Anderson not happy with playoff officiating

All Chicago Wolves coach John Anderson wants is a fair shake from the officials today when the best-of-seven Calder Cup playoff series against Milwaukee moves to the Bradley Center for Game 3.

The Wolves evened the series at 1-1 Friday with a 2-1 victory at the Allstate Arena, but they had to kill a penalty for the final 1:43 that Anderson felt was questionable.

In Game 1, Anderson was left steaming by at least one penalty call and a quick whistle that wiped out an apparent goal by the Wolves.

Anderson sees the Admirals instigating the many altercations after whistles, and he blamed them for the incident before Game 2, when the teams came together in the warmup and nearly exchanged blows.

The Wolves claimed the melee started when Milwaukee's Alex Henry slashed Andre Deveaux.

"We don't tell our guys to do that," Anderson said. "I prefer to play the game when they drop the puck, not this other (stuff). That's junior-hockey (stuff) to me. That's stupid stuff. People get hurt because there's so many guys out there and no referees and the donnybrook starts."

This has been a series dominated by the goaltenders. The Wolves' Ondrej Pavelec has had to be at his best to match Milwaukee's Pekka Rinne, who has stopped 71 of 76 shots in the first two games.

"It's Chicago against Milwaukee and not Pavelec against Pekka Rinne," Pavelec said.

The Wolves' big two scorers, Jason Krog and Brett Sterling, have 1 goal between them, Sterling getting it in Game 1. The power play is 1-for-11.

"We're getting chances," Anderson said. "Pekka Rinne is playing great and that's your best penalty-killer, your goalie."

The Wolves outshot the Admirals 37-25 in the opener and 38-27 Friday.

"We've had some chances and we've kind of fumbled the puck in front of the net and didn't get clean shots off," Anderson said. "Usually we're pretty gold with those, but maybe (Rinne) is playing so well that we're trying to think too much when we get it. He's playing tremendously.

"It's not like we're not getting any shots. We generated over 35 shots both games, and in a playoff game that's quite a bit."

The Wolves' best line in Game 2 was Bryan Little, Jesse Schultz and Joe Motzko. It was Schultz netting the game-winner at 5:54 of the third period on a pass from Motzko, snapping a 1-1 tie.

"We tried to use our speed and take it to the net and it paid off," Schultz said.

But in the end the Wolves might be down 2-0 if not for Pavelec.

"He's been unbelievable for us all year," Schultz said. "He doesn't get rattled and stays calm, which is good for us."

• The Wolves caught a break in Game 2 when Milwaukee played without Josh Langfeld, who had a hat trick in the series opener. Langfeld was recalled by the Nashville Predators earlier in the day to play in Game 5 of their Stanley Cup playoff series at Detroit because of injuries to Jason Arnott and David Legwand.