Tale of the Tape: March 10, 2018 vs. Manitoba

• 1: On Friday, 21-year-old Ridge Park native Ryan Wagner made his professional debut against the Milwaukee Admirals. In his first pro game, the Maine South High School product recorded his first professional point when he set up captain Paul Thompson’s second goal of the game. Wagner, who led Wisconsin with 33 points this season, signed a PTO with the Wolves on Thursday.

• 4: The Chicago Wolves enter Saturday’s game just four points behind the division-leading Manitoba Moose. The powerhouse Moose have faltered of late — they began the season with immense success that included a 16-game point streak, the first of its kind this season in the American Hockey League. The last time Manitoba showed up at Allstate Arena (Jan. 5), it owned 51 points to Chicago’s 39. Now the Moose are amid a two-game winless streak and own just a 3-5-1-1 record in their last 10 games.

• 6: With Friday’s 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at UMW Panther Arena, the Chicago Wolves pushed their win streak to six games, the longest active win streak in the American Hockey League. The Wolves are three games shy of breaking into the league’s top three longest streaks of the season. They will need five more if they wish to take over the season’s longest streak as the Syracuse Crunch currently own the crown with a 10-game stint from Nov. 22 to Dec. 15. The Wolves already own the league’s longest home win streak as they accrued 13 straight victories at Allstate Arena from Dec. 6 to Feb. 15.

• 7: On Friday, goaltender Oscar Dansk made 30 saves en route to his seventh consecutive victory. The streak shatters Dansk’s previous AHL personal-high — three games from Nov. 2-7, 2014 with the Springfield Falcons. Three is also his NHL personal-high win streak that he recorded from Oct. 21-27, 2017, with the Vegas Golden Knights. Dansk’s NHL win streak came to a halt on Oct. 30, the day he suffered an injury and was forced to vacate the net. Max Lagace, currently with the Golden Knights, took over and earned the decision.

• 23: Center Brandon Pirri leads the Chicago Wolves with 23 goals. However, Friday was just the second time the 26-year-old was held scoreless since his return from injury on Feb. 21. His scoreless game ended a five-point streak — his longest of the season — which spanned Feb. 25 against the Manitoba Moose to March 6 against the San Antonio Rampage. In that time, Pirri tallied seven points (3G, 4A). The Toronto native’s one-game drought did drop him on the league goal-scoring leaderboard to the No. 8 spot. However, only two goals separate him from the league’s second-best scorers: Reid Boucher (UTI), Eric Tangradi (GR) and Chris Terry (LAV). The league leader, Valentin Zykov (CHA), has 30 goals thanks to a two-goal performance on Friday.

• 51: T.J. Tynan held fast at 51 points (12G, 39A) as he was held scoreless in Friday’s 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals. That ended his current point streak at five games with seven points (2G, 5A). Not much changed on the American Hockey League scoring leaderboard — Tynan is still tied for fifth in league scoring with Charlotte’s Andrew Miller and Manitoba’s Mason Appleton. Appleton is the only Central Division skater in the top five with Tynan. The 26-year-old Tynan and 22-year-old Appleton are similar as their bread-and-butter is setting up their teammates — they own 39 and 33 assists, respectively. The Wolves will look to keep Appleton at bay tonight as he owns six points, including five assists, against Chicago this season.

Game Rewind

Friday, March 9 Chicago 4, (at) Milwaukee 3

• Chicago stretched its win streak to six games, the longest active streak in the American Hockey League.
• Captain Paul Thompson collected two goals while defenseman Zac Leslie netted the game winner with just 1:47 to play.
• Center Wade Megan accounted for the Wolves’ fourth goal. • Goaltender Oscar Dansk made 30 saves en route to his seventh consecutive win.