DENVER – Mac Roy scored the game-winner with 2:41 remaining in the game, Clarke Saunders made 41 saves, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey team picked up an impressive road win as it defeated No. 10 Denver on Friday night 3-2. The Chargers move to 2-21-1 on the season, and Denver falls to 10-8-3.
 
The teams appeared to be headed toward overtime with the score tied at 2-2 late in the game, but the Chargers had different ideas as Jaime Easton fed it to Roy who put it past reigning WCHA Defensive Player of the Week Juho Olkinuora to pick up his second goal of the game and put the visitors on top.
 
UAH then withstood Denver's final flurry of chances to pick up the win.
 
After falling behind 2-0 after the hosts struck twice within a span of just over four minutes midway through the opening period, the Chargers were able to cut their deficit in half as Justin Cseter scored an unassisted goal at 16:18 of period to make the score 2-1 after the first 20 minutes.
 
The goal marked the second of the year for Cseter and moved him into second on the team in points with eight.
 
The score remained that way through much of the middle period until Roy picked up his first goal of the night at 16:49 to pull the Chargers into a 2-2 tie. Picking up the assists on the play were Jeff Vanderlugt and Graeme Strukoff.
 
The pair of goals made Roy the team's leading goal scorer on the year, and he pulled into a tie with Kyle Lysaght with nine points.
 
It was no matter on this night that the Chargers were outshot 43-20 as Saunders turned away the 41 shots to keep his team in position to win on the late strike. UAH also puts itself in a good spot as it continued its strong showing on the penalty kill, allowing Denver just one goal on six tries with the man-advantage.
 
The Chargers have now killed off 16 of their opponents last 18 tries on the power play.
 
The two teams will meet again on Saturday with the opening faceoff scheduled for 8:07 CST.