Wolves roar past Admirals

The Chicago Wolves shrugged off an early Milwaukee goal and roared back to capture a 5-1 victory Saturday night in an Amtrak Rivalry contest at Allstate Arena in Rosemont.

Jeremy Welsh notched 2 goals and Petteri Lindbohm, Yannick Veilleux and Shane Harper each scored for the Wolves (5-1-2-0). Goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 18 shots to earn his first win of the season.

"We came out a little flat the first 4-5 minutes," said Wolves coach John Anderson. "Lindbohm's goal picked us up. Then we were really solid. I think it was a good team win. Everybody was doing their part. I don't think there were any weak sisters out there."

The Admirals (6-2-0-0) opened the scoring at 3:02 of the first period on Mark Van Guilder's goal. Anthony Bitetto flung the puck from the defensive zone off the end boards and it ricocheted straight to the speeding Van Guilder. Binnington (1-1-1) got his glove on Van Guilder's quick shot, but it trickled across the goal line.

The Wolves evened the score at 12:58 when Lindbohm whizzed a wrist shot from the top of the left circle that sneaked through two Admirals and Wolves forward Rob Bordson into the net.

The Wolveso took a 2-1 lead at 16:03 of the first when Veilleux knocked down Jake Chelios' pass from the right point, wheeled toward his forehand in the slot and wristed the puck past goaltender Marek Mazanec's stick.

The Wolves pushed their advantage to 3-1 just 38 seconds into the second period when Welsh redirected Chelios' shot from the blue line past Mazanec. Chelios and Sebastian Wannstrom earned their second assists of the night.

The Wolves added an insurance goal with 4:26 to play when Harper came out of a four-player pack with the puck and skated down the slot to fire home a power-play goal. Welsh contributed an empty-net goal with one second left.

Mazanec (5-2-0) finished with 21 saves in the loss.