In Grizzlys Wolfsburg's first CHL game, they had a 1-0 lead into the third period but Frolunda Gothenburg came back to win 2-1. Read more in Gamecentre. 

Frolunda Gothenburg began defence of their CHL crown the hard way, falling behind early in Wolfsburg and waiting until the third period to finally score twice and salvage a 2-1 win. For the Grizzlys and especially for goaltender Sebastian Vogl, it was an admirable CHL debut.

“We played a decent game,” assessed Wolfsburg coach Pavel Gross. “It was quite an equal game the whole time and I really appreciate our team play. We made almost no mistakes the first 50 minutes. We had some dangerous scoring chances but next time we should create more of them and, of course, score from them. Frolunda has a really good team and didn't give us anything for free.” 

After a scoreless first period, in which Frolunda had an 11-5 edge in shots, Gerrit Fauser opened the scoring for Wolfsburg early in the second on a big rebound. And after that, Frolunda tried and tried, but Wolfsburg held them off for the rest of the period, much to the delight of their fans. 

In the third period, Frolunda finally broke through and scored twice in a 2:23 span – first Casey Wellman in his first game as an Indian, and then Victor Olofsson on a beautiful deflection. In the last minute, Carl Grundstrom nearly put the game away with an empty-netter but hit the goalpost from inside the crease. That gave Wolfsburg a chance to call a timeout and have one more chance, but 2-1 is how it ended.

"I'm satisfied with the win, we were playing a good team here, but the performance was far from good," Frolunda coach Roger Ronnberg said afterward. "Obviously it was our first game in the CHL this season but we have to play better next time."