It was an early wake up call for the Bolton-Coventry-Lyman Whalers hockey team on this Saturday morning.
But it came with much anticipation.
The Whalers will be playing in their first Division III state championship game at the Ingalls Rink on the campus of Yale University at 11 a.m.
On the other side of the ice, the team that shares the same home rink with the Whalers, Rockville-Manchester United.
The two teams have split the two-game regular season games with Rockville-Manchester winning 3-2 in overtime and the Whalers taking a 2-0 win in the rematch.
This one, however, is for much larger stakes.
As far as early crowd indications are concerned at the always loud Ingalls Rink, Rockville-Manchester's student section is already here in force and asking across the ice where the B-C-L fans are.
You get the idea that they are in route.