AHL Playoff Preview: Milwaukee Admirals at Rockford IceHogs with Line Combinations 5/9/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Milwaukee Admirals at Rockford IceHogs with Line Combinations 5/9/2025
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Game 4: Milwaukee Admirals at Rockford IceHogs

Venue: MBO Center
Date: Friday, May 9
Time: 7:00 pm CDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Milwaukee Admirals News & Notes:

The Admirals are right back in the series behind a game three win over the IceHogs. They are averaging three goals per game in this series while allowing 3.7 goals per game. Matthew Murray is posting a 3.38 goals-against average and a .861 save percentage. He stopped 25 of the 27 shots he faced in Wednesday’s win.

Rockford IceHogs News & Notes:

The IceHogs look to finish the series tonight at home against the Admirals. They are averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing two goals per game in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Drew Commesso is now posting a 1.86 goals-against average, a .942 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 22 of the 27 shots he faced. Mitchell Weeks in relief stopped six of the seven shots he faced.

Milwaukee Admirals Projected Lines

Bellows-O’Reilly-Wiesblatt
Kemell-De Leo-Rolston
Mutter-Lucchini-Bjork
Pavel-Marino-De Leo

Ottenbreit-Del Gaizo
Stastney-Livingstone
Friedman-Ufko

Murray
Chrona

Rockford IceHogs Projected Lines

Dach-Guttman-Mayhew
Sanford-Seney-Anderson
Savoie-Thompson-Hayes
Luypen-Cates-Ludwinski

Korchinski-Del Mastro
Fitzgerald-Levshunov
Kuzmin-Allan

Commesso
Weeks

Players To Watch:

Milwaukee Admirals

Kieffer Bellows leads the team in points and goals with four points and three goals. Wiesblatt leads in assists with three. Bellows and Spencer Stastney leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-two.

Rockford IceHogs

Joey Anderson leads the IceHogs in points and goals with six points and four goals. Cole Guttman and Zach Sanford lead Rockford in assists, with each of them having four apiece. Kevin Korchinski leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-seven.

Next Game

Game 5: Sunday, May 11 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena (If Necessary)

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