Wolves salvage a point
Two third-period goals in 25 seconds allowed the Chicago Wolves to force overtime against the Peoria Rivermen Friday night, but the visitors fell 3-2 in an Illinois Lottery Cup contest at Carver Arena in Peoria.
Right wing Guillaume Desbiens and center Steve Pinizzotto scored for the Wolves (7-4-2-0) to help earn a point in the standings.
Peoria (4-7-2-1) got scoring started early, when defenseman Mark Cundari fired a shot that left wing Evgeny Grachev redirected over goaltender Eddie Lack’s stick at 5:41.
Lack (6-3-0) stopped 27 of 30 shots.
In the third, Desbiens got the Wolves on the board by batting a puck out of the air and into the net at 6:39. Pinizzotto followed up with the equalizer 25 seconds later, swatting one in at 7:04.
Allen (4-7-1) posted 35 saves in regulation and overtime.
In overtime, McRae pocketed his second goal of the night at 4:34 to give Peoria the win.
Chicago hosts the Rivermen at 7 p.m. Saturday night at the AllState Arena.