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Rockford IceHogs Wednesday, Apr. 7 Chicago Wolves (6-12-1-0) 6 p.m. CST (14-2-0-1) --- --- 13 points BMO Harris Bank Center Rockford, IL 29 points (6th, Central) Game #20, Home #13 Series 0-5-0-0 (1st, Central) WATCH: WIFR 23.2 Antenna TV, AHLTV ICEHOGS AT A GLANCE LISTEN: SportsFan Radio WNTA-AM 1330, IceHogs.com, SportsFanRadio1330.com Overall 6-12-1-0 Streak 0-3-0-0 Home 4-8-0-0 Home Streak 0-1-0-0 LAST GAME: Road 2-4-1-0 Road Streak 0-2-0-0 » Forward Dylan McLaughlin opened the game scoring and Josiah Slavin netted his second goal of OT 0-1 Last 5 1-4-0-0 the season, but the Rockford IceHogs (6-12-1-0) fell to the Chicago Wolves (14-2-0-1) 4-2 at Triphahn Shootout 0-0 Last 10 5-5-0-0 Community Center Ice Arena Saturday night in Game 3 of four consecutive meetings against their in-state rival. ICEHOGS LEADING SCORERS Player Goals Assists Points GAME NOTES Cody Franson 4 10 14 IceHogs Wrap Up Four-Game Series vs. Wolves Dylan McLaughlin 4 8 12 This week, the IceHogs conclude four-straight meetings against their in-state rivals, the Chicago Chris Wilkie 6 5 11 Wolves. The Hogs are 0-3-0 in the series heading into Wednesday night’s rematch and are 0-6-0 in Evan Barratt 4 7 11 the season head-to-head series. The four-game set began on Mar. 27 at Chicago (3-6 L), moved to Rockford on Mar. 28 (4-5 L) and returned to Hoffman Estates, IL on Apr. 3 (2-4 L). 2020-21 RFD vs. CHI SCHEDULE 2/6 vs. CHI 4-5 L 4/7 vs. CHI 6 p.m. Close Calls vs. Chicago 2/9 at CHI 2-5 L 4/17 vs. CHI 6 p.m. If you remove the empty-net goal at Chicago last Saturday (Apr. 3, 2-4 L), four of the six games 2/16 vs. CHI 2-3 L 4/21 at CHI 7 p.m. between the IceHogs and Wolves have been decided by a single goal. The IceHogs are 5-3-1-0 in 3/27 at CHI 3-6 L 5/14 vs. CHI 6 p.m. one-goal games this season. 3/28 vs. CHI 4-5 L 5/15 at CHI 7 p.m. 4/3 at CHI 2-4 L McLaughlin Stays Hot for Hogs: Forward Dylan McLaughlin scored his fourth goal of the season on Saturday at Chicago and has HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES HISTORY points in six of his last seven games (four goals, five assists) including a four-game point streak from Overall at RFD at CHI Mar. 13 to Mar. 22. 07-08 4-4-2-0 4-1-0-0 0-3-2-0 08-09 6-4-0-0 4-1-0-0 2-3-0-0 Slavin’s Pro Career is Off and Running: 09-10 5-4-0-1 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 Appearing in his professional debut on Mar. 28 vs. Chicago, forward Josiah Slavin netted his first 10-11 5-5-0-0 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 professional goal in the third period. The rookie carried the confidence into last Saturday’s rematch, picking up his second tally in just his second pro game. 11-12 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 12-13 6-5-0-1 3-3-0-0 3-2-0-1 Franson Leads the Way 13-14 5-5-0-2 4-1-0-1 1-4-0-1 Defenseman Cody Franson leads the IceHogs with 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) and enters Sat- 14-15 8-3-1-0 4-1-1-0 4-2-0-0 urday’s game at Chicago on a four-game point streak, tied for the longest point streak by an IceHogs 15-16 7-2-3-0 5-0-1-0 2-2-2-0 skater this season. Forwards Reese Johnson and Dylan McLaughlin reached four-game streaks ear- 16-17 4-6-2-0 3-2-1-0 1-4-1-0 lier this year. 17-18 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 18-19 6-5-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-1-1-0 Franson Approaches Points Milestone 19-20 6-2-1-0 3-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 Entering tonight, Franson is one point shy of 400 professional points. Through 886 games in the 20-21 0-6-0-0 0-3-0-0 0-3-0-0 NHL, AHL and KHL, Franson has 91 goals and 308 assists for 399 points. All-Time 74-63-10-4 46-25-3-1 28-38-7-3 Life on the Road 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON In April, the IceHogs spend most of their time away from BMO Harris Bank Center. Six of the next ICEHOGS WOLVES eight contests will be on the road and only five home games remain on the 2020-21 schedule. The 19 .......................Games ................... 