MARQUETTE, Mich. - Michigan Tech held a 30-9 advantage in shots, but was forced to settle for a 1-1 tie at Upper Peninsula foe Northern Michigan. The Wildcats' nine shots were the fewest in Northern Michigan history.

"We played a heck of a game tonight. We had a great first period and we did a good job playing short most of the second period," said head coach Jamie Russell.

The overtime game was the second for the Huskies (6-7-2, 5-6-1) and the Wildcats (6-10-1, 5-9-0).

Tech junior Malcolm Gwilliam opened the scoring at 9:53 of the first period after he skated around a Wildcat defender and fired a wrist shot past sophomore Brian Stewart. The goal was the first for Gwilliam since he scored twice against Minnesota State on Oct. 20th.

Sophomore Drew Dobson, who is second on the team with nine points, nearly extended the Black and Gold's lead to 2-0 as his shot was cleared out of the crease after sneaking by Stewart. Senior Jimmy Kerr also had an opportunity of his own seconds later as he hit the side netting with Stewart out of position.

The Wildcats finally broke up the Tech shutout with 1:28 remaining in the second period. With Michael-Lee Teslak on his back, senior Matt Siddall tapped the loose puck in for his fifth goal of the season.

"This was the toughest game I have played in a long time. The first period I had only one save and then the second there were a lot more. It was hard to make saves after being cold for so long," said Teslak.

Teslak (4-4-2) finished the night with eight saves on nine shots with one goal against in 65:00.

With less than one minute remaining in the extra period, Teslak was knocked into his own goal and a Tech player was issued a five minute major for retatliating.

After the ensuing faceoff, the chippiness continued resulting in five game disqualifications being dealt among the two teams before the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

"Tonight was a typical Tech-Northern hockey game, it was high emotion," said Teslak.

The two teams combined for 114 penalty minutes (MTU, 14-72/NMU, 10-42). Despite all the penalties, neither team could capitalize on the power play with Tech 0-4 and Northern 0-6.

Stewart (3-6-1) made 29 saves on 30 shots for the Wildcats.