Pack closer: Wednesday notes

Chris Mueller tied it late, then won it short-handed to give Hartford a 3-2 series lead going back to the XL Center. The Wolf Pack took a too-many-men penalty at 11:13 of overtime. Mueller scored 26 seconds later. Game 6 is Friday. Steve Oleksy had a couple of assists for Hershey.

Oklahoma City evened up its series with Utica with a 7-4 win at home in Game 4; Darnell Nurse had three assists in his Barons season debut. Rockford got on the board against Grand Rapids in Game 3 at home with a 4-1 win (of course Teemu Pulkkinen scored the Griffins’ goal). Stephen Johns had a goal and an assist for the IceHogs, who scored the opening goal short-handed 25 seconds into a Cody Bass first-period major. Both Western series continue Thursday.

Of course the World Championship quarterfinals are Thursday, too, with the Americans starting it off (9 a.m., NBCSN).

And RIP, Bill Guthridge.

Michael Fornabaio