17 IceHogs host the Wolves on Apr. 7 and 17, take on Grand Rapids on May 1, see Iowa on May 9 and 54 (2.84) ................GF/Game ............77 (4.53) close the home schedule vs. Chicago on May 14. 74 (3.89) ............... GA/Game ............42 (2.47) 19.1% (13/68) ..........PP (Overall) ......26.8% (19/71) IceHogs Support The Autism Program of Easterseals During #AutismAwarenessMonth 75.0% (18/72) ..........PK (Overall) ......82.1% (14/78) Throughout the month of April, the Rockford IceHogs will honor and celebrate Autism Awareness 7/29 (24.1%) .......... PP (vs. Opp.) .......6/24 (25.0%) Month presented by Lawncare By Walter, Inc. To pay tribute to Autism Awareness, the IceHogs will 6/24 (75.0%) .......... PK (vs. Opp.) .......7/29 (75.9%) showcase special puzzle-piece logos on the ice at BMO Harris Bank Center for the remainder of the 2020-21 RFD LEADING SCORERS VS. CHI 2021 season and host special raffles and auctions through the team’s DASH platform. Player Goals Assists Points Chris Wilkie 2 ................... 4 ...................6 Cody Franson 1 ................... 5 ...................6 ICEHOGS LAST 5 GAMES ICEHOGS NEXT 5 GAMES Day Date Result Day Date Opponent Time Evan Barratt 2 ................... 3 ...................5 Sat. Apr. 3 Rockford 2 at Chicago 4 L Wed. Apr. 7 vs. Chicago 6 p.m. 2020-21 CHI LEADING SCORERS VS. RFD Sun. Mar. 28 Rockford 4 vs. Chicago 5 L Sat. Apr. 10 at Grand Rapids 6 p.m. Player Goals Assists Points Sat. Mar. 27 Rockford 3 at Chicago 6 L Tues. Apr. 13 at Iowa 7 p.m. Tanner Jeannot 4 ................... 4 ...................8 Mon. Mar. 22 Rockford 6 vs. Iowa 1 W Sat. Apr. 17 vs. Chicago 6 p.m. Phil Tomasino 3 ................... 3 ...................6 Sun. Mar. 21 Rockford 3 vs. Iowa 5 L Wed. Apr. 21 at Chicago 7 p.m. Tommy Novak 0 ................... 6 ...................6 2020-21 Rockford IceHogs Roster # Forwards Pos. S Ht. Wt. Date of Birth Birthplace 2019-20 Team GP G A PTS PIM Contract Status Draft 14 Garrett Mitchell RW R 5-11 196 9/2/1991 Regina, SK Rockford, AHL 15 4 2 6 9 AHL VET WSH 6th RD, 2009 (175) Laval, AHL 2 0 0 0 0 Reading, ECHL 40 10 19 29 106 26 Evan Barratt C L 6-0 187 2/18/1999 Bristol, PA Penn. State Univ., NCAA 34 12 22 34 28 NHL R CHI 3rd RD, 2017 (90) 39 Dylan McLaughlin C L 5-11 187 6/5/1995 Lancaster, NY Rockford, AHL 28 2 5 7 6 AHL Indy, ECHL 20 13 11 24 0 42 Gabriel Gagne RW R 6-5 185 11/11/1996 Laval, PQ Rockford, AHL 21 6 6 12 7 AHL OTT 2nd RD, 2015 (36) Ontario, AHL 3 0 1 1 0 Allen, ECHL 36 24 14 38 8 45 Cam Morrison LW L 6-3 209 8/27/1998 Aurora, ON Notre Dame, NCAA 37 13 14 27 8 NHL R COL 2nd RD, 2016 (40) 47 John Quenneville C L 6-1 194 4/16/1996 Edmonton, AB Rockford, AHL 36 13 9 22 31 NHL NJD 1st RD, 2014 (30) Chicago, NHL 9 0 0 0 0 49 Mitchell Fossier LW L 6-0 187 12/21/1996 Alpharetta, GA Univ. of Maine, NCAA 34 10 32 42 12 AHL R 53 Michal Teply RW R 6-3 187 5/27/2001 Havlickuv Brod, CZE Winnipeg, WHL 53 29 34 63 16 NHL R CHI 4th RD, 2019 (105) 57 Chris Wilkie RW R 6-0 190 7/10/1996 Omaha, NE Colorado Coll., NCAA 34 23 8 31 36 AHL R FLA 6th RD, 2015 (162) 59 Mikael Hakkarainen C L 6-0 193 1/26/1998 Helsinki, Finland Indy, ECHL 3 2 2 4 2 NHL R CHI 5thRD, 2018 (139) Rockford, AHL 8 0 0 0 0 61 Chad Yetman RW R 5-11 179 2/18/2000 Ajax, ON Erie, OHL 61 43 31 74 8 AHL R CHI 6th RD, 2020 (172) 67 Matej Chalupa C L 6-1 172 7/26/1998 Praha, CZE HK Hradec Kralove, Czech 50 7 17 24 20 NHL 68 Riley McKay LW L 6-0 203 3/7/1999 Swan River, MB Saksatoon, WHL 62 19 19 38 93 AHL R 73 Brandon Pirri C L 6-1 181 4/10/1991 Toronto, ON Vegas, NHL 16 0 2 2 8 NHL VET CHI 2nd RD, 2009 (59) Chicago, AHL 38 15 20 35 30 76 Tim Söderlund LW L 5-9 163 1/23/1998 Skellefta, Sweden Rockford, AHL 29 1 2 3 14 NHL CHI 4th RD, 2017 (112) Indy, ECHL 7 2 4 6 6 79 D.J.