HMMT 2013 U16

The walls of a room are in the shape of a triangle $A B C$ with $\angle A B C=90^{\circ}, \angle B A C=60^{\circ}$, and $A B=6$. Chong stands at the midpoint of $B C$ and rolls a ball toward $A B$. Suppose that the ball bounces off $A B$, then $A C$, then returns exactly to Chong. Find the length of the path of the ball.