Admirals lose to Wolves, Milwaukee’s comeback fails

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Justin Robidas scored two goals to lead the Chicago Wolves to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday at Allstate Arena.

The Wolves again reached 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 when he burst into the Admirals’ zone and fired a wrist shot from the left circle toward the goal for his seventh goal of the season.

Milwaukee tied the game just 29 seconds later. Anthony Angello stole a puck from a Chicago defenseman and ran a breakaway into the net. When goaltender Ruslan Khazheyev attempted a poke check, Angello switched to his backhand at 7:27 of the second frame and put the puck in the net. It was Angello’s fourth goal of the year.

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The Wolves regained the lead after the Admirals turned the puck over in front of their own goal. Juha Jaaska threw a pass from the left corner to Robidas, who shot the puck into the net at 9:31 of the second minute for a 2-1 lead.

Chicago scored a 5-on-3 power play goal at 16:18 of the second stanza to secure a 3-1 lead. Skyler Brind’Amour deflected a pass from Domenick Fensore into the net to equalize.

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The Wolves took a 4-1 lead at 7:55 of the third period on Riley Stillman’s first goal of the season.

The Admirals staged a comeback with a goal from Joakim Kemell at 9:57 of the third period. Jake Lucchini scored his seventh goal of the season at 11:59 to make it 4-3. Chicago’s Austin Wagner scored an unanswered goal at 18:24 and Kemell scored his second goal of the game, seventh of the season, at 19:24. But they wouldn’t score anymore.

Milwaukee returns home to host Cleveland on Monday, December 30th.