Admirals fall at Wolves in O'Reilly's 1,000th AHL game
CHICAGO - Kevin Wall scored the Admirals' lone goal as they wrapped up a quick three-game road trip with a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Wolves on Thursday afternoon at Allstate Arena.
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The Admirals got on the board first when Wall scored his third goal of the season at the 6:43 mark of the opening frame. Stationed in front of the Chicago net, Wall swept the rebound of a point shot from Ondrej Pavel into the Wolves goal for a 1-0 lead.
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Chicago leveled the score with just under six minutes to play in the opening frame courtesy of Skyler Brind’Amour’s 10th goal of the year.
The Wolves took a 2-1 advantage at 4:01 of the second period on a Noel Gunler goal. Yanick Turcotte’s shot hit off a shin in front of the net and right to Gunler, who fired it past Admirals goalie Matt Murray in what would become the game-winning goal.
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That was all the scoring in the game until Josiah Slavin scored an empty-netter with 52 seconds left in regulation to bring the score to 3-1.
What's next:
The Admirals kick off a seven-game homestand on Friday night when they host the Henderson Silver Knights at 7 p.m.
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Dig deeper:
The loss put a damper on things for Ads forward Cal O'Reilly, who became just the ninth player in AHL history to play in 1,000 games. Fittingly, it came against the Wolves, the team he has competed against the most in his career. The game was the 72nd time he played against Chicago.
The Source: The Milwaukee Admirals released information for this report.