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[Captain Iago]

Bollig with a complete clown move tonight from the bench, but I was entertained.

 

[DewsSox79]

Beach hasn't played for about 2 1/2 months because of a moronic move he pulled in a game trying to pick fights when his team was winning 5-1.

The D core is nothing impressive, the most ready of them is Olsen, and he is with the hawks currently. The rest of the D are young and breaking into the Pro game. Lalonde can be solid, but he's missing a consistent touch.

Salak has just come back from an injury too that kept him out for some time. Hopefully he starts more in net and everyone can get a good look at him, he really didn't get the chance at the beginning of the year with the injury.

thank ya!

 

[icehogfan08]

Bollig with a complete clown move tonight from the bench, but I was entertained.

He replied to me on twitter a few days ago

 

[DMelt36]

Bollig with a complete clown move tonight from the bench, but I was entertained.

Yeah, not too impressed by that. Pirri also got away with a vicious spear that dropped a player from the Wolves. Lucky he didn't get 5, a game, and more on that.

Decently entertaining game tonight, although it seemed to take forever. Brandon Pirri showed off a wicked wrist shot for the game-winning goal. Carter Hutton made some nice saves in net, too. I guess Salak is probably on his way back to the homeland after this season. What an implosion.

 

[DMelt36]

Scotty Bowman was in the house, by the way, along with (I'm assuming) a few other member of the Hawks' staff that I did not recognize. Probably figuring out who's tradeable.

 

[tbo41fan]

Not a Rockford guy but still...

16 Goals and 24 assists for Brandon Saad in the 20 games since the WJC...

2.0 points per game!

Bowman +1 for not trading him for grossman...best move of the trading season so far

 

[DMelt36]

Not a Rockford guy but still...

16 Goals and 24 assists for Brandon Saad in the 20 games since the WJC...

2.0 points per game!

Bowman +1 for not trading him for grossman...best move of the trading season so far

I'm yet to see a player available at this deadline who I'd willing to sacrifice Saad to attain. Kid's going to be an awesome player in the league one day.

 

[tbo41fan]

I'm yet to see a player available at this deadline who I'd willing to sacrifice Saad to attain. Kid's going to be an awesome player in the league one day.

I say next year...

Kane-Toews-Saad
Hossa-2nd line center-Sharp

NASTY!

 

[DMelt36]

At the bottom of this link Chris Block explains why the Rockford and Chicago head coaches were yelling at each other after the 1st period:

Hutton talks contract, Fornataro on new opportunity, Pirri aiming to be a leader and Dent explains MacTavish incident | Puck Chatter / The Third Man In

 

[icehogfan08]

Icehogs on a 3 game win streak with Morin's OT goal against the Wolves. Hutton records his 2nd shutout of the season. Hutton def. improving as the season goes on, big reason why the Hogs have stayed in games.

 

[DewsSox79]

so morin looking good?

 

[icehogfan08]

so morin looking good?

meh, he's typical prospect. He shows signs of being great, then he can go un-noticeable for stretches.

Whats good about this Icehogs team now is they can skate, have some grit, and use each other to get the job done.

 

[icehogfan08]

HEAT BURN HOGS IN SEVEN ROUND SHOOTOUT

Rockford, Ill. – For the third consecutive contest, the Rockford IceHogs needed extra hockey to try and garner a victory and extend their winning streak to four games. But the Abbotsford Heat notched four goals through seven rounds of the shootout to steal the extra point and take a 3-2 win over Rockford on Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bank Center.

Tied at 2-2 after 40 minutes, neither team could convert in the third period or during the five-minute overtime, so for the second time in three games the IceHogs played in a shootout. Each team tallied three goals in the first five rounds with Brandon Pirri, Rostislav Olesz and Marc-Olivier Vallerand scoring for Rockford and Ben Walter, Greg Nemisz and Hugh Jessiman notching markers for Abbotsford.

After a scoreless sixth round, Peter LeBlanc was not able to get one past Danny Taylor in round seven, then Ryan Howse converted for the Heat to give Abbotsford the win. Rockford, however, extended their point streak to four-straight games (3-0-0-1).

Ben Youds got the IceHogs on the board first with a power-play tally at the 10:00 mark of the opening frame. Ben Smith won a faceoff in the Abbotsford zone and got the puck back for Youds to blast in his fourth goal of the season past Taylor to make it a 1-0 game.

Abbotsford came back with a power-play marker of their own to tie the contest at 14:39 of the first. Walter and Clay Wilson set up Howse, who slipped the puck behind Carter Hutton to make it 1-1.

Hutton, who came into tonight’s matchup with 113 minutes and 39 seconds of shutout time in the past two games, broke the IceHogs AHL record for most minutes without allowing a goal. He earned 128:17 of shutout time, topping Antti Niemi’s previous record of 119:55. The IceHogs backstopper turned away 35 Abbotsford shots in the shootout loss.

Just 16 seconds after Howse’s tally, Matt Fornataro regained the lead for Rockford with his seventh goal on the campaign and second in an IceHogs sweater. Shawn Lalonde fed a pass to the winger, who slapped the puck behind Taylor to make it 2-1 in favor of the Hogs. Smith earned his second helper of the night on the play.

At 7:23 of the middle frame, Akim Aliu converted on a breakaway opportunity to even the score again. The winger found himself with the puck at the Heat blue line and skated alone into the Rockford zone. Aliu then sent a shot on goal that Hutton got a piece of, but the puck bounced behind the Rockford netminder and in to make it 2-2.

Rockford went 1-for-5 on the power play while killing four of the five man advantage opportunities for Abbotsford.

Taylor made 31 saves to earn the win.

 

[HawkWriter]

Been hearing a lot about Hutton lately (especially with Salak shitting the bed)...opinion on him? I haven't gotten a chance to really see and focus on him yet.

 

[Capt. Serious]

You think Shawn Lalonde will ever make the NHL?

 

[icehogfan08]

Been hearing a lot about Hutton lately (especially with Salak shitting the bed)...opinion on him? I haven't gotten a chance to really see and focus on him yet.

Hutton is a solid goalie. He keeps the team in games with huge saves. I'm not sure if he can do the same in the NHL but if he can we may have a hidden gem.

 

[icehogfan08]

You think Shawn Lalonde will ever make the NHL?

Id like to see him get a chance. He just needs to find a consistent game and stick to playing it.

 

[tbo41fan]

More Brandon Saad

30G and 38A (68 pts) in 39gp

is a +28



DAMN!!!!!

 

[DewsSox79]

More Brandon Saad

30G and 38A (68 pts) in 39gp

is a +28



DAMN!!!!!

tough to translate that into the NHL. hockeyprospectus might be worth a read on him.

 

[HawkWriter]

More Brandon Saad

30G and 38A (68 pts) in 39gp

is a +28



DAMN!!!!!

Was also named the captain of his team a couple of months ago. All positive stuff for him.