Four different players collected multiple points as the Wolves scored three times in a span of 2:59 late in the first period and posted a 4-1 victory over the Houston Aeros at the Allstate Arena on Wednesday night. The Wolves, whose 37 wins are one more than last year’s squad posted all season, received two assists each from Niko Dimitrakos, Darren Haydar and Jason Krog plus a goal and an assist from Jordan LaVallee. Goalie Michael Garnett made 35 saves, winning his second straight decision.
– Roy Makaay scored the quickest goal in European Champions League history, 11 seconds in, to help Bayern Munich advance past Real Madrid into the quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory. Manchester United, AC Milan and PSV Eindhoven also reached the final eight, joining Chelsea, Liverpool, AS Roma and Valencia. . . . Kristine Lilly got her 118th international goal on a penalty kick and Carli Lloyd also scored to lead the U.S. over China 2-1 in the Americans’ opener at the Algarve Cup in Silves, Portugal . . . An American consortium is in takeover talks with Coventry City, a club that currently plays one division below the English Premier League.
– Four-time champions Martin Buser and Jeff King breezed through the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint and snatched the lead from Lance Markey in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
– Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel tied Charlie Whittingham’s Santa Anita record for career victories when he saddled Les Grand Trois to his 869th win in the $50,800 Mister Frisky feature.
