Brad Larsen scored the winning goal with 48 seconds left in the third period to lift the Chicago Wolves to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks on Friday night at Cincinnati Gardens.
Stephen Weiss and Greg Hawgood also scored for the Wolves, who took over first place in the West Division. Chicago has won six straight games, and has improved to 12-0-1-0 in its last 13.
Kari Lehtonen finished with 41 saves for the Wolves, running his personal winning streak to 11 games.
Pierre Parenteau and Joel Perrault scored goals for Cincinnati, which suffered just its fourth regulation loss in its last 21 games at home (16-4-0-1).
Ilya Bryzgalov, who entered the game with a 0.67 goals-against average in his previous three starts, stopped 17 of the 20 shots he faced in the loss.
Elsewhere on Friday:
Dustin Brown scored the tying goal in the third period and the winning goal in the shootout as Manchester beat Hartford, 2-1… Thomas Vanek registered two goals and two assists in Rochester’s 5-3 win over Albany… Joe Motzko picked up two goals and two assists in Syracuse’s 5-4 shootout loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton… Jamie Storr made 34 saves as Utah posted a 2-1 shootout win over Houston… Antero Niittymaki stopped 23 shots as Philadelphia felled Worcester, 4-2… Martin Wilde had a goal and an assist for Hershey in a 3-2 shootout win at Binghamton… Shane Willis and Justin Kelly each recorded a goal and an assist as Springfield edged Bridgeport, 4-3… Tyler Moss made 36 saves for his 16th career AHL shutout, leading Edmonton past Grand Rapids, 2-0… Chris Madden turned aside 37 shots in Providence’s 2-0 win over Lowell… Adam Munro stopped 19 shots for Norfolk in a 4-0 win over Portland… Joel Kwiatkowski‘s first goal as a Maple Leaf came 2:07 into overtime and gave St. John’s a 4-3 win over Hamilton.
