TEXAS-ROCKFORD WEST DIVISION SEMIFINAL PLAYOFF PREVIEW

Rockford, Ill.- The Rockford IceHogs begin their quest for the Calder Cup against the Texas Stars on Friday night in Cedar Park, Tex. The Stars have home ice advantage for the best-of-seven series. The following is a West Division Semifinals preview of the IceHogs-Stars series.

Game	Date	Location	Time (CDT)	Season Ticket To Use
Game 1	Friday, April 16	at Texas	7:30 p.m.
Game 2	Saturday, April 17	at Texas	7 p.m.
Game 3	Wednesday, April 21	at Rockford	7:05 p.m.	Ticket “A”
Game 4	Friday, April 23	at Rockford	7:05 p.m.	Ticket “B”
*Game 5	Saturday., April 24	at Rockford	7:05 p.m.	Ticket “C”
*Game 6	Monday, April 26	at Texas	7:30 p.m.
*Game 7	Tuesday, April 27	at Texas	7:30 p.m.

*-If Necessary


2009-10 Stars-IceHogs Season Results:
Fri., Nov. 13 Texas 4 at Rockford 0
Wed., Nov. 18 Texas 3 at Rockford 1
Sat., Nov. 21 Texas 4 at Rockford 3
Fri., Dec. 11 Rockford 2 at Texas 4
Sat., Dec. 12 Rockford 3 at Texas 2
Fri., March 5 Rockford 3 at Texas 4 OT
Sat., March 20 Texas 2 at Rockford 0
Fri., April 9 Rockford 5 at Texas 1

Rockford	Overall Comparison	Texas
44-30-3-3	Record	46-27-3-4
94	Points	99
3rd-West	Place	2nd-West
2.83 (19h)	Goals/Game	2.98 (12th)
2.83 (T-11th)	Goals Against/Game	2.48 (T-2nd)
17.44 (14th)	PIMs/Game	13.91 (27th)
15.2% (24th)	Power Play	19.1% (9th)
83.3% (10th)	Penalty Kill	86.4% (2nd)

Rockford		Regular Season Leaders		Texas
Mark Cullen	53	Points	58	Aaron Gagnon
Kyle Greentree	25	Goals	27	Aaron Gagnon
Bracken Kearns	36	Assists	33	Perttu Lindgren
Danny Richmond	166	PIMs	155	Luke Gazdic
Richard Petiot	+20	Plus/Minus	+19	Aaron Gagnon
Corey Crawford	25	Wins	21	Matt Climie
Joe Fallon	2.64	Goals Against Average	1.83	Brent Krahn
Joe Fallon	.912	Save Percentage	.945	Brent Krahn

Rockford		Regular Season Leaders vs.		Texas
Mark Cullen	9	Points	10	Travis Morin
Mark Cullen	4	Goals	4	Warren Peters
Mark Cullen	5	Assists	9	Travis Morin
Jake Dowell	17	PIMs	15	Raymond Sawada
Ryan Flinn	+2	Plus/Minus	+8	Mathieu Beaudoin
Dan Cloutier, Corey Crawford	1	Wins	4	Brent Krahn
Dan Cloutier	2.00	Goals Against Average	0.99	Brent Krahn
Dan Cloutier	.905	Save Percentage	.971	Brent Krahn

Rockford	Team vs. Team	Texas
2	Wins	6
17	Goals	24
36	Assists	43
53	Points	67
-44	Plus/Minus	+47
164	PIMs	126
17.1% (6-35)	Power Play	9.1% (3-33)
90.1% (30-33)	Penalty Kill	82.9% (29-35)

IceHogs Playoff History

Appearances: 7
AHL Appearances: 2
Last Appearance: Lost 4-0 (best-of-seven) vs. Milwaukee (2008-09)
All-Time Record: 31-30
Home Record: 20-9 (Last, 1-4 L vs. Milwaukee on 4/21/09)
Road Record: 11-21 (Last, 1-3 L at Milwaukee on 4/18/09)
Overtime Games: 2-5 (Last, 0-1 2OTL vs. Houston on 4/19/08)
Playoff Series Win: 6 (Last, 4-1 vs. Houston, Calder Cup Division Semifinals 2008)
Championships: 1 (2007 Colonial Cup)

For more information on the IceHogs West Division Semifinals match-up against Texas, contact the IceHogs at (815) 986-6465.