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High On The Hog: The Monsters Playoff Preview

By April 18, 2016

For the Rockford IceHogs, the postseason starts this week. The piggies of Winnebago County finished the season on a positive note and will be facing off with the Lake Erie Monsters in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. I’m going to eschew the normal recaps this week and concern myself with Rockford’s immediate […]

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High On The Hog: Blowout At The BMO

By February 8, 2016

The Rockford IceHogs were atop the AHL’s Central Division going into this weekend’s home and home with the Grand Rapids Griffins. They were coming off an 8-2-1-1 January record and were facing a Griffins team that had dropped five straight. Rockford was recharged following the All-Star break and had the hottest goalie in the league […]

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High On The Hog: Visentin, Vinnie and the (Goto)vets

By January 25, 2016

The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate to the Chicago Blackhawks, are nearing the end of an eight-game home stand. The team has continued to pace the Central Division, going 4-1-0-1 in this current stretch and gaining points in each of its past three games. An otherwise satisfying week was marred with an injury to backup goaltender […]

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High On The Hog: The Not Quite Midseason Review

By January 11, 2016

The IceHogs of Rockford are approaching midseason. Well, not quite. The farmer boys will reach that milestone following this week’s home slate. However, the Hogs had a whole week off from game action and that gave me time to think. As the Hogs only action this week was a victory in DesMoines Sunday, this is […]

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High On The Hog: How The Hogs Continue To Roll

By November 30, 2015

Dang…I hate when Mom gives us all sweaters… The Rockford IceHogs, the Blackhawks AHL affiliate, just finished up play for the month with a tough loss to the Milwaukee Admirals. The Hogs Central Division rival handed Rockford three losses in November. Three of the IceHogs top scorers were called up to Chicago this month and […]

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Midnight In The Garden Of Olives: The Hogs Offseason

By August 3, 2015 0

As the summer continues to slip away from all of us, I thought this would be as good a time as any to update everyone about the doings in Rockford so far this offseason. Obviously, the moves Stan Bowman makes figure heavily into how the IceHogs roster could look come fall. There has been activity […]

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High On The Hog: Up A Pair On The Texas Stars

By sgadmin April 27, 2015 0

The Rockford IceHogs got their quest for the 2015 Calder Cup off to a bang-beat, bell-ringing start down in Texas over the weekend. The Hogs took the first two games of their AHL Western Conference Quarterfinal from the Stars in games on Friday and Saturday. As a result, I’ll be heading to the BMO Harris […]

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Camping with the Kids: Day 5 of Prospect Camp

By kimwrona July 12, 2013 0

The puck dropped for the final time on Blackhawks Prospect Camp at 10:00 this morning for the final scrimmage of the week. With one last chance to show hockey ops and fans what they could do this week, the prospects put on a great show.

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Camping with the Kids: Day 4 of Prospect Camp

By kimwrona July 11, 2013 0

Thursday at Blackhawks Prospect Camp brought the second scrimmage of the week. The White Team was looking to even up the “series” since the Red Team took the 5-4 victory in Wednesday’s scrimmage.

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Camping with the Kids: Day 3 of Prospect Camp

By kimwrona July 10, 2013 0

Day 3 of Blackhawks Prospect Camp brought the first scrimmage of the week at Johnny’s Ice House West. Team A (White jerseys) and Team B (Red jerseys) dropped the puck at roughly 11:30 a.m.