IceHogs pummel Otters for fourth straight home win
Published on February 6, 2004 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Rockford IceHogs News Release
Rockford, Ill.- It took the Rockford IceHogs 46 games, but they finally earned a one-sided victory. The Hogs knocked off the Missouri River Otters 5-1 on Friday night in front of 3,539 fans at the Rockford MetroCentre winning their first game by more than three goals this season. The win was also a season high fourth straight on home ice for the Hogs.
After a scoreless first period, Rockford used a rapid strike offense to jump on top 2-0, midway through the second period. Winger Kelly Miller skated in all alone on Otters goalie Duane Derksen after a perfect feed from defenseman Gary Ricciardi and made a pretty deeke move at 12:57 to put the Hogs on top 1-0. Then just 1:09 later, Donnie Margettie was set up perfectly by Nathan Lutz to make the contest 2-0.
In the third period the IceHogs would quickly make the game 3-0 as Margettie notched his second marker of the game on a breakaway at 2:50. Missouri would ruin Hogs goalie Ronnie Vogel's shutout bid however, at 9:39 on the power play when Colin Embley buried one past the Hogs puck stopper to make the score 3-1.
The IceHogs would pull away however, as winger Dave Paradise made it 4-1 at 11:37 on a two-on-one break with d-man Bob Nardella. Center Steve Cygan later put the game out of reach after he buried a Paradise rebound at 16:33 to make the score 5-1.
Vogel finished the night with 35 saves and for the third straight game gave up only one goal to pick up the win. Rockford had four players with multi-point games including Lutz (2a), Miller (1g-1a), Margettie (2g) and Paradise (1g-1a).
Next Home Game: Saturday, February 7th vs. Kalamazoo Wings. The puck will drop at 7:05. The first 1,000 fans to the MetroCentre will receive a pair of IceHogs Thunder Sticks courtesy of Metro Medical Services and Q98.5 FM.
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