Rockford, IL. – The Rockford IceHogs finished a sweep of the Chicago Wolves on Friday night with a 5-0 win inside the BMO Center. Rockford advances to the 2nd-Round of the Calder Cup Playoffs to take on the Milwaukee Admirals.
The IceHogs came out flying in the 1st period, hitting a post in the opening minute and then finding the back of the net just 1:56. Joey Anderson tapped in a Dmitri Kuzmin pass from the blue line and slid the puck past Chicago’s Spencer Martin.
Rockford built the lead to 2-0 less than four minutes later after an extended offensive zone shift. Zach Sanford spotted Kevin Korchinski streaking towards the back post and the defenseman served the pass into an empty net.
