Wolves Stumble In Second Preseason Matchup
September 28, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Chicago Wolves News Release
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.---Left wing Tomas Pospisil netted two goals, but the Chicago Wolves surrendered a three-goal lead on the way to a 6-3 preseason loss to the Lake Erie Monsters at the Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center and Ice Arena on Friday night.
Center Lou Dickenson also lit the lamp for Chicago (0-2-0-0), which opened up a 3-0 lead midway though contest before giving up six unanswered markers. Lake Erie cracked the scoreboard and tied the game with three late second-period goals then piled on three more markers to grab the victory.
With Chicago leading 3-0, right wing David Jones opened the scoring for the Monsters with a man-advantage marker at the 12:57 mark to close the gap to 3-1 before former Wolves left wing Eric Healey posted a power-play tally of his own at 14:52 to make it 3-2. Then, the Monsters evened the game at three apiece when center Codey Burki floated a wrist shot off his back foot past Wolves netminder Dan Turple's outstretched glove with 2:47 remaining in the second frame.
Turple recorded 18 saves in two periods of action for the Wolves. Netminder Larry Sterling registered eight saves in the third period.
Lake Erie (2-0-0-0) grabbed its first lead of the game, 4-3, on a goal from Mark McCutcheon 4:29 into the third period. McCutcheon fended off a Wolves defender, got his hands on a rebound, and drilled the puck past Sterling. Monsters defenseman Wes O'Neill and left wing Justin Corbin added late third-period markers to put the game out of reach.
Chicago jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to Pospisil and Dickenson. First, with Chicago working on the power play, Pospisil broke free from a scrum in front of the net and fired his second marker of the postseason past Monsters netminder Andrew Penner at 2:03 of the first period. Dickenson pushed the lead to 2-0 at the 6:02 mark of the opening stanza when he collected a pass from linemate Matt Anderson, spun out of the corner and lifted a wrist shot past Penner.
Pospisil delivered his second power-play marker of the night 6:21 into the second period to give Chicago a 3-0 lead. Center Ryan Walsh dug out the puck behind the net and pushed it to Pospisil, who carried to the far post and stuffed it over the goal line and past Penner.
Penner posted 12 saves on 15 shots for Lake Erie before being replaced by Ian Keserich at the 10:25 mark of the second period. Keserich recorded 19 saves.
The Wolves round out their three-game preseason slate with a matchup against the Milwaukee Admirals at the MSOE Kern Center in Milwaukee at 7 p.m. Chicago's 14th regular season gets underway at the Houston Aeros on Sat., Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.
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