Rockford IceHogs (AHL)

Rockford IceHogs
founding	2007
history	Baltimore Bandits 1995 - 1997 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 1997 - 2005 Rockford IceHogs since 2007
Stadion	BMO Harris Bank Center
Location	Rockford , Illinois
Team colors	Red, black, white
league	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
division	Central Division
Head coach	Derek King
Team captain	Kris Versteeg
owner	Rockford MetroCentre City of Rockford
Cooperations	Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL ) Indy Fuel ( ECHL )
Calder cups	no

The Rockford IceHogs are an ice hockey team from the North American American Hockey League (AHL) and are based in Rockford , Illinois . The franchise has been located there since the summer of 2007 and played under the name Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in Cincinnati , Ohio until 2005 .

The team acts as the farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks from the National Hockey League .

history

The franchise was founded in 1995 as Baltimore Bandits , but moved to Cincinnati after two unsuccessful years and was renamed the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks . The Mighty Ducks acted mainly as the farm team of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Detroit Red Wings , but in the summer of 2005 the cooperation agreements with both teams expired and no new agreement could be made with a team from the NHL , so the franchise ceased business.

In March 2007, Rockford MetroCentre bought the dormant franchise and relocated it to Rockford , Illinois . In addition, a cooperation agreement was reached with the Chicago Blackhawks . The team takes the place of the Rockford IceHogs from the United Hockey League , whose naming rights and team logo the Rockford MetroCentre has bought, which is why the AHL team also appears as the Rockford IceHogs.

Trainer

As the first coach in franchise history, Mike Haviland took over the coaching post in 2007 and led the Rockford IceHogs through the premiere season. The team qualified for the play-offs and, after a first-round win against the Houston Eros, reached the second playoff round, in which the IceHogs were defeated in seven games by the eventual Calder Cup winner Chicago Wolves . The following season Haviland took over the position as assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks , as successor Bill Peters was commissioned to lead the team. Peters had previously won the Ed Chynoweth Cup , the championship of the WHL, with the Spokane Chiefs from the Western Hockey League in the 2007/08 season . In the following two seasons they made it into the play-offs, in which the team was eliminated from the competition in the first round. After Peters left the organization of the Blackhawks, his former assistant Ted Dent was promoted to head coach in July 2011.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2007/08	80	44	26th	4th	6th	98	247	231	2nd, west	Victory in the division semi-finals, 4: 1 ( Houston ), defeat in the division final, 3: 4 ( Chicago )
2008/09	80	40	34	0	6th	86	229	220	4th, west	Division semi-finals lost, 4-0 ( Milwaukee )
2009/10	80	44	30th	3	3	94	226	226	3rd, west	Division semi-finals lost, 4-0 ( Texas )
2010/11	80	38	33	4th	5	85	216	245	8th, west	not qualified
2011/12	76	35	32	2	7th	79	207	228	5th, Midwest	not qualified
2012/13	76	42	31	2	1	87	246	225	3rd, Midwest	not qualified
2013/14	76	35	32	5	4th	79	234	262	4th, Midwest	not qualified
2014/15	76	46	23	5	2	99	222	180	2nd, Midwest	Victory in the division semi-finals, 3-0 ( Texas ) defeat in the division final, 1: 4 ( Grand Rapids )
total	624	324	241	25th	34	607	1827	1817		4 playoff appearances 6 series: 2 wins, 4 losses 28 games: 11 wins, 17 losses

Achievements and honors

Club records

Career

	Surname	number
Most games	Jake Dowell	340 (in five seasons)
Most goals	Jeremy Morin	90
Most templates	Brandon Pirri	132
Most of the points	Brandon Pirri	200 (68 goals + 132 assists)
Most penalty minutes	Robin Big Snake	753
Most wins as a goalkeeper	Corey Crawford	75
Most shutouts	Michael Leighton	10

* active player; Status after the 2016/17 season

season

	Surname	number	season
Most goals	Troy Brouwer	35	2007/08
Most templates	Martin St. Pierre	67	2007/08
Most of the points	Martin St. Pierre	88 (21 goals + 67 assists)	2007/08
Most penalty minutes	Kyle Hagel	245	2010/11
Most wins as a goalkeeper	Corey Crawford	29	2007/08

Web links

• Official homepage of the Rockford IceHogs
• Information about the Rockford IceHogs at hockeydb.com