Wolves surge past Rampage

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Chicago Wolves rallied twice and netted 5 unanswered goals to snap a three-game losing streak as they beat the San Antonio Rampage 6-2 Tuesday night at the AT&T Center.

Six players recorded multiple-point games for the Wolves (14-9-3-0). Right wing Ty Rattie led the charge with a goal and 2 assists. Dmitrij Jaskin, Terry Broadhurst and Pat Cannone each had a goal an an assist, while Jani Hakanpaa and Philip McRae notched goals and Jeremy Welsh and Mathieu Brodeur both were credited with 2 assists.

The Rampage (14-7-2-0) opened the scoring when center Drew Shore took a drop pass and blasted a shot from the point that evaded goaltender Jordan Binnington's glove at 15:12 of the first period.

Rattie tied it 2:03 into the second period with his league-leading 14th goal of the season. From the corner, Rattie sent the puck on net, but it hit traffic and bounced back to him. With the defensemen and goaltender Dan Ellis tied up, Rattie took advantage of the gaping net.

The Rampage briefly retook the lead on defenseman Blake Parlett's wraparound at 3:26, but the Wolves tallied the next 3 to cap a 4-goal burst and tie the team's season high for goals in a period.

The equalizer came on the power play off the stick of Jaskin. Defenseman Jake Chelios' shot from the blue line was blocked out front by teammate Jeremy Welsh, who sent a pass to the boards for Jaskin's one-timer at 7:16.

Hakanpaa registered his first goal of the season to put the Wolves ahead to stay, the first time they have not been tied or trailing since early in a game Dec. 3. The defenseman fired home a pass from Rob Bordson at the faceoff circle for a 3-2 lead.

The offensive display continued when Broadhurst notched a power-play tally at 13:07, burying a cross-ice pass from Brodeur.

McRae scored the Wolves' third power-play goal of the game 1:38 into the third period and Cannone followed it up 1:21 later to stay atop the team leaderboard with 18 points.

Binnington (7-3-1) kicked out 28 shots to earn the win. Ellis (9-4-1) stopped 17 of 23 before being relieved at the 42:56 mark by Michael Houser.

Following a seven-day hiatus, the Wolves return to Allstate Arena to host the Adirondack Flames at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the team's first School-Day Game of the season.