Wolves Rally From Two Goals Down to Beat Texas 6-3, Then Host League-Leading Grand Rapids on Sunday Afternoon
Gabriel Seger scored twice, Justin Robidas netted the shorthanded winner and the Wolves ran their points streak to six games on Saturday night in Rosemont. The reward: the best team in the AHL visits Allstate Arena at 3 p.m. Sunday.
ROSEMONT — The Chicago Wolves roared back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Texas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night at Allstate Arena, extending their points streak to six games. Gabriel Seger scored twice and added an assist, Aleksi Heimosalmi scored and added an assist, and Justin Robidas, Evan Vierling and Ivan Ryabkin also tallied as Chicago reeled off five consecutive goals after falling behind.
Seger opened the scoring 5 minutes, 49 seconds into the game, but Texas seized control on two Harrison Scott goals around a Connor Punnett score to lead by two early in the second period. Heimosalmi cut it back midway through the second, Seger tied it late in the period, and Robidas put the Wolves in front for good with a shorthanded goal in the third, before Vierling and Ryabkin put it out of reach. Cayden Primeau made 28 saves for the win; Brandon Halverson made 20 for Texas. Chicago moved to 5-4-0-1 — five wins in six games after dropping the first four of the season — while Texas fell to 2-5-1-1.
There is no time to savor it. The Wolves host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Allstate Arena, and Grand Rapids arrives as the best team in the American Hockey League: 7-1-1-1 with 16 points in 10 games, first in the Central Division, the Western Conference and the league, according to the Griffins. Sunday's game is the 222nd meeting between the two rivals.
