Chicago Wolves Complete Road Trip, Edge Admirals 4-3 in School-Day Game

Chicago Wolves defenseman Juuso Välimäki opened the scoring and Ronan Seeley extended a four-game goal streak, but it was Cayden Primeau’s 24 saves and a late stand that sealed a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Admirals in the Herbert’s Best School Day Game at historic Panther Arena on March 3, 2026. The victory wrapped up the Wolves’ three-game road trip and handed Milwaukee a heartbreaker in front of a morning crowd.

The school-day start was a storyline all game; Wolves center Nikita Pavlychev said the 10:30 a.m. puck drop put a premium on readiness. “It came down to the team that was going to be more ready to play,” Pavlychev said. “These morning games are always tough but we were ahead of it. We always try to come in and take care of our business.” Pavlychev also praised teammate Noah Philp on his second-period set up: “Philp set me up pretty well,” Pavlychev said. “He had both defensemen and the goalie cheating to the far side so there wasn’t much for me to do there besides getting it on net.”

Chicago struck first when Välimäki put the Wolves in front; Chicago’s recap lists the goal at 6:34 elapsed with assists to Nikita Pavlychev and Aleksi Heimosalmi, while Milwaukee’s recap recorded the marker at 8:21 of the first period and a different season total for the defenseman. Reid Schaefer answered for Milwaukee with a shorthanded tally later in the period; after a crisp feed from Fedor Svechkov, Schaefer’s initial shot was deflected, but he stayed with the play, collected his own rebound, and redirected it off Wolves defender Felix Unger Sorum to complete the shorthanded finish. Schaefer’s goal extended his red-hot streak to nine goals in his last nine games.

Bradley Nadeau pushed Chicago back in front at 18:35 of the first, camping between the circles and wiring a one-timer off a Ryan Suzuki feed for what the Wolves credited as his team-leading 23rd goal. In the second period Ryder Rolston tied it for Milwaukee on a rebound finish after a breakaway chance, then Pavlychev reclaimed the lead for Chicago with a goal in the final 90 seconds of the period; Chicago’s play-by-play describes Noah Philp threading a board-to-circle pass and Pavlychev ripping a shot past a lunging Matt Murray for his 10th of the season.

Seeley made it 4-2 early in the third with a left-circle wrist shot, and the defenseman’s goal streak reached four games on the play credited with helpers to Pavlychev and Yanick Turcotte. Fedor Svechkov pulled the Admirals within one with 2:22 remaining, but Milwaukee’s late rally came up just short and the Wolves held the one-goal margin.

Primeau earned the win for Chicago; the Wolves listed the outing as his 12th consecutive triumph. Matt Murray took the loss for Milwaukee and was credited with 17 saves in the Admirals’ recap. Milwaukee’s notes add that the club is 2-1-1-0 in its last four games and will continue its key six-game homestand with three contests remaining; the Admirals’ next scheduled game is against the San Jose Barracuda on March 6, while the Wolves are next scheduled to play at Texas on March 7.

Team recaps and the automated scoring sheet used slightly different clock notations and season tallies in a few spots — notably the time and listed season total on Välimäki’s first-period goal and a minor second-period clock discrepancy on Pavlychev’s marker — and those differences are reflected in the competing team summaries.