Admirals lose to Wolves, Milwaukee's comeback falls short
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Justin Robidas scored a pair of goals to lead the Chicago Wolves to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday at Allstate Arena.
The Wolves moved back into a tie with the Admirals in the standings; both teams have 32 points. Milwaukee’s record against Chicago is now 5-3-0-0.
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Chicago’s Robidas gave his team a 1-0 lead at 6:58 of the second period as he rushed into the Admirals zone and whipped a wrist shot from the left circle into the goal for his seventh marker of the season.
Milwaukee tied the game just 29 seconds later. Anthony Angello stole a puck from a Chicago defenseman and raced to the net on a breakaway. As goalie Ruslan Khazheyev tried a poke check, Angello switched to his backhand and deposited the puck into the goal at 7:27 of the second frame. It was Angello’s fourth goal of the year.
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The Wolves reclaimed the lead after the Admirals turned the puck over in front of their own goal. Juha Jaaska lobbed a pass from the left corner to Robidas, and he lifted the puck into the net at 9:31 of the second for a 2-1 lead.
Chicago scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 16:18 of the second stanza to claim a 3-1 advantage. Skyler Brind’Amour deflected a Domenick Fensore pass into the net for the tally.
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The Wolves grabbed a 4-1 lead at 7:55 of the third period on Riley Stillman’s first goal of the season.
The Admirals mounted a comeback in the third period with a Joakim Kemell goal at 9:57. Jake Lucchini scored his seventh of the season at 11:59 to make it 4-3. Chicago’s Austin Wagner scored an empty-net goal at 18:24 and Kemell scored his second of the game, seventh of the season, at 19:24. But, they would score no more.
Milwaukee returns home on Monday, Dec. 30 to host Cleveland.