Rockford IceHogs Saturday, Feb. 6 Chicago Wolves (0-0-0-0) 3 p.m. CST (1-0-0-0) --- --- 0 points BMO Harris Bank Center Rockford, IL 2 points (T-2nd, Central) Game #1, Home #1 Season Series 0-0-0-0 (T-1st, Central) WATCH: WIFR 23.2 Antenna TV, AHLTV ICEHOGS AT A GLANCE LISTEN: SportsFan Radio WNTA-AM 1330, IceHogs.com, SportsFanRadio1330.com Overall 0-0-0-0 Streak 0-0-0-0 Home 0-0-0-0 Home Streak 0-0-0-0 LAST GAME: Road 0-0-0-0 Road Streak 0-0-0-0 » When the IceHogs celebrate Opening Day on Feb. 6 vs. Chicago, it will be 336 days since the Ice- OT 0-0 Last 5 0-0-0-0 Hogs last took the ice, a 3-2 OT loss at Chicago on March 8th, before the 2019-20 season closed. Shootout 0-0 Last 10 0-0-0-0 INJURY REPORT: ICEHOGS LEADING SCORERS »N/A Player Goals Assists Points Garrett Mitchell 0 0 0 Cody Franson 0 0 0 GAME NOTES John Quenneville 0 0 0 Hogs Hockey Is Back Matt Tomkins 0 0 0 The Rockford IceHogs celebrate their 22nd season of hockey in the Stateline and their 14th in the American Hockey League during the 2020-21 campaign. 2020-21 RFD vs. CHI SCHEDULE 2/6 vs. CHI 3 p.m. 4/7 vs. CHI 6 p.m. King Ready for Season Two 2/9 at CHI 2 p.m. 4/17 vs. CHI 6 p.m. IceHogs Head Coach Derek King enters his second season behind the bench alongside assistant 2/16 vs. CHI 6 p.m. 4/21 at CHI 7 p.m. coach Anders Sorensen. Last season, King led the IceHogs into the Central Division playoff push and 3/27 at CHI 7 p.m. 5/14 vs. CHI 6 p.m. finished with a record of 29-30-2-2. In 127 as active coach of the IceHogs (including interim in 2018- 3/28 vs. CHI 4 p.m. 5/15 at CHI 7 p.m. 19) King holds an all-time record of 58-58-5-6. 4/3 at CHI 7 p.m. Mitchell Leads the Charge HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES HISTORY Yesterday, the IceHogs announced that veteran forward Garrett Mitchell was named the 13th team Overall at RFD at CHI captain in AHL team history. Defenseman Cody Franson and forward John Quenneville will serve as 07-08 4-4-2-0 4-1-0-0 0-3-2-0 alternate captains for the 2020-21 season. 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 Young Hogs Look to Gain Experience 10-11 5-5-0-0 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 The 2020-21 Opening Night Roster for the IceHogs features 29 players including 16 rookies. Evan Barratt, Isaak Phillips, Cam Morrison, Wyatt Kalynuk, Mitchell Fossier, Michal Teply Chris WIlkie, 11-12 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 Chad Yetman, Cole Moberg, Michael Krutil, Riley McKay, Alec Regula, D.J. Busdeker, Cale Morris and 12-13 6-5-0-1 3-3-0-0 3-2-0-1 Tom Aubrun all look to make their AHL debuts. 13-14 5-5-0-2 4-1-0-1 1-4-0-1 14-15 8-3-1-0 4-1-1-0 4-2-0-0 Next Wave of Blackhawks 15-16 7-2-3-0 5-0-1-0 2-2-2-0 The IceHogs roster features 10 players that were drafted by the Blackhawks from 2016-20 including 16-17 4-6-2-0 3-2-1-0 1-4-1-0 forward Chad Yetman (sixth round, 172 overall) and defensemen Michael Krutil (fourth round, 110 17-18 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 overall) and Isaak Phillips (fifth round, 141 overall) who were selected in this past summer's NHL 18-19 6-5-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-1-1-0 Entry Draft. 19-20 6-2-1-0 3-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 20-21 Hello Old Friend All-Time 74-57-10-4 46-22-3-1 28-35-7-3 The IceHogs 14th AHL season also marks the 14th year of their in-state rivalry with the Chicago Wolves. Last season, the IceHogs raced out to a 5-0-0-0 record vs. CHI, their best start ever and 2019-20 TEAM COMPARISON longest winning streak against the Wolves, before finishing with a 6-2-1-0 head-to-head record. ICEHOGS WOLVES 63 .......................Games ................... 