All proceeds to benefit the IceHogs Charitable Foundation
Rockford, Ill.- The Rockford IceHogs hosted their 12th Annual Jersey Auction for charity on Sunday following their game against the Chicago Wolves. IceHogs fans helped the Hogs raise $34,156. The IceHogs and their generous fans have now helped raise $613,759 for charity with the club’s 12 auctions dating back to the 1999-2000 season.
All proceeds from this year’s auction will go to the IceHogs Charitable Foundation. The IceHogs Charitable Foundation will in return, distribute the proceeds to several not-for-profit organizations in the Rock River Valley including, but not limited to MDA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rockford area Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Jr. IceHogs and others.
The following are the jerseys and the amount donated for each jersey. The jerseys are listed in the order in which they were auctioned off.
Winning Bid Player
$ 800 #34 Ivan Vishnevskiy
$ 700 #15 Wade Brookbank
$ 800 #23 Zack Torquato
$ 800 #5 Jassen Cullimore
$ 800 #22 Jeff Taffe
$ 1,000 #20 Mathis Olimb
$ 800 #7 Evan Brophey
$ 800 #33 Hannu Toivonen
$ 1,300 #2 Garnet Exelby
$ 1,100 #3 Dylan Olsen
$ 1,500 #26 Igor Makarov
$ 900 #8 Simon Danis-Pepin
$ 1,100 #27 Brandon Pirri
$ 1,600 #37 Rob Klinkhammer
$ 1,000 #35 Alec Richards
$ 900 #32 Peter LeBlanc
$ 1,200 #18 Brandon Bollig
$ 1,050 #10 Brian Connelly
$ 1,050 #9 Shawn Lalonde
$ 1,200 #19 Jeremy Morin
$ 800 #4 Ryan Stanton
$ 1,400 #12 Kyle Beach
$ 1,400 #21 Ben Smith
$ 2,800 #14 Kyle Hagel
$7,356 Silent Auction/Raffle
$34,156 Total Raised (unofficial total)
Next Home Game: Friday, March 18, vs. Oklahoma City Barons. Puck drop is at 7:05 p.m. The poster series continues. The first 1,000 fans through the doors will receive an IceHogs poster thanks to Comcast.