After a slow start during Wednesday’s win in Utica against the Comets, the Chicago Wolves looked to come out of the gate hot in the teams’ rematch Friday.
Instead, they found themselves trailing 1-0 just 32 seconds into the game after right winger Brandon DeFazio was hooked on a breakaway and converted the subsequent penalty shot.
The Wolves rallied twice from deficits but could not complete the comeback as they fell to the league-leading Comets 4-3 at the Utica
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Memorial Auditorium.After trailing 1-0 and 3-1 throughout the game, the visitors evened the score on goals from forwards Ty Rattie and Pat Cannone and defenseman Petteri Lindbohm.
Chicago (9-3-2-0) surrendered the game-winner with 3:38 remaining in the contest. Left winger HunterShinkaruk was credited with his second of the night after his dump in from the blueline took a fluky bounce and evaded goaltender Matt Climie.
Right winger Alexandre Grenier rounded out scoring for the Comets (11-2-2-0) as they snapped the Wolves’ four-game winning streak.
Climie (5-2-1) made 27 saves while Utica‘s Jacob Markstrom (7-0-1) stopped 29. The Wolves return to action Saturday night at 6 p.m. against the Rochester Americans.