CHARLOTTE, NC – After a one-sided affair to kick off the series, the Central Division Semifinals took a turn for the dramatic in Game 2, with Chicago squeaking out a 3-2 victory. As expected, the visitors pushed hard right off the bat, breaking through for the first time in the series with a rebound goal early in regulation, followed by a back-and-forth battle for the remainder of the frame. 
The Checkers’ sticks came alive in the middle frame, evening the score on tally from the red-hot Andrew Miller, but the Wolves responded less than two minutes later with another go-ahead strike.
That advantage wouldn’t escape the period, however, as Dennis Robertson caught an eye-popping saucer pass from Danny Kristo and ripped a cannon of a shot to the back of the net to send the game into the third tied at three.
The two squads alternated chances throughout an end-to-end stretch in the final frame, but neither side could pull ahead until the final five minutes of regulation, when Adam Musil wrangled a loose rebound in traffic out front and tucked it just under the crossbar. The Checkers attempted one last rally with an extra attacker, but it was to no avail, and the series now shifts to Chicago deadlocked at one game apiece.
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