Former Chicago Wolves goaltender Ville Husso stopped all 26 shots he faced to lead the San Antonio Rampage to a 3-0 victory over the Wolves on Friday night at AT&T Center.
San Antonio (3-0-0-0) received power-play goals from Nathan Walker and Derrick Pouliot in the first two periods and made them stand up.
Elmhurst native Garret Sparks (0-1-0) stopped 24 of 26 shots in his Wolves debut. Chicago (0-2-0-0) earned six power-play opportunities, including a pair of 5-on-3 chances, but couldn’t convert them.
The Rampage opened the scoring at 10:42 of the first period when Walker took advantage of the team’s first power play. His give-and-go with Klim Kostin found him alone behind the defense and Walker steered the puck past Sparks.
Pouliot gave San Antonio a 2-0 lead at 3:25 of the second period as he corralled a loose puck, skated into the slot and fired a wrister top-shelf.
Wolves head coach Rocky Thompson pulled Sparks with 3:25 left for an extra attacker, but San Antonio stemmed Chicago’s rally and Walker produced an empty-net goal with 1:31 to play.
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