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Chops fall in Rockford Friday; Iowa returns home Saturday

January 23, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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Led by an efficient offense with two goals in each period, the Rockford IceHogs defeated the Iowa Chops in Rockford on Friday night, 6-2.After both teams stalled on the power play to begin the game, the IceHogs got on the scoreboard first thanks to some effective forechecking that saw the puck squirt out front to a wide open Dan Bertram, who hammered a one-timer past David LeNeveu for a 1-0 lead. The Chops would answer right back just a few minutes later as Ryan Donally took a bouncing puck across the blueline and fired shot low to the glove side past IceHogs goaltender Corey Crawford. Francis Wathier and Logan Stephenson assisted on the play for the Chops. However, a late power play by the 'Hogs netted their second goal as a slapshot from the top of the left circle by Adam Pineault, squeezed between the legs of Chops goaltender David LeNeveu. The Iowa Chops outshot the IceHogs 14-9 in the opening period. The 2nd period began with the IceHogs on the attack. After a David LeNeveu save, the Chops failed to control the bouncing rebound and Adam Hobson picked up the loose puck and lifted it over the group of players in front for a 3-1 Rockford lead. The IceHogs increased the lead to 4-1 as leading scorer Pascal Pelletier took a Chops turnover in their own zone at the blueline, streaked in from left side and slid the puck underneath LeNeveu for the three goal lead.

When all looked lost, the Chops rebounded to make it 4-2 with just more than a minute remaining as TJ Trevelyan took an open ice pass from Brennan Evans and raced in down the left wing, firing a slapshot over the glove of Corey Crawford to cut the lead to two goals at the end of two periods. Brendan Mikkelson, fresh off a return from the Anaheim Ducks also assisted on Trevelyan's goal. The Chops got a power play in the 3rd period to try and climb back into the game, but a shorthanded goal by Jake Dowell, was stopped by LeNeveu on a breakaway, but banged home his own rebound gave the 'Hogs a 5-2 lead. One more goal by Pete MacArthur fresh off the bench made it 6-2 and any hopes of a comeback were squashed for the night as Rockford snapped a three-game losing streak against Iowa.

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