Wolves lose, split weekend series with Milwaukee
The Chicago Wolves took the ice against Central Division rival Milwaukee in the second of back-to-back games Sunday at Allstate Arena.
Skyler Brind’Amour scored for the Wolves but, despite putting a season-high 41 shots on goal, that was all the scoring Chicago could manage as the Admirals prevailed 2-1 to claim a split of the weekend home-and-home series.
Milwaukee broke the ice late in the opening period when Kieffer Bellows tallied while on the power play.
Neither team found the back of the net in the second, setting up a tense third period.
Early in the period, Reid Schaefer gave the Admirals a two-goal advantage when the forward scored off a breakaway.
Brind’Amour notched his first goal of the season midway through the third to pull the Wolves to within 2-1. The forward redirected a shot from Ryan Suzuki past Admirals goaltender Magnus Chrona. Suzuki and Ty Smith were awarded assists on the play.
Ruslan Khazheyev (14 saves) took the loss in goal for the Wolves while Chrona (40 saves) earned the victory for the Admirals.
Chicago dropped to 3-5-1-0 on the season while Milwaukee moved to 9-2-0-0.
The Wolves travel to Grand Rapids to face the Griffins at 6 p.m. Friday.