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Hogs Dig out of Another Hole on the Road, Earn a Point in Toronto

February 17, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL) Rockford IceHogs

Toronto, Ont.- Road comebacks have been the norm for the Rockford IceHogs in 2012 and the club nearly pulled themselves out of a 3-0 deficit at the Ricoh Coliseum against the Toronto Marlies.

Rockford, however, couldn't snag the extra point and fell 4-3 in overtime, but are now 4-1-1-1 in 2012 when trailing after two periods on the road.

Jeremy Morin and the IceHogs would get the comeback started late in the second period. Morin picked up a Brian Fahey pass in the final seconds of a penalty kill and fired his tenth goal of the season over the shoulder of Mark Owuya at 18:16 to make it 3-1 at the intermission.

In the third period, Peter LeBlanc closed the gap to 3-2 with his 17th goal of the season. Rostislav Olesz found LeBlanc in front and the center flipped the marker over Owuya at 7:06 to make it a one-goal game.

Morin would then tie the game at 3-3, 12:50 into the final frame in regulation. Olesz fired a pass from the right point in front for Morin to tip past Owuya for his 11th goal of the season.

But in overtime, Joe Colbourn buried a rebound past a sprawled out Alexander Salak off of a Philippe Dupuis shot 2:13 into overtime to deny Rockford the extra point and another come-from-behind victory on the road.

Toronto struck first on Friday in transition. Matt Frattin led a two-on-one break and fed Marcel Mueller who beat Salak for his 12th goal of the season at 9:28 of the opening frame.

That lead was stretched to 2-0 in the second as the Marlies tallied while shorthanded. Ryan Hamilton picked up a pass from Josh Engel and deeked out Salak on a breakaway at 7:05 for his 19th goal of the season.

Moments after a Toronto power play expired later in the second frame, Frattin pushed Rockford into a 3-0 hole. Colborne's shot from the right wing was turned away by Salak, but Frattin cleaned up the rebound for his 12th goal of the season.

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