Rockford IceHogs Friday, May 14 Chicago Wolves (11-18-1-0) 6 p.m. CST (20-8-1-2) --- --- 23 points BMO Harris Bank Center Rockford, IL 43 points (6th, Central) Game #31, Road #17 Series 2-7-0-0 (1st, Central) WATCH: WIFR 23.2 Antenna TV, AHLTV ICEHOGS AT A GLANCE LISTEN: SportsFan Radio WNTA-AM 1330, IceHogs.com, SportsFanRadio1330.com Overall 11-18-1-0 Streak 0-3-0-0 Home 7-9-0-0 Home Streak 0-1-0-0 LAST GAME: Road 4-9-1-0 Road Streak 0-2-0-0 » Forward Brandon Pirri scored twice, defenseman Isaak Phillips added two assists and the Rock- OT 3-1 Last 5 2-3-0-0 ford IceHogs nearly erased a four-goal deficit with a thrilling third-period push, but the Chicago Shootout 2-0 Last 10 4-6-0-0 Wolves held on for a 6-5 victory at Triphahn Community Center Ice Arena Monday afternoon. ICEHOGS LEADING SCORERS Player Goals Assists Points GAME NOTES Dylan McLaughlin 7 13 20 IceHogs and Wolves Close 2021 Season Together Cody Franson 4 13 17 The Rockford IceHogs wrap up their 11-game season series and a three-game mini series against Evan Barratt 5 9 14 the Chicago Wolves this week with a home-and-home set against their in-state rivals starting to- Chris Wilkie 8 5 13 night, Friday, May 14 at 6:00 p.m. at BMO Harris Bank Center and Saturday, May 15 at 7:00 p.m. at Triphahn Center Ice Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL. The IceHogs opened this week’s three-game 2020-21 RFD vs. CHI SCHEDULE series on Monday, falling 6-5 in Hoffman Estates. In the head-to-head series, the IceHogs are 2-7-0-0 2/6 vs. CHI 4-5 L 4/7 vs. CHI 4-3 W against the Central-Division leading Wolves. 2/9 at CHI 2-5 L 4/17 vs. CHI 4-3 SOW 2/16 vs. CHI 2-3 L 5/10 at CHI 5-6 L Last Shot Wins: Hogs and Wolves Combine for 11 Goals 3/27 at CHI 3-6 L 5/14 vs. CHI 6 p.m. The IceHogs and Wolves combined for 11 goals on Monday in the 6-5 showdown in Hoffman Es- 3/28 vs. CHI 4-5 L 5/15 at CHI 7 p.m. tates, the second-highest overall goal total for the IceHogs this season and the second-most goals 4/3 at CHI 2-4 L the IceHogs have scored in a game this year. The IceHogs and Grand Rapids Griffins combined for 13 goals on Mar. 3 at Rockford (9-3 loss) and the Hogs defeated the Iowa Wild 6-1 on Mar. 22. The win HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES HISTORY over the Wild marked the largest margin of victory for the IceHogs (five goals) since their 7-2 victory Overall at RFD at CHI on Dec. 9, 2018 at Grand Rapids and the most goals they have scored since their 7-6 shootout loss 07-08 4-4-2-0 4-1-0-0 0-3-2-0 at Texas on Nov. 23, 2019. 08-09 6-4-0-0 4-1-0-0 2-3-0-0 09-10 5-4-0-1 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 IceHogs and Wolves Light Up the Special Teams Scoreboard 10-11 5-5-0-0 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 Through nine games in the season series, the IceHogs and Wolves have combined for 16 power-play goals this season, the most between the IceHogs and any other opponent this season. Rockford 11-12 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 is shooting at 21.1% on the man-advantage (8-for-38) against the Wolves while Chicago is 8-for- 12-13 6-5-0-1 3-3-0-0 3-2-0-1 30 against the IceHogs (26.7%). The IceHogs registered season-high three power-play goal games 13-14 5-5-0-2 4-1-0-1 1-4-0-1 against the Wolves on Feb. 6 at Rockford (3-for-6) and Mar. 28 at Rockford (3-for-5). 14-15 8-3-1-0 4-1-1-0 4-2-0-0 15-16 7-2-3-0 5-0-1-0 2-2-2-0 Both teams have also struck shorthanded against each other, with Chris Wilkie adding a shorthand- 16-17 4-6-2-0 3-2-1-0 1-4-1-0 ed goal at Chicago on Feb. 9 and Rem Pitlick netting a shorthanded tally against the IceHogs in the 17-18 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 same contest. 18-19 6-5-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-1-1-0 19-20 6-2-1-0 3-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 Pirri Continues to Add to All-Time Points Mark 20-21 2-7-0-0 2-3-0-0 0-4-0-0 With two goals on Monday at Chicago, forward Brandon Pirri continues to inch toward the IceHogs’ All-Time 76-64-10-4 48-25-3-1 28-39-7-3 all-time goal scoring mark set by Jeremy Morin with 90 goals. The Toronto, Ontario, native regis- tered his seventh and eighth goals of the season and his 75th and 76th career IceHogs markers in 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON just seven games played with the club. Pirri is the IceHogs’ all-time leading scorer with 210 points ICEHOGS WOLVES (76 goals, 134 assists) in 245 games played. 30 .......................Games ................... 31 84 (2.80) ................GF/Game ...........128 (4.13) Wolves Capture Sam Pollock Trophy as Central Champs 111 (3.70) .............. GA/Game ............89 (2.87) With an impressive 7-0 win at Grand Rapids on Wednesday night, the high-flying offense of the 17.2% (17/99) ..........PP (Overall) .....24.6% (32/130) Chicago Wolves helped capture the Sam Pollock Trophy as the Central Division champions for the 77.1% (25/109) .........PK (Overall) .....82.6% (23/132) 2020-21 season. For the Wolves, the feat is their ninth division title in their 20 AHL seasons. Forward 8/38 (21.1%) .......... PP (vs. Opp.) .......8/30 (26.7%) David Cotton led the Wolves with a hat trick and a four-point game (three goals, one assist), forward 8/30 (73.3%) .......... PK (vs. Opp.) .......8/38 (78.9%) Phil Tomasino added three assists and goaltender Beck Warm stopped all 35 Griffins shots for his 2020-21 RFD LEADING SCORERS VS. CHI second shutout of the season. Player Goals Assists Points Chris Wilkie 3 ................... 4 ...................7 D.J. Busdeker 1 ................... 6 ...................7 ICEHOGS LAST 5 GAMES ICEHOGS NEXT 5 GAMES Day Date Result Day Date Opponent Time Cody Franson 1 ................... 6 ...................7 Mon. May 10 Rockford 5 at Chicago 6 L Fri. May 14 vs. Chicago 6 p.m. 2020-21 CHI LEADING SCORERS VS. RFD Sun. May 9 Rockford 0 vs. Iowa 2 L Sat. May 15 at Chicago 7 p.m. Player Goals Assists Points Fri. May 7 Rockford 1 at Iowa 6 L Phil Tomasino 5 ................... 6 ..................11 Mon. May 3 Rockford 3 at Grand Rapids 2 SOW Tanner Jeannot 5 ................... 5 ..................10 Sat. May 1 Rockford 3 vs. Grand Rapids 2 W Tommy Novak 1 ................... 6 ...................7 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 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.