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09-26-2009, 12:19 PM
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HOGS SCORE FOUR STRAIGHT, WIN 4-2 IN PEORIA
Hogs now 4-1-0-0 in preseason play against Peoria
09/25/2009
Peoria, Ill.– It looked like it might be a bad night for the Rockford IceHogs after giving up two goals in the first six minutes of their preseason game Friday against the Peoria Rivermen, but the Hogs rallied with to take the game 4-2.
Peoria's Adam Cracknell found the back of the net from assists by Lars Eller and Chris Moorehouse just 42 seconds into the game. Then Jason Ryznar put the puck past rookie goalie Alec Richards at 5:25 with assists from Danny Richmond and Jack Combs to double Peoria's lead.
But then the IceHogs settled down in front of Richards.
Rockford's Bracken Kearns shot one into the cage at 7:11 with a helper from Derek Nesbitt to make the score 2-1 after one.
In the second frame, Justin Hodgman tipped in a shot from the point by Simon Danis-Pepin at 19:32 to even the score at two. Bryan Ewing also had an assist.
And then Akim Aliu capped it off when he beat Hannu Toivonen between the legs off of a solid pass from Nathan Davis. Derek Nesbitt added an empty-net goal at 19:09 assisted by Cullen.
Toivonen had 36 saves in the game, while Richards finished with 28 saves. The Hogs were 0-for-4 on the power play, while holding Peoria 0-for-3 on the advantage.
http://icehogs.com/news/index.html?article_id=1679
HOGS SCORE FOUR STRAIGHT, WIN 4-2 IN PEORIA
Hogs now 4-1-0-0 in preseason play against Peoria
09/25/2009
Peoria, Ill.– It looked like it might be a bad night for the Rockford IceHogs after giving up two goals in the first six minutes of their preseason game Friday against the Peoria Rivermen, but the Hogs rallied with to take the game 4-2.
Peoria's Adam Cracknell found the back of the net from assists by Lars Eller and Chris Moorehouse just 42 seconds into the game. Then Jason Ryznar put the puck past rookie goalie Alec Richards at 5:25 with assists from Danny Richmond and Jack Combs to double Peoria's lead.
But then the IceHogs settled down in front of Richards.
Rockford's Bracken Kearns shot one into the cage at 7:11 with a helper from Derek Nesbitt to make the score 2-1 after one.
In the second frame, Justin Hodgman tipped in a shot from the point by Simon Danis-Pepin at 19:32 to even the score at two. Bryan Ewing also had an assist.
And then Akim Aliu capped it off when he beat Hannu Toivonen between the legs off of a solid pass from Nathan Davis. Derek Nesbitt added an empty-net goal at 19:09 assisted by Cullen.
Toivonen had 36 saves in the game, while Richards finished with 28 saves. The Hogs were 0-for-4 on the power play, while holding Peoria 0-for-3 on the advantage.