The Wolves had an early lead tarnished, and were ultimately out****ned in=20
a shootout by the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights in Friday night's game.
Check=20
out the story:
OMAHA, Nebraska---The Chicago Wolves surrendered a two-goal, third-
period lead before falling to the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, 7-6, in a=20
shootout at the Omaha Civic Auditorium on Friday.
In the shootout, Knights left wing David Moss and defenseman Richie=20
Regehr recorded goals against Wolves netminder Michael Garnett. Center=20
Kevin Doell was the only Chicago player to find the back of the net.
Knights right wing Carsen Germyn collected three goals and an assist=20
during the game, the first hat trick against Chicago this season.=20
Defenseman Mark Giordano earned four assists. The Wolves surrendered a=20
season-high four power-play goals, two of which came during the third=20
stanza. Center Jared Ross led the way for Chicago with a team season-
high three assists, his first AHL multi-point contest.
Midway through the third period, Omaha took advantage of a
five-on-three=20
power play to start its comeback. Germyn?s second goal of the night, a=20
slap shot from the point, beat Garnett, short-side, at 8:33 of the
third=20
stanza.
Then, Germyn?s third tally of the night tied the game, 5-5. With Omaha=20
working on the power play again, he drove a shot from the top of the=20
right circle that found its way past Garnett at 11:12 of the frame.
Thirty-nine seconds later, the Knights grabbed their first lead of the=20
contest, 6-5. Left wing Erik Nystrom broke in on Garnett, pulled him
out=20
of his crease with a toe drag, and floated a pass back through the slot=20
that linemate Brandon Prust buried into the unguarded net at 11:53 of=20
the third period.
With just under three minutes remaining in regulation, Chicago tied the=20
game, 6-6, on a power-play goal of its own. Right wing Pat Dwyer
managed=20
to fight his way through a crease scramble long enough to chip a loose=20
puck past Knights goaltender Brett Krahn and into the net at 17:02.
Chicago (3-3-1-1) has exploded for at least five goals in each of its=20
last three games after being held to a total of five goals in its=20
previous four games. The Wolves dropped their first shootout of the=20
season after posting a 4-2 mark last season.
Omaha (4-3-0-2) avenged the 5-2 loss against the Wolves on Oct. 7, the=20
regular-season opener.
The Wolves jumped out to an early lead with two goals in the game's=20
first 90 seconds. Fifty-four seconds after the opening draw, defenseman=20
Braydon Coburn's first goal of the season gave the team a 1-0
advantage.=20
Coburn, skating in his first game of the year with the Wolves after=20
being assigned by the Atlanta Thrashers yesterday, took a pass at the=20
point, ****fted to his right and rifled a shot past Krahn at 0:55 of the=20
first period.
Krahn (3-1-2) recorded 38 saves in 64:06 minutes of play. Krahn stopped=20
Chicago right wing Scott Barney on a penalty shot attempt late in the=20
second period, the Wolves second attempt in as many games.
Then, 35 seconds later, center Kevin Doell's third goal of the year=20
pushed the lead to 2-0. With Chicago on the attack, defenseman Tim=20
Wedderburn dumped the puck towards the goal-mouth where it bounced off
a=20
Knights defender and dropped into the crease. Doell stood his ground in=20
a crowd, corralled the puck and flipped it into the net at 1:30 of the=20
opening period. Last season, Doell notched just four goals in 45 games=20
with Chicago.
Later in the period, Omaha answered with two power-play goals to even=20
the score. First, a breakaway goal off the stick of right wing Carsen=20
Germyn cut the lead in half, 2-1. The Knights forward snuck behind the=20
Wolves defense, faked to his backhand, and then roofed a shot, top-
shelf, past Garnett at 8:12 of the first stanza.
Garnett (0-0-1) posted 26 saves in his first action with the team this=20
season. The 22-year-old goaltender was reassigned by Atlanta on=20
Thursday.
Omaha left wing David Moss evened the match, 2-2. The Knights forward=20
collected a loose puck in the neutral zone and cruised in on a two-on-
one break before muscling his way to the net and chipping a shot over=20
Garnett at 11:13.
