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Rockford IceHogs Saturday, Apr. 24 IOWA WILD (8-14-1-0) 6 p.m. CST (12-10-4-0) --- --- 17 points Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA 28 points (6th, Central) Game #24, Road #10 Series 3-3-1-0 (4th, Central) WATCH: WIFR 23.2 Antenna TV, AHLTV ICEHOGS AT A GLANCE LISTEN: SportsFan Radio WNTA-AM 1330, IceHogs.com, SportsFanRadio1330.com Overall 8-14-1-0 Streak 0-1-0-0 Home 6-8-0-0 Home Streak 2-0-0-0 LAST GAME: Road 2-6-1-0 Road Streak 0-4-0-0 » The IceHogs opened the scoring for the sixth consecutive game and grabbed goals from forwards OT 3-1 Last 5 2-3-0-0 Chris Wilkie and Garrett Mitchell, but the Iowa Wild fought back from two one-goal deficits to claim Shootout 1-0 Last 10 4-6-0-0 a 3-2 win at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines last night. ICEHOGS LEADING SCORERS GAME NOTES Player Goals Assists Points IceHogs Close Back-to-Back Set at Iowa Tonight Cody Franson 4 11 15 The IceHogs close their fifth of seven back-to-back sets this season tonight at Iowa. In Game 1, the Dylan McLaughlin 4 9 13 IceHogs hold a record of 1-4-0 of the back-to-back and a 3-1-0 record in the second contest. After Evan Barratt 4 8 12 tonight, the IceHogs have two more back-to-backs on the schedule: May 9-10 vs. Iowa and at Chi- Chris Wilkie 7 5 12 cago, May 14-15 vs. Chicago and at Chicago MacKenzie Entwistle 4 5 9 2020-21 RFD vs. IA SCHEDULE First Goal Frenzy Continues for IceHogs 2/13 at IA 2-3 OTL 4/13 at IA 1-4 L The IceHogs have opened the game scoring in each of the last six contests and in seven of the last eight games. With each game-opening goal scored by the IceHogs, Meijer donates $50 to Rock 3/6 at RFD 3-2 W 4/23 at IA 2-3 L House Kids and this season’s total is currently at $550! The IceHogs are 4-6-1-0 when scoring the 3/7 at RFD 4-3 OTW 4/24 at IA 6 p.m. games opening goal. 3/21 at RFD 3-5 L 5/7 at IA 7 p.m. 3/22 at RFD 6-1 W 5/9 at RFD 4 p.m. Defend Home Ice In the head-to-head series between the IceHogs and Wild this season, the home team has become HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES HISTORY the dominate club. The IceHogs are 3-1-0 against the Wild at BMO Harris Bank Center while the Overall at RFD at IA Wild are 3-0-0 against the IceHogs so far this year at Wells Fargo Arena. All-time, the IceHogs are 13-14 6-3-0-1 3-1-0-1 3-2-0-0 21-10-3-3 against the Wild in Rockford and 17-17-2-0 in Des Moines. 14-15 6-2-0-0 3-1-0-0 3-1-0-0 15-16 9-1-1-1 4-0-1-1 5-1-0-0 Wild Extend Home Winning Streak Over the IceHogs 16-17 2-6-2-0 1-3-1-0 1-3-1-0 Last night's 3-2 win over the IceHogs extended the Wild's home winning streak over their Central 17-18 7-4-1-0 3-2-1-0 4-2-0-0 Division rivals to nine games. The IceHogs are 0-8-1-0 against the Wild over that nine-game stretch 18-19 4-5-0-1 3-1-0-1 1-4-0-0 with their last victory at Wells Fargo Arena coming on Nov. 4, 2018, 4-2. Forward Jacob Nilsson 19-20 1-3-0-0 1-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 scored the game-winning goal and netminder Anton Forsberg made 31 saves in the victory. 20-21 3-3-1-0 3-1-0-0 0-2-1-0 The IceHogs have only been able to score nine goals in Des Moines during this nine-game run and All-Time 38-27-5-3 21-10-3-3 17-17-2-0 have been shutout three times (all during the 2018-19 season). 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON ICEHOGS WILD Gicewicz Makes Professional Debut 23 .......................Games ................... 26 Forward Carson Gicewicz made his professional debut for the IceHogs after signing with the club 65 (2.83) ................GF/Game ............80 (3.08) on April 15. The 6-foot-3, 212-pound forward agreed to terms on an AHL contract with the Ice- 87 (3.78) ............... GA/Game ............93 (3.58) Hogs through the 2022-21 season after helping the University of Massachusetts capturing their first 16.7% (13/78) ..........PP (Overall) .....14.7% (15/202) NCAA championship in program history on April 10. Gicewicz led the Minutemen with 17 goals and 74.7% (21/83) ..........PK (Overall) .....80.2% (22/111) was tied for third with 24 points in 28 games. 3/22 (13.6%) .......... PP (vs. Opp.) .......5/25 (20.0%) 5/25 (80.0%) .......... PK (vs. Opp.) .......3/22 (86.4%) Gicewicz Joins Growing List of IceHogs Firsts With his professional debut last night, Gicewicz became the 16th IceHogs player to make his pro- 2020-21 RFD LEADING SCORERS VS. IA fessional or North American debut this season and the 12th to make his professional debut after Player Goals Assists Points coming out of the college or junior ranks. Against the Wild last night, the Orchard Park, New York, Nicolas Beaudin 2 ................... 4 ...................6 native registered one shot and hit the goal post in the second period. Cody Franson 3 ................... 2 ...................5 Reese Johnson 2 ................... 3 ...................5 2020-21 IA LEADING SCORERS VS. RFD Player Goals Assists Points Gabriel Dumont 3 ................... 4 ...................7 Mason Shaw 2 ................... 5 ...................7 ICEHOGS LAST 5 GAMES ICEHOGS NEXT 5 GAMES Gerry Mayhew 5 ................... 1 ...................6 Day Date Result Day Date Opponent Time Fri. Apr. 23 Rockford 2 at Iowa 3 L Sat. Apr. 24 at Iowa 6 p.m. Sat. Apr. 17 Rockford 4 vs. Chicago 3 SOW Wed. Apr. 28 at Grand Rapids 6 p.m. Tues. Apr. 13 Rockford 1 at Iowa 4 L Sat. May 1 vs. Grand Rapids 6 p.m. Wed. Apr. 7 Rockford 4 vs. Chicago 3 W Mon. May 3 at Grand Rapids 6 p.m. Sat. Apr. 3 Rockford 2 at Chicago 4 L Fri. May 7 at Iowa 7 p.m. 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 15 Carson Gicewicz C R 6-3 212 3/4/1997 Orchard Park, NY St. Lawrence Univ., NCAA 2 0 0 0 2 AHL R 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) 52 Reese Johnson RW R 6-1 193 7/10/1998 Saskatoon, SK Rockford, AHL 52 4 4 8 63 NHL 58 MacKenzie Entwistle RW R 6-4 183 7/14/1999 Mississauga, ON Rockford, AHL 56 11 15 26 38 NHL ARI 3rd RD, 2017 (69) 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) 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.