Wolves Comeback In Game Two 4-3 With Overtime Win Over Griffins
The Wolves trailed 3-1 late in the second period and scored four unanswered to win the game 4-3 in overtime and take a 2-0 series lead.
The Grand Rapids Griffins finished the season with 107 points, second-most in the American Hockey League . They looked like the dominant team to start Game Two with two quick goals in the first period and another in the second to give them a 3-1 lead. Then this happened.
- Ivan Ryabkin found the back of the net within the final four minutes of the second period to give the Wolves momentum. - Cal Foote took a Josiah Slavin pass and fired it to the back of the net on the rush to tie up the game. - Felix Unger Sorum redirected a Charles Alexis Legault shot from the point for the overtime winner.
Suddenly, the Chicago Wolves have a 2-0 series lead, and the Griffins are on the brink of elimination. Here's what you need to know. Wolves Power Play Kickstarts The Offense They weren't generating much offense to start the game, and down 2-0, they needed a spark.
They got it with a first-period power play where they were given space to let their top players go to work. A Bradly Nadeau pass to Juuso Valimaki, followed by a centering feed to Felix Unger Sorum, gave the Wolves a tic-tac-toe goal. With the open look in the slot, there's nothing the Griffins could do to stop it, and suddenly, the Wolves were on the board.