Power Play Let Down Costs Hogs Against Mallards
April 18, 2007 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Rockford IceHogs News Release
Moline, Ill.- A popular phrase in professional hockey is "special teams win championships." Well the Rockford IceHogs power play isn't doing them any favors as the Hogs went 0-for-10 on the advantage in rout to a Game Three 3-1 loss to the Quad City Mallards at the MARK of the Quad Cities in the opening round of the Colonial Cup Playoffs. Rockford's power play is now 0-for-22 in a series in which they lead two-games-to-one.
The Mallards drew first blood on the power play in the first period. Center Sean Starke picked up a deflection in front of Frederic Cloutier and chipped it by him for his second postseason goal at 19:03 of the opening frame.
In the second period Quad City tacked another marker to extend its lead to 2-0. Mallards winger Chad Woollard skated end-to-end and slipped his first postseason goal past Cloutier at 11:58. The goal came one-second after a Mallards power play expired.
Quad City struck quickly in the third period to put the IceHogs in a 3-0 hole. Winger Matt Radoslovich picked off a pass in the IceHogs zone and snuck it past Cloutier just :26 second into the final frame. Rockford attempted a comeback and it started with a Nicolas Corbeil goal. Corbeil fired home his second playoff goal past Jason Tapp to ruin his shutout at 12:51.
The IceHogs peppered Tapp with 13 total shots in the third, but came up empty the rest of the way. Tapp made 38 saves in the winning effort while Cloutier turned away 26 in the loss. The loss by Rockford forces a Game Five at the Rockford MetroCentre on Sunday, April 22 at 5:05 p.m.
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