Game Preview: IceHogs Wrap Up Weekend With A Visit To Milwaukee

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Rockford, Il.- The Rockford IceHogs conclude their three games in three days stretch with a visit to Milwaukee to take on the Admirals at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Both the IceHogs and Admirals are coming off of losses on Saturday night.

AA Extends Point Streak- Andreas Athanasiou extended his point streak to five games when he set up Joey Anderson for the first goal of the game last night against Grand Rapids. Athanasiou has recorded ten points in his last ten games and has six multi-point games in 20 games with Rockford this season. The speedy forward now has 21 points (10G, 11A) with the IceHogs.

2024-25 Records:
Rockford- 25-26-5-1, 56 points (5th Central Division)
Milwaukee - 30-19-4-6, 70 points (2nd Central Division)

Doing Time- Rockford spent plenty of time killing penalties last night against Grand Rapids. The IceHogs took six penalties throughout the contest and had to try and kill off three sperate 5-on-3 power-plays for the Griffins. All three of the Griffins goals came on the power-play, two of which came with a two-man advantage. Grand Rapids' three power-play goals ended Rockford's stretch of killing off eleven consecutive penalties. The IceHogs have been called for six infractions in each of the last two games.

Scouting The Admirals- The Milwaukee Admirals fell to the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-2 last night in Milwaukee. The Admirals went 0/4 on the power-play and 0/1 on the penalty-kill against Hartford. The Ad's lead the season series against Rockford with a 5-1-0-2 record and won the last meeting by a 3-1 score. Four of the eight matchups have gone to overtime including the last time the two teams met in Milwaukee. Cal O'Reilly has the most points against Rockford among active skaters for the Ad's while Cole Guttman has seven points in eight games against Milwaukee this season. Drew Commesso has only started two games against the Admirals this season and has a 1-1 record.

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2024-25 Head-To-Head Matchups:
Oct. 18 vs Milwaukee 7 p.m. L 3-6
Oct. 19 @ Milwaukee 6 p.m. L 2-5
Nov. 30 @ Milwaukee 6 p.m. L 2-3
Dec. 15 vs. Milwaukee 4 p.m. W 2-1 SO
Jan. 12 vs. Milwaukee 4 p.m. W 5-0
Jan 22. @ Milwaukee 7 p.m. L 4-5 OT
Feb. 1 vs. Milwaukee 7 p.m. W 5-4 SO
Feb. 11 vs. Milwaukee 7 p.m. L 1-3
Mar. 16 @ Milwaukee 3 p.m.
Apr. 13 @ Milwaukee 3 p.m.