Chicago Wolves Defeat Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 5-4 Despite Wolves Comeback - AHL

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Omaha , NE – Nathan Oystrick scored just 17 seconds into overtime as the Chicago Wolves beat the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 5-4 at the Civic Auditorium. The Wolves spoiled a two-goal comeback by the Knights in the third period.

Omaha led 1-0 after one on a goal by Dustin Boyd . He backhanded a pass from Brad Ference past goalie Michael Garnett for his team leading 23^rd goal of the year.

The Wolves took over the game in the second period. The AHL’s leading scorer, Darren Haydar, tied the game on a delayed penalty just 3:24 into the stanza. The Knights got into penalty trouble right after the goal, and Haydar scored again on a five-on-three to make it 2-1.

Late in the period, Brett Sterling forced a turnover in the Knights’ zone. He finished off a pass from Jason Krog for his AHL-leading 50^th goal of the year to give Chicago a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes.

The Knights responded promptly in the third period when Cam Cunning banged home a pass from Andrei Taratukhin to trim the lead to a goal.

Chicago got the lead back to two when Jordan LaVallee knocked in the rebound of a wraparound chance by Corey Larose.

The Knights kept pressing and made it 4-3 when Kris Chucko followed the rebound of his own shot and knocked home his eleventh goal of the year.