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2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!NOTES CHICAGO at MILWAUKEE DECEMBER 27, 2017 7 p.m. AHL LIVE 2017-18 ON!TO!THE!NEXT!ONE The Chicago Wolves’ longest win streak of the year ended at six games with the overtime loss to the TALE!OF!THE!TAPE Rockford IceHogs on Dec. 22. During that span, Chicago outscored opponents 26-13 and put nearly 2017-18 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES 200 shots on net to outshoot opponents 197-178. The Wolves owned a 12.1 percent power play with 3-2-0-0 Milwaukee | 2-2-1-0 Chicago four goals in 33 opportunities. Their win-streak power play was just 1.6 percentage points behind their overall power play at 13.7 percent. The team’s penalty kill clicked along at a 76 percent success LAST MEETING Dec. 17, 2017 rate with 19 kills in 25 opponent power-play opportunities. That number was not quite as good as the overall penalty kill at 82.4 percent. UNBEATEN On Dec. 22, the Chicago Wolves suffered their first loss when forward Tobias Lindberg gets on the 15-12-2-0 12-12-5-1 scoresheet. However, the team is still unbeaten (6-0-1-0) in regulation as the Rockford IceHogs needed 4:35 of the 3-on-3 overtime frame to end the Wolves’ win streak. In the seven games that the 22-year- SERIES LEADERBOARD old Lindberg has scored, he has earned eight points (4G, 4A) with a two-point (G, A) performance in MILWAUKEE CHICAGO the 4-2 victory over the Admirals on Dec. 17. Lindberg’s track record also includes two shutouts — 2-0 Skater G A Pts Skater G A Pts over Grand Rapids (Nov. 3) and 3-0 against Cleveland (Dec. 9). Zolnierczyk 2 3 5 Walman 0 4 4 Butler 2 2 4 Thompson 3 0 3 MINIMAL!BOX!TIME Pettersson 1 3 4 Pirri 1 2 3 Through their first 30 games, the Chicago Wolves are the fourth-least penalized team in the American Granberg 2 0 2 Tynan 0 3 3 Hockey League. Averaging just 11.47 minutes per game, the Wolves are on pace to rack up only 871 Five more at 2 Three at 2 minutes. That would be 76 minutes fewer than last season, when the Wolves set a franchise record (947) and finished with less than 1,000 penalty minutes on the season. Right now, the Wolves penalty- GAME-BY-GAME minute leader is captain Paul Thompson with 33 minutes. In the 2016-17 campaign, rookie defenseman Date Location Result SF-SA PP PK Vince Dunn led the team with 71 penalty minutes through 72 games. Oct. 28 Allstate Arena W, 2-1 23-28 0-4 5-5 Nov. 8 UWM Panther Arena L, 0-3 29-37 0-5 6-7 OUTSHOOT!BUT!DONBT!SCORE Nov. 12 Allstate Arena L, 2-3 29-23 1-6 3-4 The Chicago Wolves have been in a weird conundrum this season: In the first period, the Wolves have Nov. 24 UWM Panther Arena OTL, 2-3 33-27 0-3 2-3 been outscored 33-20 by opponents despite outshooting them 330-278. That 52-shot differential is Dec. 17 Allstate Arena W, 4-2 38-35 0-5 2-2 Dec. 27 UWM Panther Arena - - - - the second-largest for the Wolves as they outshoot opponents 363-302 in the middle frame. In the Dec. 29 UWM Panther Arena - - - - third stanza, they own a 20-shot advantage, 297-277. Overall, the Wolves are still being outscored Feb. 2 Allstate Arena - - - - 92-89, but outscore their opponents 34-23 and 34-30 in the second and third session, respectively. March 9 UWM Panther Arena - - - - In overtime, the Wolves have been outscored 5-1 in seven games as one contest (Nov. 19 at Rockford) April 3 Allstate Arena - - - - required a shootout. April 7 Allstate Arena - - - - April 10 UWM Panther Arena - - - - GAME!REWIND ALL-TIME RECORD FRIDAY, DEC. 22 (at) ROCKFORD 3, CHICAGO 2 (OT) Season Home Road Season Home Road • Chicago fell to Rockford to end its winning streak, but earned its 13th point in seven games. 1994-95 0-1-2 1-2-1 2006-07 0-4-0-1 4-1-0-0 1995-96 2-2-0 1-4-0 2007-08 3-2-0-0 3-1-1-0 • Centers Tobias Lindberg and Brandon Pirri tallied for the Wolves. 1996-97 4-2-0 1-2-1 2008-09 2-3-0-0 2-3-0-0 • Rockford’s Darren Raddysh scored with 25 seconds left in overtime for the victory. 