It’s been a long summer for the IceHogs and their fans after the team missed the playoffs by a mere 2 points to the Milwaukee Admirals in 2012-13. The Hogs finished 9th in the Western Conference with a record of 42-31-2-1 (87 points). The roster turnover will be noticeable this year for Rockford, which is different from last season where the majority of the team was the same from the year before.
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Morning Links 5/9/13
Must be relentless: Chicago Tribune
Building Block Win: CSN CHICAGO
I really wanna know how much that jet costs: Verdi
This is Insane: MNWILD
Easy to see the talent gap:Star Tribune
Round and Round: CSN CHICAGO
Two Playoff games in nine years appears to be all: CBC
Scum down to the wire as told to us by Larry Horse’s favorite writer: Det Free Press
Scum Jr. on the brink too: LaTimes (AP)
Oh well…..CBC
The Right Move: CTV
Its time for Handshakes at Home!!!!
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Morning Links 5/3/13
Zeus adds chemistry: (Comcast Chicago)
Cooler heads must prevail: (Daily Herald)
Backstrom doubtful: (Twincities.com)
Emery and Bolland out: (ESPN)
Ticket prices to rise 30 percent: (Chicago Tribune)
Needless to say, I hope Lars Eller is ok: (TSN)
Don Cherry is still old and needs to go away: (Toronto Sun)
Hmmmm:(Chicago Tribune)
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Morning Links 5/1/13
Full Recap: (AP)
Whew…(CTA)
Good, Bad and Ugly: (HockeeNight)
Holy Mother of God that was fun: (Chicago Tribune)
The good Ottawa boy is clutch: (Comcast Chicago)
Niklas Backstrom hurt: (PuckDaddy)
Harding played his ass off: (Minny Star Tribune)
Parise and Suter must lead for the Wild to succeed: (CBC)
Scum Jr. takes a 1-0 lead on the Kings: (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Grinding out wins on the first night: (TSN)
As Crosby turns: (SPORTSNET AP)
People with more talent than me explain the history of the chalice:(Visual Capitalist)
Remember where we all come from: (SPORTSNET)
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Pigs In Zen: So Close, Yet So Far
This was it. Week 28 in the AHL schedule. The IceHogs had 2 games left in their schedule and they needed all 4 points to keep their playoff hopes alive. They weren’t in complete control of their own destiny though—they needed the Milwaukee Admirals to lose just one, measly game in order for Rockford to make their first playoff appearance since 2009-10. Only half of the plan worked.
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Pigs In Zen: Playoff Pushes Are Stressful
The Rockford IceHogs had another big week on tap for week 27 of the AHL schedule. Every point remained precious as they continued their playoff push.
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Pigs in Zen: The Twists and Turns of a Playoff Push
The IceHogs needed to keep on racking up the points in their games in week 25 and Tuesday of week 26 in order to maintain the pace of the Western Conference points race. During this four game homestand, they needed to take at least 6 of 8 points, but they only got half of the available points.
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Pigs In Zen: Almost Perfect Road Trip Leaves Hogs In A Four Way Tie
Week 24 of the AHL’s schedule had Rockford playing back-to-back games against the Abbotsford Heat in British Columbia. These two teams are a part of the AHL’s insane fight for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, and that fight got even crazier once the weekend was over.
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Pigs In Zen: Mo' Goals, Mo' Wins, Mo' Points
The IceHogs continued their playoff push in week 23 of the AHL schedule as they faced Midwest Division teams for three consecutive nights over the weekend. They started and ended the weekend with the Chicago Wolves and a contest against the Peoria Rivermen was in the middle of that.
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Pigs In Zen: Mo’ Goals, Mo’ Wins, Mo’ Points
The IceHogs continued their playoff push in week 23 of the AHL schedule as they faced Midwest Division teams for three consecutive nights over the weekend. They started and ended the weekend with the Chicago Wolves and a contest against the Peoria Rivermen was in the middle of that.