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High-flying Leivo, Wolves chew out 4-3 OT win over Manitoba Moose

CHICAGO — Josh Leivo buried the game winner with three seconds left in overtime and the Chicago Wolves notched a 4-3 win over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League action on Friday.

CHICAGO — Josh Leivo buried the game winner with three seconds left in overtime and the Chicago Wolves notched a 4-3 win over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League action on Friday. 

The extra-time goal was Leivo's second of the game, coming after he opened the scoring 5:39 into the first period and added an assist in the third. 

Jamieson Rees, with a goal and an assist, and Andrew Poturalski rounded out the scoring for Chicago (38-11-10). 

Mikey Essyimont scored and notched a pair of helpers for Manitoba (33-18-6), while Jeff Malott contributed one of each and C.J. Seuss tallied his eighth of the season.

Wolves goalie Alex Lyon made 27 saves and Evan Cormier stopped 24-of-28 shots for the Moose. 

Manitoba went 2 for 6 on the man advantage and Chicago went 1 for 2. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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