At 8:12 a.m. from the opening period, a pair of griffin penalties within 14 seconds of each other granted the Icehogs 1:36 of a 5 against 3. However, the Grand Rapids penalty game was held, keeping Rockford out of the table early. The two teams exchanged another penalty, but came empty -handed, coming out of the first frame knotted at zero.
At just 4:50 am in the second period, the icehogs struck the first when a gift to Center Ice allowed Rockford to skate in zone 2-sur 1 of griffins and Gavin Hayes took advantage of it. Then, at 9:07 am, Zach Sanford extended the advance of the icehogs to two when he sent a pass in front Sebastian Cossa who diverted in the line. With 5:39 to play in the second, Dominik Shine A exception is an exception, undergoing a double minor penalty. However, the killing unit of Grand Rapids has survived the elongated call. The scratches came a few centimeters from the head cut with 1:46 to do when Dry sheldon Stole the washer for a chance to escape, but attracted Quasso blocked it.
A huge fight at the end of the second period led to 13 different penalties between the two teams, including the ejections for Shai Buium And Anton Johnasson. The icehogs ended up with a power game opportunity to open the third frame. The scratches killed the penalty, but Rockford scored his third goal in the competition at 7:53 am when Cavan Fitzgerald sent a rebound at the back of the net. With 7:47 to play, Grand Rapids won a power game and barely 18 seconds later, Lombardi hid a blow in front of the Commesso blocker at the top of the left circle, putting the griffins on the board late. Grand Rapids pulled Cossa with 2:33 to do in the hope of a return, but at 5:43 pm, Jalen Himpen took advantage of the empty net and the griffins fell 4-1.
Notes
- The scratches finished 7-5-0-0 in their regular season series against Rockford.
Chest
Large rapids 0 0 1 – 1
Rockford 0 2 2 – 4
1st period – no score. Festorings -Seney RFD (trigger), 1:02; Dry gr (interference), 7:48; Watson Gr (Slashing), 8:12; Brandsegg-Nygård GR (Holding), 14:25; Fitzgerald RFD (Slashing), 14:38; Allan RFD (Burning), 16:43.
2nd period 1, Rockford, Hayes 5 (Seney, Anderson), 4:50. 2, Rockford, Sanford 19 (Mayhew, Fitzgerald), 9:07. Slashing-Slavy GR (Slashing), 0:15; Seney RFD (Interference of the goalkeeper), 12:21; Shine GR (Antisported Driving, Crossed Verification), 14:21; Watson Gr (scrambling), 17:35; Seney RFD (draft), 17:35; Buium GR (Fample of play – Leaving the bench), 8:00 p.m.; Dries GR (Slashing), 8:00 p.m.; Johansson GR (Fample of the game – Leaving the bench), 8:00 p.m.; Shine GR (jamming, jamming, fault – continuous altercation), 8:00 p.m.; Watson GR (Brouhing, fault – Antactive driving), 8:00 p.m.; Commerso RFD (Slashing), 8:00 p.m.; Sanford RFD (Roudhing, Roughing, Fges – Continuous Altercation), 8:00 p.m.; SENEY RFD (Fample of the game – Leaving the bench), 8:00 p.m.
3rd period-3, Rockford, Fitzgerald 8 (Luipen, Thompson), 7:53. 4, Grand Rapids, Lombardi 19 (Sandinin-Pellikka, Snively), 12:31 (pp). 5, Rockford, LuiPen 8 (Räty, Ludwinski), 17:43 (en). Gutttman RFD (Slashing) penalties, 12:13.
Shots on goal rapids 10-7-6-23. Rockford 8-11-13-32.
Power-Grand Rapids 1/5 game opportunities; Rockford 0/7.
Rapids-Grand-Grand-Grand, COSSA 21-15-5 (31 Shots-28 Save). Rockford, Commer 18-15-4 (23 Shots-22 Save).
A-5.954
Three stars
1. RFD Fitzgerald (goal, assistance); 2.RFD COMESO (W, 22 SAVE); 3. RFD Aidan Thompson (first professional point)
Save / Next game
Grand Rapids: 36-29-4-2 (78 pts.) / Sat., April 19 at Iowa 7 p.m.
Rockford: 31-32-6-2 (70 pts.) / Sat., April 19 in Chicago 7 p.m.
Photo by Jenna Spanola / Icehogs
