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December 23
FRK SCORES TWICE AS GRIFFINS FLY BY HOGS 5-3
Grand Rapids, Mich. – Martin Frk snapped a 3-3 tie late in the third frame and added an empty netter as the Grand Rapids Griffins collected a 5-3 win over the Rockford IceHogs at the Van Andel Arena on Friday night.
With the score tied up in the third, Kyle Criscuolo found a bouncing puck and pushed it across to Frk. The Griffins winger snapped it past goaltender Lars Johansson for the game deciding strike with 6:35 left to play. Frk went on to add an empty-net tally later in the frame to pick up his second goal, and third point, of the contest.
A back-and-forth first frame saw Rockford crack the scoresheet at 4:31 of the frame. Martin Lundberg fired a shot that sailed just wide of the net, but it bounced off the end boards and skipped off the gloves of a Griffins defenseman before trickling over the goal line. The lead lasted just 25 seconds before Eric Tangradi equalized the contest with a snap shot from the left circle. Before the frame ended, however, Brandon Mashinter deflected a shot from Gustav Forsling over the shoulder of netminder Jared Coreau as the Hogs carried a 2-1 lead into the second stanza.
The second frame was a mirror image of the opening 20 minutes. First, Matthew Ford knocked home a rebound to tie the game at 2-2 with a power play strike at 1:58 of the period. Matt Lorito then opened up a 3-2 lead for the Griffins when he buried a pass from Criscuolo to give Grand Rapids their first lead. This time, it was the IceHogs to quickly evening the score just 24 second later. Tyler Motte took a long pass from Michael Latta and placed the puck just through the pads of Coreau and over line to knot the score at 3-3 heading into the third.
Next Home Game: Saturday, March 25 vs. Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. The IceHogs host Country Night with the first 1,500 fans in attendance receiving a cowboy boot mug, courtesy of Pepsi and Dusty Boots. The Hogs will also host their fourth annual Sock Drive with donations benefitting Project Undershare.
With the score tied up in the third, Kyle Criscuolo found a bouncing puck and pushed it across to Frk. The Griffins winger snapped it past goaltender Lars Johansson for the game deciding strike with 6:35 left to play. Frk went on to add an empty-net tally later in the frame to pick up his second goal, and third point, of the contest.
A back-and-forth first frame saw Rockford crack the scoresheet at 4:31 of the frame. Martin Lundberg fired a shot that sailed just wide of the net, but it bounced off the end boards and skipped off the gloves of a Griffins defenseman before trickling over the goal line. The lead lasted just 25 seconds before Eric Tangradi equalized the contest with a snap shot from the left circle. Before the frame ended, however, Brandon Mashinter deflected a shot from Gustav Forsling over the shoulder of netminder Jared Coreau as the Hogs carried a 2-1 lead into the second stanza.
The second frame was a mirror image of the opening 20 minutes. First, Matthew Ford knocked home a rebound to tie the game at 2-2 with a power play strike at 1:58 of the period. Matt Lorito then opened up a 3-2 lead for the Griffins when he buried a pass from Criscuolo to give Grand Rapids their first lead. This time, it was the IceHogs to quickly evening the score just 24 second later. Tyler Motte took a long pass from Michael Latta and placed the puck just through the pads of Coreau and over line to knot the score at 3-3 heading into the third.
Next Home Game: Saturday, March 25 vs. Grand Rapids, 7 p.m. The IceHogs host Country Night with the first 1,500 fans in attendance receiving a cowboy boot mug, courtesy of Pepsi and Dusty Boots. The Hogs will also host their fourth annual Sock Drive with donations benefitting Project Undershare.
