The Sudbury Wolves have now proven they have the resiliency to overcome adversity in their first round playoff series with the Kingston Frontenacs.
Now they will have to prove they have to ability to do it all over again, entrenched in an even deeper hole.
After overcoming a two goal third period deficit to force overtime on the road in game two, the Wolves now have to deal with the heart-break of a double OT loss as Gage Heyes fooled Sudbury netminder Nate Krawchuk just under three minutes into period number five.
Kingston took game one, quite comfortably, by a final count of 4-1 and looked well on their way to doing the same two days later in the Limestone City.
First period goals from Cedrick Guindon (second straight game he has opened the scoring), Ben Pickell and Guindon, once again, were more than enough to offset a Sudbury retort courtesy of Kieron Walton.
Content to simply hold the Wolves at bay while nursing their two goal advantage, the Fronts seemed fully capable of same, taking their 3-1 lead into the third and limiting the visitors to just 17 shots on net.
But Nathan Villeneuve, oft-times seen as the emotional leader of the Pack this year, served as the catalyst for a critical rally, pulling the Wolves to within one at 7:24 and then deadlocking the contest at 3-3 exactly seven minutes later to force overtime.
That extended session was also due in part to an outstanding performance between the pipes from Krawchuk, posting a 45 save effort on a night that he would dearly like to have shot #49 back.
In a nutshell, the Wolves return home down two games to none and may be without the services of overage defenceman Donovan McCoy who was assessed a match penalty in game two (*nothing as of yet on the OHL website early Monday evening)
Games three and four in Sudbury are scheduled to take place on Tuesday (April 1st) and Thursday (April 3rd) evenings.