AHL Rockford IceHogs

Hogs End Season on High Note

Published on April 21, 2014 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rockford IceHogs News Release


Entering Friday night, the IceHogs were hanging onto playoff hopes by a thread. Rockford needed to win their final two games, unfortunately the Wolves got the bette of them in a 5-3 loss Friday. The two teams were tied at 3-3 heading into the final frame, but the IceHogs couldn't tally late. Saturday saw the IceHogs offense and power play explode. The PP"ˆunit tied a franchise record for most PP goals in a game with five. In the end, Rockford skated off the ice and ended the season with a 7-3 victory.

Week 29 Results

Friday, Apr. 18: Chicago 5 vs. Rockford 3

Saturday, Apr. 19: Charlotte 3 vs. Rockford 7

Bacon Bits:

-For the first time in franchise history a defenseman (Adam Clendening) paced the club in scoring

-Clendening tied Jeremy Rebek's all-time mark for most points by a defenseman in a single season with 59 points (12g-47a) in 74 games

-With five power play goals in Saturday's win, Rockford's special teams unit tied an all-time single game record for most power play goals in a game.

-The feat has been accomplished two other times, in an 8-3 win against San Antonio on Nov. 11, 2007 and on Mar. 14, 2007 vs. Quad City in an 8-1 victory

-Rookie forward Ryan Hartman closed out the 2013-14 campaign with three goals in the last two games and points in three of his last four contests (3g-2a)

-Hartman joined the IceHogs following his junior season and registered seven points (3g-4a) in nine games with Rockford

-Defenseman Klas Dahlbeck finished in the top 15 in the AHL with a plus/minus rating of +21

-Rookie forward Alex Broadhurst finished 14th in the AHL in scoring among rookies with 45 points (16g-29a)

-The rating set an new all-time mark for the IceHogs, breaking Richard Petiot's +20 during the 2009-10 season

-In 38 home games this season 182,540 came out to the BMO Harris Bank Center to watch the IceHogs, breaking the team's record which was set during the 2010-11 season (174,418)

-The club averaged 4,804 fans at each game, also breaking the IceHogs highest average attendance record for a season, set last season (4,560)

-Rockford had a team record of 10 sellouts and 18 times had a crowd of over 5,000 fans

-Finishing ninth in the Western Conference and four points out of a playoff spot, the IceHogs (35-32-5-4) failed to qualify for the Calder Cup Playoffs for the fourth-straight season

-The team, however, finished above .500 for the 10th straight campaign

-Rockford ranked 10th in the AHL in scoring, tallying 234 goals or 3.08 goals per game

-The IceHogs finished the season as the second best shootout team in the league, converting 39.5%, but also were last in the league giving up shootout goals 42.1% of the time

Hot Hog: Week 29

Right Wing, Ryan Hartman

Forward Ryan Hartman closed out the 2013-14 season with a bang. The 19-year-old recorded his first career multi-point game against the Chicago Wolves on Friday. Then, the West Dundee, Ill. native notched his first career multi-goal game in Rockford's 7-3 thrashing of Charlotte on Saturday. Hartman joined the IceHogs following his season with the Plymouth Whalers (OHL) and registered seven points (3g-4a) in nine games for Rockford.

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Teams Record Points

Chicago 7-4-0-1 15

Rockford 5-5-0-2 12

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