61 Like Father, Like Son 156 (2.48) ...............GF/Game ...........155 (2.54) The Wolves' roster features defenseman D.J. King, son of IceHogs Head Coach Derek King. The 187 (2.97) .............. GA/Game ...........175 (2.87) 20-year-old blueliner begins his rookie season after skating with Saginaw (OHL) last season with 11.4% (29/254) .........PP (Overall) .....19.5% (44/226) current IceHogs forward D.J. Busdeker. 81.7% (38/208) .........PK (Overall) .....81.7% (38/208) 2/36 (5.6%) ........... PP (vs. Opp.) ......10/35 (28.6%) Leaders of the Pack 10/35 (71.4%) ......... PK (vs. Opp.) .......2/36 (94.4%) Forward Jeremy Morin (2010-16) leads the IceHogs all-time against the Wolves with 33 points (15g, 2019-20 RFD LEADING SCORERS VS. CHI 18a) in 37 career games. Forward Brett Sterling leads the Wolves' side with 43 points (18g, 25a) in Player Goals Assists Points 50 career games vs. IceHogs. Dylan Sikura 5 ................... 3 ...................8 Tyler Sikura 4 ................... 3 ...................7 ICEHOGS LAST 5 GAMES ICEHOGS NEXT 5 GAMES Day Date Result Day Date Opponent Time Brandon Hagel 2 ................... 5 ...................7 Sun. Mar. 8 Rockford 2 at Chicago 3 OTL Sat. Feb. 6 vs. Chicago 3 p.m. 2019-20 CHI LEADING SCORERS VS. RFD Sat. Mar. 7 Rockford 0 at Grand Rapids 3 L Tue. Feb. 9 at Chicago 2 p.m. Player Goals Assists Points Fri. Mar. 6 Rockford 4 vs. Grand Rapids 0 W Fri. Feb. 13 at Iowa 6 p.m. Lucas Elvenes 2 ................... 7 ...................9 Sun. Mar. 1 Rockford 0 vs. San Antonio 3 L Tue. Feb. 16 vs. Chicago 6 p.m. Curtis McKenzie 3 ................... 3 ...................6 Fri. Feb. 28 Rockford 5 at Texas 4 W Thu. Feb. 18 vs. Grand Rapids 6 p.m. Dylan Coghlan 4 ................... 1 ...................5 2020-21 Rockford IceHogs Opening Night Roster # Forwards Pos. S Ht. Wt. Date of Birth Birthplace 2019-20 Team GP G A PTS PIM Contract Status Draft 14Garrett 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) 39Dylan McLaughlin C L 5-11 187 6/5/1995 Lancaster, NY Rockford, AHL 28 2 5 7 6 AHL Indy, ECHL 20 1311 24 0 42Gabriel 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 45Cam 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) 47John 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 49Mitchell Fossier LW L 6-0 187 12/21/1996 Alpharetta, GA Univ. of Maine, NCAA 34 10 32 42 12 AHL R 53Michal 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) 57Chris 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) 59Mikael Hakkarainen C L 6-0 194 1/26/1998 Helsinki, Finland Rockford, AHL 8 0 0 0 0 NHL R CHI 5th RD, 2018 (139) Indy, ECHL 3 2 2 4 2 61Chad 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) 67Matej Chalupa C L 6-1 172 7/26/1998 Praha, CZE HK Hradec Kralove, Czech 50 7 17 24 20 NHL 68Riley McKay LW L 6-0 203 3/7/1999 Swan River, MB Saksatoon, WHL 62 191938 93 AHL R 76Tim 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 78Brad Morrison C L 6-0 171 1/4/1997 Prince George, BC Fort Wayne, ECHL 17 6 13 19 4 NHL NYR 4th RD, 2015 (113) 79D.J. Busdeker RW R 5-10 181 9/25/1999 Dexter, MI Sagina, OHL 62223557 28 AHL R 84 Andrei Altybarmakyan RW L 5-11 192 8/4/1998 St. Petersburg, Russia HK Sochi, KHL 49 6 11 17 39 NHL R CHI 3rd RD, 2017 (70) # Defensemen Pos.