Rockford, IL – The Rockford IceHogs concluded their house stand with a 5-1 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday night time contained in the BMO Middle.
Grand Rapids jumped out to an early lead with two targets within the first eight minutes. AHL main scorer John Leonard was left alone by the close to submit and scored his eleventh of the yr.
Three minutes later, Amadeus Lombardi elevated a backhand shot over the IceHogs’ Stanislav Berezhnoy to double the lead.
The Griffins earned the video games’ first energy play with the Hogs taking a bench minor at 4:33 of the 2nd. On the person benefit, Austin Watson noticed Eduards Tralmaks on the close to aspect who blasted a drive house for the 3-0 lead.
Earlier than the 2nd interval completed, Connor Mylymok bought the BMO crowd going, dropping the mitts and Watson to the ice.
Midway by the third body, GR defenseman William Lagesson let a seeing-eye shot go from the purpose that snuck by for a 4-0 Griffins’ benefit.
With eight minutes remaining, Carson Bantle tacked on the Griffins’ fifth aim from inbetween the hashmarks. On its fourth energy play of the interval, the Hogs man benefit transformed. Gavin Hayes’ shot deflected off of Jamie Engelbert and previous Sebastian Cossa to chop the deficit to 5-1.
