The Wolve unproductive for a West Division playoff berth.

The Wolve unproductive for a West Division playoff berth, are running as a pack down the AHL strain

They won their fifth straight game Wednesday night with a 7-3 tumultuous crowd of the San Antonio Rampage before a surprised Allstate Arena fill to excess of 5,528.

The Wolve are six points behind the idle fourth-place Omaha Knights for the fourth and final AHL Western discourse playoff spot, and three behind fifth-place Iowa with nine regular-season games left

"We're excessively much aware of our situation," said Ramzi Abid, who had sum of two units goals along with defenseman Francis Lessard. "We're playing with desperation, knowing we have to win just about each game."

It was an emotional night for Lessard, who not alone just missed the hat trick, moreover won a fight with San Antonio's Dewayne Zinger.

"I'll take the goals any time to help this team," Lessard said. "I can fight any time."

Abid scored his first goal just 3:20 into the game to start the revelry

The Wolve (30-30-3-8) scored five unanswered goals in the next to the first period, including Lessard's within 50 inferiors of each other.

Justin Morrison also scored in the inferior period, the 10th goal in his last 14 struggle to defends and 19th for the season. Scott Barney hit his 27th goal and Travis Roche his seventh before Jeff Taffe scored past Michael Garnett for the hapless Rampage (21-45-2-4)

Abid was vot the Wolves' in the greatest degree Valuable Player at last week's banquet for a team-high 67 points and 30 goals.

"It was a surprise," said Abid, who was up with the Atlanta Thrashers at the time. "It means a destiny coming from my teammates."

It was Anderson's 401st coaching victory with the Wolve

"The first was 3-0 at Manitoba," he said of 1997 "[Goalie] Wendell Young gave me the robin good-fellow I don't know why. It was his shutout."

jgoddard@suntimes.com

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