Recap: Manitoba 1 at Chicago 2 OT
By: Anthony Fusco | Published: April 9th 2022
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Quick Hits
- Manitoba clinched a playoff spot with the point
- Pyotr Kochetkov ended the night with 27 saves in the overtime victory
- Jesper Sellgren won the contest in the extra frame
Game Story
The Manitoba Moose (37-21-5-2) clashed with the Chicago Wolves (43-13-5-5) Saturday evening at Allstate Arena. The Moose were coming off a 7-2 loss against the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday night.
Manitoba controlled the pace of play in the first period. The visiting Moose outshot the Wolves by a count of 11-5 but were unable to solve Wolves netminder Pyotr Kochetkov. The goalie ended with 11 stops through 20 minutes of play. Mikhail Berdin wasn’t as busy, but solid when called upon and provided five saves of his own. The Moose took a scoreless draw into their dressing room.
The defensive deadlock continued into the middle frame. Despite Manitoba outshooting Chicago 8-4 in the second period, both Berdin and Kochetkov were solid and neither netminder allowed a goal. The Moose had the advantage with numerous chances on the power play, but were unable to find twine. The horn sounded to send both teams to their respective dressing rooms still awaiting the first goal of the contest.
Chicago broke the deadlock in the third. With the Moose on the power play, the Wolves counterattacked down the ice. After some quick passes, Spencer Smallman tapped it home to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead. Manitoba tied the contest with under three to play. C.J. Suess grabbed the puck in the offensive zone and sent it back to Leon Gawanke. The defenceman fired the bouncing disc past Kochetkov to knot the contest 1-1. The horn sounded to send the contest into overtime. Less than a minute into the extra frame, Jesper Sellgren scored the winner and sent the Wolves away with a 2-1 win. By virtue of making it to overtime, the Moose clinched their spot in the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Quotable
Moose Defenceman Leon Gawanke (Click for full interview)
"I think we can definitely be happy. I think we found a great answer to yesterday’s game. I think we dominated over most of the 60 minutes. Obviously, it’s unfortunate we didn’t get the win but we got our point and we clinched now. We’re going to have a good week of practice and recover then go from there.”
Statbook
- Leon Gawanke has four points (1G, 3A) his past five contests
- J. Suess has two points (1G, 1A) his past two games
- Suess led the Moose with six shots on goal in the overtime loss
What's Next?
The Moose head home to face the Rockford IceHogs on Friday, April 15. Puck drop is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. CT at Canada Life Centre. Tickets to all upcoming Moose home games are available at MooseHockey.com/TICKETS.
You can catch the game on CJOB.com/sports, the Manitoba Moose App and AHLTV.
