IceHogs Can't Find the Mark, Fall 5-1 in Iowa

Des Moines, IA. – The Rockford IceHogs fell to the Iowa Wild 5-1 on Tuesday night inside Wells Fargo Arena. The Hogs and Wild will meet three more times in the month of December.

5:26 into the game, Iowa struck first to open the scoring. Michael Milne’s shot from a sharp angle was turned away by Mitchell Weeks, but the rebound was put home by Caedan Bankier.

Iowa extended the lead 2-0 six minutes into the period. Travis Boyd skated down the right and his rebound off the pad popped right to Matthew Sop.

After the IceHogs killed off a full four minutes of penalty time, the Wild stole the momentum back with another rebound goal. Hunter Haight’s 8^th goal of the year pushed the score to 3-0.

While on the power play, Iowa converted thanks to Liam Ohgren’s shot from the left circle.

Rockford scored its first and only goal on the man-advantage to cut the deficit to 4-1. Brett Seney netted his 4^th of the year from the slot, with Cole Guttman and Gerry Mayhew collecting assists. Ohgren tacked on an empty-net goal for the final 5-1 score.

The IceHogs are back in action Friday, December 20^th when the Hogs travel to take on the Moose for a 7:00pm CT puck drop.

The BMO Center hosts the Hogs again on Friday, December 27^th. Rockford takes on Iowa for a “Screw City Night” and a youth jersey giveaway! Click here for tickets.

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