Just over two minutes later, Wolves left wing Ramzi Abid regained the=20
lead, 3-2. Abid hopped on a loose puck off a draw to Krahn's left and=20
surprised the netminder with a backhand shot that snuck inside the post=20
at 13:36 of the opening frame.
Late in the second period, Omaha right wing Brantt Myhres' first goal
of=20
the season evened the score, 3-3. Myhers screened Garnett then=20
redirected a Brandon Rogers shot through Garnett's pads at 13:10.
It took Chicago just 13 seconds to grab the lead back, 4-3, when right=20
wing Scott Barney connected on his team-leading sixth goal of the year.=20
Ross had a shot attempt flutter into the slot where Barney grabbed it=20
and wristed a shot past an out of position Krahn at 13:23 of the middle=20
stanza.
With 61 seconds remaining in the second period, Abid?s second goal of=20
the night pushed Chicago's lead to 5-3. Abid snagged the puck in the=20
right corner, wheeled to the front of the net and flung a shot over=20
Krahn?s shoulder at 18:59 of the second period.
After the three-game road swing, the Wolves head home to face the Iowa=20
Stars at the Allstate Arena on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Chicago-3-2-1-0-(0)--6
Omaha-2-1-3-0-(1)--7 Shootout
First Period---1, Chicago, Coburn 1 (P. Dwyer, Kloucek), 0:54; 2,=20
Chicago, Doell 3 (Wedderburn, Stuart), 1:30; 3, Omaha, Germyn 4=20
(Giordano, Krahn), 8:12 pp; 4, Omaha, Moss 3 (Germyn, Giordano), 11:13=20
pp; 5, Chicago, Abid 4 (Ross), 13:36. Penalties---Marr, Omaha
(hooking),=20
4:05; Smyth, Chicago (high-sticking), 7:46; Roche, Chicago (holding),=20
9:29; N. Naumenko, Chicago (cross-checking), 10:19; Germyn, Omaha=20
(roughing), 15:16; Abid, Chicago (interference), 19:22.
Second Period---6, Omaha, Myhres 1 (Rogers, Cunning), 13:10; 7,
Chicago,=20
Barney 6 (Ross, Popovic), 13:23; 8, Chicago, Abid 5 (Ross, Coburn),=20
18:59 pp. Penalties---Myhres, Omaha (tripping), 5:44; Maki, Omaha=20
(sla****ng), 6:53; Smyth, Chicago (boarding), 9:20; P. Dwyer, Chicago=20
(hooking), 10:45; Palin, Omaha (cross-checking), 18:43.
Third Period---9, Omaha, Germyn 5 (Maki, Giordano), 8:33 pp; 10, Omaha,=20
Germyn 6 (Giordano, Maki), 11:12 pp; 11, Omaha, Prust 1 (Nystrom,=20
Rogers), 11:53; 12, Chicago, P. Dwyer 2 (Maloney), 17:02 pp.=20
Penalties---Roche, Chicago (boarding, misconduct), 1:17; Germyn, Omaha=20
(high-sticking), 4:54; Wedderburn, Chicago (hooking), 7:04; Coburn,=20
Chicago (holding), 7:21; Maloney, Chicago (interference), 9:25; Loyns,=20
Omaha (sla****ng), 10:26; Morrison, Chicago (hooking), 10:58; Bancroft,=20
Omaha (holding), 12:02; Abid, Chicago (roughing), 12:02; Giordano,
Omaha=20
(holding), 15:05; Popovic, Chicago (interference), 19:55.
Overtime---None. Penalties---None.
Shootout---Chicago: Doell, made; Barney, miss; Maloney, miss; P. Dwyer,=20
miss; Abid, miss; Omaha: Maki, miss; Germyn, miss; Regehr, made;=20
Giordano, miss; Moss, made.
Shots on goal---Chicago: 19-13-10-2-0--44. Omaha: 7-5-19-1-1-33. Power=20
plays---Chicago: 2-7. Omaha: 4-12. Goalies--Chicago, Garnett (26-32).=20
Omaha, Krahn (16-16) replaced by McElhinney (0-0) at 13:36 replaced by=20
Krahn (22-28) 14:30. A---3,252. Referee---Brian Pochmara. Linesmen---
Craig Kneale and Scott Bokal.
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