Game Recap – Chicago Wolves vs Milwaukee Admirals 11/18

The Wolves kept on rolling Friday night in Milwaukee as they defeated the Admirals 6-3, and extended their season long winning streak to five games. Matt Climie got another start in net and played a solid game, turning away 31 of 34 shots faced. Climie has started each game during this four game winning streak and head coach Craig MacTavish is showing that his plan with his two number one goaltenders this year will be to ride the hot hand.

Darren Haydar started off the scoring with a quick release goal from a beautiful feed from Kevin Doell, who caused a turnover in the offensive zone and dropped the puck off for Haydar. In fact, four of the six wolves goals scored tonight were directly off turnovers.

The four goal second period started off with an odd man rush and Darren Haydar picked up his second point of the game after delivering a beautiful pass to defensemen Kevin Connauton - who continues to contribute to the offense (5-2-7). Goals by Nathan Longpre (Mancari) and Bill Sweatt (Haydar, Mancari) made it 4-0, and Mike Duco grabbed an unassisted goal when the Admirals goalie misplayed the puck in the corner.

The Admirals showed signs of life at the end of the 2nd period and scored one goal and got two more by Matt Climie in the third. Mark Mancari put in an empty netter late in the 3rd making the final score 6-3. The Amtrak rivalry series now stands at three games to two in favor of the Admirals. Scratches for the game were Polasek, Parent, Friesen, Davies, Archibald, Clackson, Reinprecht and Oreskovich.

Player of the game:
Darren Haydar – Darren had a three point night with one goal and two assists to give him nine points in his last three games, to this point in the season, he has 6-11-17 totals.

- Chris / @GgooglyBoogly

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