Wolves fall to Teravainen, IceHogs

ROCKFORD - The Chicago Wolves saw their three-game winning streak come to a jarring halt when the Rockford IceHogs netted 3 second-period goals en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup win at the MetroCentre on Sunday.

Center Colin Fraser and defenseman Mathieu Brodeur scored as the Wolves (17-12-3-0) rallied with 2 goals in the third period, but could not overtime a 4-goal deficit.

The IceHogs Rockford (19-10-3-1) opened the scoring at 13:07 of the first period on a goal from center Denis Rasmussen. Left wing Pierre-Cedric Labrie took a shot from the blue line that was tipped first by the Wolves and then by Rasmussen.

The IceHogs came out flying in the second period, notching 3 goals in the opening 3:05 to take a 4-0 lead. Center Teuvo Teravainen collected the first goal off a rebound 53 seconds in and then dished out the primary assists on the next 2 for his first 3-point game in the American Hockey League.

Defenseman Ville Pokka and center Mark McNeill gave Rockford the 4-goal cushion with goals at 1:47 and 3:05, respectively. Pokka pinched in, accepted a pass from a scrum behind the net and buried it before McNeill added his on the power play to end rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington's night.

Playing on an energy line with Cody Beach and Ben Eager, Fraser got the Wolves on the board against his former team at 5:49. Eager fed a pass to the front of the net for Beach, who saw it poke checked off his stick by goaltender Scott Darling. Beach recovered but saw his shot ricochet off the post and out to Fraser, who buried it over a sprawled Darling.

The Wolves cut the lead to 2 at 9:20 on Brodeur's fourth of the season. His shot from the point evaded a screened Darling to make it 4-2.

Binnington (10-5-1) stopped 11 of 15 shots in 23:05 of action, while Matt Climie made 18 saves in relief. Darling (9-3-2) kicked out 33 shots.

The Wolves return to Allstate Arena at 7 p.m. Tuesday to face the Grand Rapids Griffins.