Wolves Weekly Press Notes for March 28

The Wolves began their season-high six-game road trip last week with
three wins. Here are the highlights:

THIS WEEK

Wed., March 30

at Edmonton RoadRunners

Rexall Place

8:00 p.m.

Thu., March 31

at Edmonton RoadRunners

Rexall Place

8:00 p.m.

Sat., April 2

at Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

Cincinnati Gardens

6:30 p.m.

Sun., April 3

vs. Edmonton RoadRunners

Allstate Arena

3:00 p.m.

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WOLVES REWIND (3-0-0-0)

Sat., March 26

Chicago 3, (at) Utah 2

--The Wolves surrendered a 3-0 lead, but held on to defeat the Utah
Grizzlies, 3-2, at The ?E? Center

--Forwards CORY LAROSE, BRAD LARSEN and STEVE MALTAIS all notched power-
play goals

--Goaltender KARI LEHTONEN registered 21 saves on 23 shots

Fri., March 25

Chicago 4, (at) Utah 1

--After allowing the first goal, the Wolves rallied with four goals to
hand the Utah Grizzlies a 4-1 defeat at The ?E? Center

--Defenseman GREG HAWGOOD and center DEREK MacKENZIE each notched two
points

--Netminder MICHAEL GARNETT recorded 35 saves

Wed., March 23

Chicago 7, (at) Syracuse 6

--The Wolves overcame two, two-goal deficits to outgun the Syracuse
Crunch, 7-6, at Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter

--Five Wolves tallied multiple points including forwards LONNY BOHONOS
(3G, 2A), TOMMI SANTALA (G, 3A) and STEVE MALTAIS (3A)

--Goaltender KARI LEHTONEN turned aside 40 of 46 shots

WOLVES TO WATCH

KARI LEHTONEN: Currently on a 13-game winning streak ... Ranks second in
the league with a franchise-high 36 wins ... Holds third in the AHL with
1,565 saves and fourth with 3,139:28 minutes played

TRAVIS ROCHE: Shares first among AHL defensemen with a career-high 49
points in 67 games ... Tied for third among league blueliners with 12
goals and 37 assists ... Currently on a four-game assist streak

STEPHEN WEISS: Extended his point streak to eight games, the second-
longest current streak in the league ... Collected 18 goals, 29 assists
and 47 points in 71 games with San Antonio and Chicago this season,
which includes three goals, six assists and nine points in nine contests
with the Wolves

LONNY BOHONOS: Notched seven points (3G, 4A) in his last four games,
which includes matching an AHL season-high five points (3G, 2A) on
Wednesday in Syracuse ... Ranks fourth on the Wolves with 54 points and
shares fifth with 36 assists in 56 games

STEVE MALTAIS: Posted five points (G, 4A) in his last three games, which
includes recording a season-high three assists on Wednesday ... Tied for
second on the Wolves with 38 assists and 56 points in 71 games

GREG HAWGOOD: Extended his point streak to three games with an assist on
Saturday ... Shares first among AHL defensemen with 38 assists and ranks
third with 46 points in 67 games after registering 35 assists and 41
points in 78 games last year

TOMMI SANTALA: Tallied 26 points (4G, 22A) in his last 22 games ...
Collected a season-high three assists and four points on Wednesday ...
Tied for fifth on the team with 36 assists and ranks ninth with 44
points in 58 games

BRAD LARSEN: Accrued seven points (3G, 4A) in his last five games ...
Holds second on the club with a career-high 25 goals and ranks eighth
with 45 points ? just one shy of matching a career-high ? in 66 games

WOLF TRACKS

--The Wolves are currently on a seven-game road winning streak, tied for
the longest such streak in the AHL this year; the team is in the midst
of a season-high six-game road trip.

--Chicago matched a season-high three power-play goals on Saturday, the
fourth time this season the team accomplished that feat.

--The Wolves collected their 13th short-handed goal of the season ? and
just their first on the road ? on Friday.

--Chicago has registered at least three goals in each of its last seven
games; the team ranks third in the league with 224 goals and an average
of 3.15 goals per game.

MAGIC NUMBER

Any combination of two points by the Wolves or Grand Rapids failing to
earn two points will clinch Chicago?s 11th playoff berth in 11 seasons.
After that, only two other teams in the West Division could pass the
Wolves? 97 points or 44 wins, the first tie-breaker.

NOTABLE

Fans in attendance when the Wolves host the Edmonton RoadRunners on
Sun., April 3, at 3 p.m., can get their hair cut by Great Clips in the
Southeast Lobby from 2 to 5 p.m. for a recommended $10 donation to
benefit the Ronald McDonald House For more information, call 1-800-THE-
WOLVES.