtime periods at the Von Braun Center to set up the shootout.
Mantha finished with 35 saves and Nicolas Erb-Ekholm, Austin Azurdia and Tad Kozun provided goals in regulation for the Seawolves.
Azurdia extended his goal-scoring streak to three games with his team-high fifth goal of the season.
Jonah Renouf assisted on all three UAA goals and was among seven Seawolves to register points.
A night after being outshot 40-17 in a 5-1 loss to the Chargers, the Seawolves doubled their shots on goal. They fired 34 shots to Huntsville's 38.
All six regulation goals were scored on the power play. The second period was marred by penalties – the teams combined for 33 penalty minutes on 10 penalties.
The shootout victory gives UAA five points in four WCHA games. The Seawolves are tied for last place in the 10-team league with UAF and Lake Superior State, which have both played two more WCHA games than UAA.
UAA (1-7-2 overall, 1-2-1 WCHA) is two points out of sixth place, which is shared by Ferris State and the Chargers (3-6-1, 2-1-1). It's three points behind fifth-place Bemidji State, which has played six games.
The Seawolves return to Sullivan Arena this week for a two-game series against third-place Michigan Tech.