Rockford IceHogs Monday, May 10 Chicago Wolves (11-17-1-0) 2 p.m. CST (18-8-1-2) --- --- 23 points Triphahn Ice Arena Hoffman Estates, IL 39 points (6th, Central) Game #30, Road #14 Series 2-6-0-0 (1st, Central) WATCH: WIFR 23.2 Antenna TV, AHLTV ICEHOGS AT A GLANCE LISTEN: SportsFan Radio WNTA-AM 1330, IceHogs.com, SportsFanRadio1330.com Overall 11-17-1-0 Streak 0-2-0-0 Home 7-9-0-0 Home Streak 0-1-0-0 LAST GAME: Road 4-8-1-0 Road Streak 0-1-0-0 » Goaltender Matt Tomkins provided 29 key saves on Mother’s Day, but the Iowa Wild caught OT 3-1 Last 5 2-3-0-0 breaks late in the first period and early in the second for a 2-0 victory over the Rockford IceHogs at Shootout 2-0 Last 10 4-6-0-0 BMO Harris Bank Center Sunday afternoon. ICEHOGS LEADING SCORERS Player Goals Assists Points GAME NOTES Cody Franson 4 11 15 Hogs and Wild Celebrate Mother's Day and Close Season Series\ Dylan McLaughlin 4 9 13 The Rockford IceHogs and Iowa Wild closed their 10-game season series and two-game Mother's Evan Barratt 4 8 12 Day Weekend set at BMO Harris Bank Center on Sunday with the Wild skating away with a 2-0 vic- Chris Wilkie 6 5 11 tory. The IceHogs wrapped up the season series with a 4-5-1-0 head-to-head record. The matchup was the first time the IceHogs have played on Mother’s Day since 2008 in Game 6 of their second- 2020-21 RFD vs. CHI SCHEDULE round Calder Cup Playoff series vs. Chicago (4-3 loss). 2/6 vs. CHI 4-5 L 4/7 vs. CHI 4-3 W 2/9 at CHI 2-5 L 4/17 vs. CHI 4-3 SOW IceHogs Close 2021 Season With Three-Game Series vs. Wolves 2/16 vs. CHI 2-3 L 5/10 at CHI 2 p.m. For the IceHogs, today's showdown in Hoffman Estates begins a three-game set against the Wolves 3/27 at CHI 3-6 L 5/14 vs. CHI 6 p.m. and the final three games of the 2021 season. After today, the Wolves will take on the Grand Rap- 3/28 vs. CHI 4-5 L 5/15 at CHI 7 p.m. ids Griffins on Wednesday in Michigan before wrapping up the season with a home-and-home se- 4/3 at CHI 2-4 L quence against the IceHogs on Friday and Saturday. HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES HISTORY Winner, Winner! Overall at RFD at CHI The IceHogs are winners of their last two contests against the Wolves, earning a pair of 4-3 victories 07-08 4-4-2-0 4-1-0-0 0-3-2-0 at BMO Harris Bank Center on Apr. 7 and Apr. 17 (shootout). IceHogs forward Brandon Pirri regis- 08-09 6-4-0-0 4-1-0-0 2-3-0-0 tered a hat trick against his former club and forward Josiah Slavin added two assists in the first vic- 09-10 5-4-0-1 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 tory and goaltender Ivan Nalimov made 23 saves and stopped both Wolves skaters in the shootout 10-11 5-5-0-0 2-3-0-0 3-2-0-0 to highlight the second triumph. 11-12 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 Close Calls vs. Chicago 12-13 6-5-0-1 3-3-0-0 3-2-0-1 Five of the eight meetings so far in the head-to-head series between the IceHogs and the Wolves 13-14 5-5-0-2 4-1-0-1 1-4-0-1 have been decided by a single goal. The IceHogs are 2-3-0-0 against the Wolves in one-goal games 14-15 8-3-1-0 4-1-1-0 4-2-0-0 this season and 8-5-1-0 overall this year. 15-16 7-2-3-0 5-0-1-0 2-2-2-0 16-17 4-6-2-0 3-2-1-0 1-4-1-0 IceHogs and Wolves Light Up the Special Teams Scoreboard 17-18 6-6-0-0 4-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 Through eight games in the season series, the IceHogs and Wolves have combined for 15 power- 18-19 6-5-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-1-1-0 play goals this season, the most between the IceHogs and any other opponent this season. Rockford 19-20 6-2-1-0 3-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 is shooting at 20% on the man-advantage (7-for-35) against the Wolves while Chicago is 8-for-28 20-21 2-6-0-0 2-3-0-0 0-3-0-0 against the IceHogs (28.6%). Both teams have also struck shorthanded against each other, with All-Time 76-63-10-4 48-25-3-1 28-38-7-3 Chris Wilkie adding a shorthanded goal at Chicago on Feb. 9 and Rem Pitlick netting a shorthanded tally against the IceHogs in the same contest. 2020-21 TEAM COMPARISON ICEHOGS WOLVES Cody Franson Cages the Wolves 29 .......................Games ................... 20 IceHogs veteran defenseman Cody Franson leads the team with seven points (one goal, six assists) 79 (2.72) ................GF/Game ...........115 (3.97) against the Wolves and has three assists against Chicago in his last four games played. Rookies Evan 105 (3.62) .............. GA/Game ............84 (2.90) Barratt and Chris Wilkie are close behind him, each with two goals and four assists for six points. 16.7% (16/96) ..........PP (Overall) .....24.2% (29/120) 76.6% (25/107) .........PK (Overall) .....82.5% (22/126) Not a Fan of Triphahn 7/35 (20%) ............ PP (vs. Opp.) .......8/28 (28.6%) Entering today's showdown, the IceHogs look to snap a three-game road winless skid against the 8/28 (71.4%) .......... PK (vs. Opp.) ........ 7/35 (80%) Wolves at Triphahn Ice Arena. The IceHogs have only been held to one road win against their in- 2020-21 RFD LEADING SCORERS VS. CHI state rivals twice in their history (2013-14, 2016-17) and blanked during their inaugural AHL Season Player Goals Assists Points (0-3-2-0 at Chicago in 2007-08). Cody Franson 1 ................... 6 ...................7 Evan Barratt 2 ................... 4 ...................6 ICEHOGS LAST 5 GAMES ICEHOGS NEXT 5 GAMES Day Date Result Day Date Opponent Time Chris Wilkie 2 ................... 4 ...................6 Sun. May 9 Rockford 0 vs. Iowa 2 L Mon. May 10 at Chicago 2 p.m. 2020-21 CHI LEADING SCORERS VS. RFD Fri. May 7 Rockford 1 at Iowa 6 L Fri. May 14 vs. Chicago 6 p.m. Player Goals Assists Points Mon. May 3 Rockford 3 at Grand Rapids 2 SOW Sat. May 15 at Chicago 7 p.m. Tanner Jeannot 5 ................... 5 ..................10 Sat. May 1 Rockford 3 vs. Grand Rapids 2 W Phil Tomasino 4 ................... 5 ...................9 Wed. Apr. 28 Rockford 2 at Grand Rapids 3 L 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 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.