Wolves get past Rivermen in shootout

The Chicago Wolves rallied to tie the game with two seconds left in regulation in a 3-2 shootout victory over the Peoria Rivermen at the Allstate Arena on Wednesday night.

With Wolves goaltender Edward Pasquale pulled for an extra attacker, defenseman Mark Matheson cranked a shot from the point that got through traffic in front of the net and between Peoria goaltender Ben Bishop’s legs to knot the score at 2-2 at 19:58 of the third period.

Ryan Garbutt and Jason Krog scored for the Wolves in the shootout, while Pasquale stopped 4 of Peoria’s 5 shootout attempts.

Krog provided the other regulation goal for the Wolves (34-25-3-5), who pulled within 1 point of Peoria (35-24-2-5) in the standings for the fourth and final West Division playoff spot.

“It wasn’t looking too good for us before that last-minute goal. Bishop played very well,” said Wolves assistant coach Ron Wilson. “(The Rivermen) are ahead of us in the standings and we’ve had some tough breaks against them lately, so it was nice we finally got one tonight.”