MILWAUKEE – Matt Murray stopped a season-high 43 shots and Kieffer Bellows scored a pair of goals to lead the Admirals to a 4-1 win over the Wolves on Friday night.

Ryan Ufko and Ozzy Wiesblatt also lit the lamp for the Ads, who snapped Chicago’s six-game winning streak in the process.

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Murray made 29 saves over the final two periods and backstopped the Admirals to a perfect 4-for-4 performance on the penalty kill. It was the eighth win of the season for Murray, who has allowed just one goal in four of his past five starts.

The Admirals jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period, courtesy of goals from Bellows and Ufko. Bellows notched his team-leading 11th goal of the season at 11:25 of the opening frame when he collected the rebound of a Fedor Svechkov goal and slid it five-hole past Spencer Martin.

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Ufko lit the lamp with just 57 seconds remaining in the first, scoring his second power-play marker of the season. The play started when Ozzy Wiesblatt carried the puck along the Chicago blueline and then fired a shot that Ufko deflected past Martin.

After a scoreless second period, Bellows got his second of the game at the 6:55 mark of the final period when he poked a loose puck ahead at the Ads’ blueline, skated in alone on Martin and reached the puck around the Wolves’ goalie as he was being hauled to the ground.

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Chicago’s Ronan Seeley spoiled Murray’s shutout bid when he scored on a one-timer with 1:06 to play before Wiesblatt iced things for Milwaukee with an empty-netter, his sixth goal of the season.

The Admirals and Wolves get right back at it as they wrap-up their home-and-home set on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Allstate Arena. Milwaukee’s next home game is Monday, Dec. 30.

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee firefighters battled a house fire on the city’s south side on Friday morning, Dec. 27.

The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. near 7th and Lincoln.

Milwaukee fire officials say flames were found in the rear cottage of the residents. 

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All people in the home managed to get out safety. 

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) – A Milwaukee tow truck driver who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve, has now been identified and the suspect made an appearance in court today.

39-year-old Christopher Sponholz is charged with felony hit-and-run involving death.

He was also ticketed for failing to notify police about the accident.

Prosecutors say Sponholz was estimated to be driving 80 miles per hour when he allegedly struck 40-year-old Hussain Farhat on interstate 94 in Waukesha county.

Sponholz then allegedly fled the scene.

Farhat was loading a disabled car at the time of the accident.

According to a criminal complaint, Sponholz told friends he thought he hit a deer.

A hit-and-run conviction can bring a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.

The bond for Sponholz has been set for $750,000.

He’s due back in court on Feb. 5.

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