Wolves Edge IceHogs 3-2
December 23, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Chicago Wolves News Release
ROSEMONT, Ill.-The Chicago Wolves concluded a stretch of three games in three days with a 3-2 victory over the Rockford IceHogs on Friday night at Allstate Arena.
Alexander Pashin scored the game-winner in the third period and Nathan Sucese and Josh Melnick also had goals for the Wolves, who won for the third time in the last five games.
The Central Division rivals exchanged pairs of goals in the opening period with the Wolves striking first on Sucese's tally early on. The forward cleaned up a rebound of a Stelio Mattheos shot for his sixth goal of the season. Mattheos and captain Max Lajoie earned assists on the play.
Rockford got the equalizer a short time later when Cole Guttman found the back of the net.
The defending Calder Cup champions came right back and took a 2-1 advantage on Melnick's fifth goal of the season. The center won a draw in the offensive zone to teammate Noel Gunler, who the gave the puck back to Melnick in the slot and he beat Rockford goaltender Arvid Soderblom to the stick side.
The lead was again short-lived as the IceHogs' Brett Seney scored to even things at 2-2.
After neither team scored in the second period, Pashin put the Wolves in front early in the third after converting from in close following a cross-crease pass from Anttoni Honka. It marked Pashin's third goal of the season and Honka's 11th assist.
Zachary Sawchenko (31 saves) earned the win for the Wolves in goal while Soderblom (17 saves) suffered the loss for the IceHogs.
The Wolves improved to 9-14-3-0 on the season while Rockford fell to 15-10-1-2.
Up next: The Wolves will travel to Milwaukee to face the Admirals on Tuesday (7 p.m.; AHLTV).
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