Rockford, IL - In front of a beaming crowd, the Rockford IceHogs bounced back from a quiet 1st period to take down the Manitoba Moose 2-0.

The defensive units came out to play to open the game. The IceHogs and Moose each had a handful of chances bottled up by the other's defense. Arvid Söderblom made 9 saves in the 1st, while Manitoba's Domenic DiVincentiis stopped 4. 

The most notable action of the first was IceHogs rookie Sacha Boisvert dropping the gloves for the first time in his AHL career. Boisvert went back and forth with Manitoba's Noah Gregor to earn himself a 5-minute major penalty. It was a scoreless game inside the BMO Center heading into the first intermission.

Momentum shifted just over five minutes into the 2nd. In the offensive zone, Connor Mackey took a slap shot from the left dot that deflected high and wide of Manitoba's net. Marek Vanacker located the puck behind the net and dished it right back to Mackey, who came in hard towards the net. Mackey got to his backhand and flipped the puck up and in past DiVincentiis for the first goal of his IceHogs career. The IceHogs took that 1-0 lead all the way through the end of the period. 

A quiet first half of the 3rd was quickly broken up by the IceHogs power play. At the 12:17 mark, the IceHogs got to work on a man advantage. 

Jiri Felcman came skating down into the offensive zone past the blue line and dumped a pass to Dominic Toninato, who had prime real estate on the right side of Manitoba's net. Toninato's initial attempt was jammed by DiVincentiis' left blocker, before a second effort gave Toninato his 4th goal of the season. 

The IceHogs took a 2-0 lead, which they held until the final horn. Rockford secured back-to-back home wins for the first time this season, and Söderblom earned the game's first star with a 22-save shutout. 

More action in the BMO Center is on the horizon, as the IceHogs host the Chicago Wolves on Tuesday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. You can purchase tickets for Tuesday's game at icehogs.com