Border Battle: Round One
March 7, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Rockford IceHogs News Release
Rockford, Ill. - Heading into tonight's game against their Midwest Division foe, the Rockford IceHogs (30-22-5-3) are one spot ahead of the Milwaukee Admirals (25-19-6-6) in the Midwest standings with four more games played. The puck drop at the BMO Harris Bradley Center at 7 p.m. is the front-end of a home-and-home, and will mark the eighth contest between these two teams on the season.
You can tune into tonight's game against the Admirals beginning at 6:30 p.m. with IceHogs Warm Up on Antenna TV 23.2, Comcast channel 436, Charter 970, Mediacom 101 or online at AHLLive.com.
After recording a goal on Tuesday night, his team-leading 22nd of the season, Jeremy Morin extended his point streak to 13 games, tying himself with Spencer Abbott (Toronto Marlies) and Vladislav Namestnikov (Syracuse Crunch) for the longest point streaks in the AHL this season. The Auburn, N.Y. winger has notched 11g-9a-20pts during his hot streak and received the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for February. Morin is tied with Mark McNeill for the team-lead in goals against Milwaukee with three.
Milwaukee is being paced by the rookie combination of center Colton Sissons and left wing Miikka Salomaki. Sissons leads the Ads in goals with 20 while Salomaki tops the team list for assists with 25.
Despite losing three of the first four matchups between the Ads and IceHogs, Rockford has won three straight against Milwaukee. Overall this seas, the IceHogs are 4-3-0-0 against the Admirals and six of the seven games have been decided by two or fewer goals.
Next Game: Saturday, Mar. 8 vs. Milwaukee Admirals: Game time is at 7 p.m. The game is Autism Awareness night at the BMO and Autism Awareness Ribbon Magnets will be handed out. Local singer/songwriter Anthony Billups will be performing live pre-game and during intermissions. Billups is from Rockton, Ill. and is featured on A&E's new reality tv series, Crazy Hearts: Nashville.
American Hockey League Stories from March 7, 2014
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- Griffins Shut Out Wild for Seventh Straight Win - Grand Rapids Griffins
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- Wealin' and O'Neillin' - Manchester Monarchs
- Devils Hold off Pirates 4-3 - Portland Pirates
- Barons Best Bulldogs 2-1 - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Wolf Pack beat Springfield - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Late Surge for Phantoms But Manchester Hangs on 4-2 - Adirondack Phantoms
- Pens Fall to Comets, 2-1, in Shootout - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Strong First Period Propels Amerks to 4-1 Win over Crunch - Rochester Americans
- Bears Snap Skid on First Trip to Norfolk - Hershey Bears
- Sharks See-Saw Past Bruins in Shootout - Worcester Sharks
- P-Bruins Fall to Sharks 5-4 in Shootout - Providence Bruins
- Devils Prevail In Shootout - Albany Devils
- Crunch Bested by Rochester 4-1 - Syracuse Crunch
- Griffins Blank Wild 4-0 - Iowa Wild
- Falcons Drop Divisional Battle to Wolf Pack, 6-2 - Springfield Falcons
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- Heat Sign Knackstedt - Abbotsford Heat
- Eriksson's "Dawn of the Comets" Mask - Utica Comets
- Canucks Recall Nicklas Jensen - Utica Comets
- Kyle Bushee Signs PTO with Comets - Utica Comets
- Gameday: Comets vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Utica Comets
- Comet Tales: Behind Enemy Lines with PL3 - Utica Comets
- Comets Topple Oklahoma City 4-3 in Shootout - Utica Comets
- St. Denis Recalled by Columbus - Springfield Falcons
- Weekend Preview: Games 60, 61 vs. Chicago Wolves - Abbotsford Heat
- Coyotes Recall Gormley from Portland - Portland Pirates
- IceCaps Donate $25,000 to Charities in February - St. John's IceCaps
- Detroit Assigns Pulkkinen - Grand Rapids Griffins
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- Falcons Sign Mike Banwell to PTO - Springfield Falcons
- Portland Pirates Announce Eight Guaranteed Dates for '14-'15 - Portland Pirates
- Sabres Recall Adam, Deslauriers from Amerks - Rochester Americans
- Kuhnhackl and Ruopp Assigned to Nailers - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Pirates Deal with Devils at Home - Portland Pirates
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