Broadhurst, Murray and Mattheos score for Chicago Wolves

The Chicago Wolves opened their brief exhibition schedule with a 5-3 loss to the Milwaukee Admirals Thursday night at Panther Arena.

Veteran Terry Broadhurst, rookie Blake Murray and third-year forward Stelio Mattheos delivered goals for the Wolves, who built a 3-0 lead 30 minutes into the game.

The Wolves’ roster featured seven players from last season’s Central Division champions while the Admirals’ roster featured six players who joined the Wolves last year because Milwaukee didn’t field a team due to COVID-19.

Broadhurst, a 32-year-old Chicago native who last played for the Wolves in 2014-15, opened the scoring at 5:59 of the second when he banked a sharp-angled shot off goaltender Devin Cooley.

The 20-year-old Murray whistled a shot between Cooley’s skates for a power-play goal at 8:02, then Mattheos skated toward the crease and lifted a backhand over Cooley’s shoulder to boost Chicago’s lead to 3-0 at 10:00.

Chicago Wolves Hockey. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Wolves

The Admirals responded with five goals in the final 10 minutes of the second, including two by Cole Schneider.

Beck Warm started in goal for the Wolves and rejected 15 of 20 shots in the first 40 minutes. Dylan Wells entered for the third period and stopped all eight shots he faced. Cooley, who played in two games for the Wolves last year, posted 26 saves for the win.

The Wolves wrap up their exhibition slate by hosting Milwaukee at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Wolves Training Facility in Hoffman Estates.

The Wolves’ 28th season begins Saturday, Oct. 16, when they welcome the Rockford IceHogs to Allstate Arena for Opening Night presented by Turtle Wax. The first 3,500 fans through the doors receive a Wolves Static Cling Schedule. To get tickets, visit ChicagoWolves.com or call 1-800-THE-WOLVES.

ADMIRALS 5, WOLVES 3
Chicago 0 3 0 — 3
Milwaukee 0 5 0 — 5

First Period—None.
Penalties—Marino, Chicago (fighting), 2:24; Neuber, Milwaukee (fighting), 2:24; Schneider, Milwaukee (hooking), 12:42; Blujus, Milwaukee (cross-checking), 16:20.

Second Period—1, Chicago, Broadhurst 1 (Murray), 5:59; 2, Chicago, Murray 1 (Cotton, Carey), 8:02 pp; 3, Chicago, Mattheos 1 (Harper, Gust), 10:00 pp; 4, Milwaukee, Bouchard 1 (Harper, Solow), 10:24; 5, Milwaukee, Farrance 1 (Blujus), 14:11; 6, Milwaukee, Schneider 1 (Luff, Allard), 15:28; 7, Milwaukee, Schneider 2 (Luff, Farrance), 17:45 pp; 8, Milwaukee, Mismash 1 (Allard, LaBate), 19:20.
Penalties—Mattheos, Chicago (interference), 2:15; LaBate, Milwaukee (cross-checking), 6:50; Donovan, Milwaukee (charging), 8:51; Brickley, Chicago (roughing), 12:33; McLain, Milwaukee (roughing), 12:33; Mattheos, Chicago (slashing), 16:57.

Third Period—None.
Penalties—McLain, Milwaukee (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:16; Corson, Chicago (roughing), 2:16; Corson, Chicago (tripping), 5:19; Corson, Chicago (charging), 7:36; Corson, Chicago (fighting), 12:29; Solow, Milwaukee (fighting), 12:29.

Shots on goal—Chicago 12-11-6—29; Milwaukee 6-14-8—28. Power plays—Chicago 2-4; Milwaukee 1-4. Goalies—Chicago, Warm (15-20), replaced at 40:00 by Wells (8-8); Milwaukee, Cooley (26-29). Referees—Ian McCambridge and Shaun Davis. Linesmen—Mike Daltrey and William Hancock.

Click here to subscribe FREE to Ray Hanania's Columns

Author
Recent Posts

Ray Hanania

Ray Hanania is an award-winning opinion columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.

His award winning columns can be found at www.HANANIA.COM Subscribe FREE today

Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the Arab News, and The Arab Daily News criticizing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hanania was named "Best Ethnic American Columnist" by the New America Media in November 2007, and is the 2009 recipient of the SPJ National Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.

Email Ray Hanania at [email protected].

Follow RayHanania at Twitter