AHL Playoff Preview: Rockford IceHogs at Milwaukee Admirals with Line Combinations 5/3/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Rockford IceHogs at Milwaukee Admirals with Line Combinations 5/3/2025
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Game 2: Rockford IceHogs at Milwaukee Admirals

Venue: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Date: Saturday, May 3
Time: 6:00 pm CDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Rockford IceHogs News & Notes:

The IceHogs stole game one with an overtime win on Thursday night. They are averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing one goal per game in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Drew Commesso is now posting a 0.95 goals-against average and a .969 save percentage with a shutout in three games of the playoffs.

Milwaukee Admirals News & Notes:

The Admirals suffered a 3-2 overtime loss in game one and will look to even the series before heading on the road. Matthew Murray stopped 25 of the 28 shots he faced in game one.

Rockford IceHogs Projected Lines

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

Korchinski-Del Mastro
Fitzgerald-Levshunov
Kuzmin-Allan

Commesso
Weeks

Milwaukee Admirals Projected Lines

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

Ottenbreit-Ufko
Stastney-Livingstone
Friedman-Prokop


Murray
Chrona

Players To Watch:

Rockford IceHogs

Cole Guttman leads the IceHogs in points and assists through the first three games of the Calder Cup Playoffs with four points on four assists. Gerry Mayhew leads the team in goals with two. Guttman and Mayhew lead the team in plus/minus as both are plus-five.

Milwaukee Admirals

Six Admirals recorded a point in game one. Cal O’Reilly and Fedor Svechkov each scored goals in Thursday’s loss. Mark Friedman, Joakim Kemell, Spencer Statsney, and Ozzy Wiesblatt each recorded assists. Statsney, Svechkov, Wiesblatt, Keifer Bellows, and Jake Livingstone are all plus-one.

Next Game

Game 3: Wednesday, May 7 at BMO Center

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