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Wolves end road trip with OT loss

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Chicago Wolves' nine-game road trip ended with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Admirals in an Amtrak Rivalry game at Bradley Center on Friday night.

Defensemen Petteri Lindbohm and Brent Regner scored third-period goals to get the Wolves (10-4-3-0) into overtime, but Admirals forward Pontus Aberg notched the game-winner during 3-on-3 action with 1:39 remaining in the extra session.

Goaltender Matt Climie (5-2-2) stopped 19 in regulation and overtime for the Wolves, who posted a 5-3-1-0 record on a nine-game, 20-day trip.

The Admirals' Austin Watson opened the scoring at 8:58 of the first period. Center Mark Van Guilder slid a no-look pass through the crease to Watson, who flipped the puck home before Climie could slide from the right post to the left.

The Admirals (11-3-0-0) pushed their lead to 2-0 with 1:02 left in the second period as they passed the puck around the perimeter on the power play until Viktor Arvidsson teed off from the top of the left circle and went top-shelf over Climie's blocker.

The Wolves cut the margin to 2-1 on Lindbohm's power-play goal at 8:16 of the third period. The Wolves unleashed a fusillade on goaltender Magnus Hellberg. Moments after Philip McRae rang a slap shot off the post from the right circle, Lindbohm collected the rebound at the top of the left circle and buried his fourth goal of the year.

Regner tied the game with 2:32 left in regulation when he rifled a slap shot from long range past Hellberg. Forward Terry Broadhurst carried the puck into the offensive zone, settled at the top of the right circle and waited for Regner to join the play. His blast benefited from Jeremy Welsh's screen at the edge of the crease.

The Wolves enjoyed several chances in overtime, but Aberg ended the action by carrying the puck from his own blue line toward the right faceoff dot and slid a shot through a Wolves defenseman and Climie for the winner.

Hellberg (6-0-0) contributed 31 saves and assisted on Aberg's goal.

The Wolves return to Allstate Arena today when they host Iowa at 7 p.m.

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