1997-98 3-2-0 4-3-0 2009-10 4-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 • Goaltender Max Lagace stopped 28 of 31 shots in his first loss in six starts. 1998-99 3-1-1 4-3-0 2010-11 3-1-0-1 3-2-0-0 1999-00 3-1-1 2-2-1 2011-12 3-1-1-1 3-3-0-0 THURSDAY, DEC. 21 (at) CHICAGO 5, GRAND RAPIDS 4 2000-01 1-1-1 3-1-1 2012-13 1-3-0-2 1-5-0-0 2001-02 2-3-1-0 3-2-0-1 2013-14 4-0-1-1 4-1-0-1 • The Wolves reeled off five consecutive goals to rally from a 3-0 deficit and extend the club’s 2002-03 5-1-0-0 2-3-0-1 2014-15 4-0-1-0 4-2-1-0 winning streak to six games. 2003-04 2-3-0-0 2-3-0-0 2015-16 3-3-0-1 0-4-1-0 • Forwards Brett Sterling, Paul Thompson, T.J. Tynan and Scooter Vaughan as well as 2004-05 3-2-0-0 1-4-0-0 2016-17 4-2-0-0 3-1-1-1 defenseman Jason Garrison all tallied. 2005-06 2-3-0-0 2-1-0-2 2017-18 2-0-0-0 0-2-1-0 • Goaltender Max Lagace made 30 saves for his fifth straight victory in a Wolves sweater. Overall Record: 119-98-1-11-19 2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!NOTES !!!!BY!THE!NUMBERS 2017-18 The Milwaukee Admirals handed the Chicago Wolves their only shutout loss of the season HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS on Nov. 8 at UWM Panther Arena. Admirals goaltender Anders Lindback made 29 saves while Home Away Difference J Wolves netminder Kasimir Kaskisuo procured his second-highest save total of the season Goals For 3.00 2.93 0.07 with 34. The 3-0 shutout was the most decisive game of the season series thus far. Three of the other Goals Against 2.80 3.33 -0.53 four contests have been decided by one goal and one contest even needed overtime. RECORD BY DIVISION Through their first 11 games in the month of December, the Chicago Wolves Record Win % have posted a 7-2-2-0 record for a .727 win percentage. Those stats are Central 9-9-3-1 .500 EFGF the team’s best showing since the season began in October. In Chicago’s Pacific 3-3-2-0 .500 previous two months of competition, it had a combined 5-10-3-1 record for a .368 win percentage. RECORD BY MONTH Of the 12 game-winning goals scored by Chicago Wolves players, veteran Brett Sterling Record Win % owns three of them (Nov. 25, Dec. 15, Dec. 17). Those have helped bring his career game- October 3-4-1-0 .438 H winner total to 45 tallies through 517 career American Hockey League contests. In other November 2-6-2-1 .318 words, 18.5 percent of Sterling’s career AHL goals are game-winners — impressive for the league’s December 7-2-2-0 .727 all-time leading active goal-scorer. In Wolves franchise history, Sterling ranks No. 2 all-time with 186 January 0-0-0-0 .000 goals, including eight this year. The team’s only other multi-GWG scorer this year is Tomas Hyka, who February 0-0-0-0 .000 owns two (Oct. 14, Dec. 16). March 0-0-0-0 .000 April 0-0-0-0 .000 The Milwaukee Admirals have faced four of the five goaltenders on the Chicago Wolves this season. They’ve twice faced C.J. Motte, who earned his first American Hockey League IN OVERTIME (1-1-5) win against Milwaukee on Oct. 28. Motte again faced the Admirals on Nov. 12 in a 3-2 loss. L Goaltender Saves-Shots SV% Kasimir Kaskisuo’s fourth game in a Wolves jersey came against Milwaukee, a 3-0 shutout loss in which he made 34 saves; his second highest save total of the season. Veteran Michael Leighton made C.J. Motte 3-3 1.000 his Chicago debut on Nov. 24 and backstopped the Wolves to a 3-2 overtime loss. While he began the Max Lagace 3-4 .750 season with the Wolves, current starter Max Lagace did not face the Admirals until Dec. 17 when he Oscar Dansk 4-5 .800 made 33 saves en route to a 4-2 victory for Chicago. Kasimir Kaskisuo 0-1 .000 Michael Leighton 0-2 .000 Though the Chicago Wolves win streak came to an end at six games on Friday with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Rockford IceHogs, the Wolves’ point streak is alive and well. IN THE SHOOTOUT (0-1) IH Boasting a 6-0-1-0 record in their last seven games, they have also earned 13 points in Shooter Goals-Chances SH% that span to move into the No.