Unger Sorum Nets OT winner, as Chicago Tops Eagles, 5-4 | Pro Hockey News

LOVELAND, CO – Chicago forward Felix Unger Sorum scored a pair of goals, including the game winner just 56 seconds into overtime, as the Wolves defeated the Colorado Eagles 5-4 on Friday. Eagles forwards Jayson Megna, Tye Felhaber and Alex Barre-Boulet each posted a goal and an assist in the losing effort. Goalkeeper Isak Posch suffered the loss in overtime, allowing five goals on 18 shots. Chicago dominated the special teams battle, going 2-for-3 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

The Wolves would jump on the scoreboard first as they would make up for their only power play of the first period with a wrister from the bottom of the right circle from Unger Sorum. The goal was Unger Sorum’s ninth of the season and put the Wolves in first place 1-0 16:48 into the opening frame. The Eagles would outscore Chicago 15-4 in that period, but went 0-for-3 on the power play and still left trailing 1-0 before the first intermission.

The deficit would be doubled just 4:39 into the second period when Wolves defenseman Dominik Badinka tucked in a rebound to give Chicago a 2-0 lead.

Colorado needed an answer and got one when Megna cleared the puck at center ice before racing down the ice and tucking a wrister past Wolves goalie Cayden Primeau. The tally was Megna’s team-leading 21st of the season and cut Chicago’s lead to 2-1 at 7:30.

The Eagles would then find the equalizer when forward TJ Tynan knocked a rebound into the low slot out of the air and into the back of the net, tying the score at 2-2 with 2:58 left in the middle frame.

Just 2:29 later, a 2-on-1 rush allowed Barre-Boulet to send a shot past Primeau from the bottom of the left wing, giving Colorado a 3-2 lead.

A four-minute double-minor penalty for Valtteri Puustinen would see the Wolves strike again on the power play. A failed clearing attempt landed on the stick of defenseman Domenick Fensore, who lit the lamp with a wrister from the blue line, tying the game at 3-3 just 1:57 into the third period.

Chicago would jump back into the driver’s seat when forward Nikita Pavlychev beat Posch from the low slot through the leg pads, giving the Wolves a 4-3 lead at 12:27 of the final frame.

The Eagles would reverse the momentum as Felhaber camped between the circles before deflecting a centering feed into the back of the net, making the score 4-4 with 5:14 remaining in regulation.

As the game headed to sudden-death overtime, Unger Sorum drove through the left wing before burying a wrist to give Chicago the 5–4 win just 56 seconds into the extra session.

Primeau got the win in net for the Wolves, making 39 saves on 43 shots.