The Ads (36-11-1-0) host 4th place Rockford (22-21-5-2) tonight. They are only 22 points behind Milwaukee, but are on a 3 game win streak. The Ads are tied with Bakersfield as the only AHL teams to have played 48 games. Hershey, Providence, WBS and San Jose have played the most games, with 53.
Rem Pitlick is playing with Rockford, so he must be part of the dreaded Blackhawks disorganization!
The Ads start Askarov, Stastney, Wilsby, L'Heureux, Parsnip and a big hand for Egor! Kevin Gravel has hit 500 pro games, 1/3 in the NHL. He received a plaque from Harris Turer.
The Ads are wearing Brewers style uniforms with medium blue jerseys and gold socks. McKeown flattened a big guy from the IceHogs. His helmet was spinning across the ice. Hodgson with a tap in for his 4th goal in 4 games. Matier (1) and Egor (22) with the assists less than 3 minutes into the game. IceHogs for Holding as the Ads almost scored again 30 seconds later. The SOG are 7-2 Milwaukee.
Rockford falls down too easily. Kemell just nailed somebody. Foudy outskated two IceHogs coming down the ice. He was in 4th gear and they were in 3rd. Pitlick (12) scored against some passive defense by the Ads. SOG are 11-7 Ads, but the score is tied. The final SOG were 13-12 Ads. Rockford played better after they scored.
Hodgson scored again. I am by the Zamboni tunnel waiting for my ride after period 2. Ads 2-1. Now 3-1. Egor was pushed by the goalie. There were some scraps. Egor and #82 (Pitlick) with 2 minutes for Roughing. No goal, back to 2-1. The SOG were 25-23 IceHogs.
In period 3, Pitlick took down Egor for another penalty. Healey just pushed an Admiral into his own goalie, followed by a cross check and a headlock. Peter Tarnaris was 10 feet away and called nothing. Watch out for former Admirals! The SOG are now 33-26 Ads. Pitlick just scored on a deflection to tie the game. Felhaber is yelling at somebody on the Rockford bench.
Ads called for Offside after ten seconds and three passes in the O-zone. Terrible linesmen tonight. They don't seem to know what is Offside and what in not. Ads turn the puck over and Askarov makes a big save to keep it tied. Rockford scores with 38.5 seconds remaining. The Ads took a TO and pulled Askarov. The IceHogs intercept a pass and score an ENG, making it 4-2.
Milwaukee had won 15 home games in a row going back to Dec 3rd. Now that streak is broken. Two losses in a row for the Ads for only the third time this season.
You have to play all three periods and we need better refs and linesmen in the AHL.