Delia Delivers Masterful Win on 'Billionaire Strut' Bobblehead Night

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Collin Delia made 27 saves and notched an assist during his "Billionaire Strut" bobblehead night to lead the Rockford IceHogs past the Cleveland Monsters 4-1 at the BMO Harris Bank Center Saturday for their fifth win in their last six games.

The Hogs opened scoring early in the first period when John Quenneville dished a pass to a streaking Dylan Sikura on the power play 3:31 into the frame. Sikura drove down the left wing and slid a sneaky shot between the legs of Monsters netminder Brad Thiessen to give the home squad the 1-0 lead and extend his personal point streak to 10 games.

Rockford doubled that lead 16:27 into the initial stanza when MacKenzie Entwistle showed great patience skating through the slot and fired a shot off the far pad that popped in front of the crease. Brandon Hagel collected the rebound and flipped the puck over Thiessen to make it 2-0.

The Monsters made things interesting with a goal of their own 18:09 into the second period, but Ian McCoshen uncorked a bomb of a one-timer for his first goal of the season 7:19 into the final twenty to restore the IceHogs' two-goal advantage.

McCoshen added an empty-net tally in the waning minutes of regulation to seal the victory for the Hogs, who have now won three in a row and five of their last six.

Delia made several sprawling stops throughout the contest, turning away 27 of 28 shots and assisting on McCoshen's empty-net marker, while Thiessen denied 22 of 25 in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES

• Dylan Sikura scored a power-play goal tonight to extend his career-high point streak to 10 games in which he's tallied 13 points (4g, 9a)...The last time an IceHog registered a point in 10 straight contests was Chris DiDomenico when he compiled 14 points (5g, 9a) across a 10-game streak from March 16-April 6 of 2018.
  
• Lucas Carlsson assisted on Dylan Sikura's goal to extend his own point streak to a career-high six games in which he's totaled eight assists.
• Collin Delia stopped 27 of 28 shots and recorded an assist tonight to earn his fourth win in his last five appearances dating back to Feb. 4.