The Rockford juggernaut is rolling into the Western Conference Finals.
The IceHogs completed their second consecutive series sweep with a 6-3 win over the Manitoba Moose at BMO Harris Bank Center on Friday night, their seventh straight victory to begin the postseason.
Cody Franson scored two of Rockford’s four power-play goals in Game 4, Chris DiDomenico recorded a goal and two assists and Carl Dahlstromscored the go-ahead goal early in the second period after the teams were tied at 2-2 through 20 minutes.
Victor Edjsell scored on a penalty shot, his fifth goal in the last five games for the IceHogs.
🚨PENALTY SHOT ALERT🚨
Victor Ejdsell with the @goicehogs goal! #MBvsRFD pic.twitter.com/UEDYwmrxmR
— AHL (@TheAHL) May 12, 2018
Collin Delia (7-0) made 35 saves in the win, improving to 17-1-2 in his last 20 decisions overall.
Julian Melchiori notched a goal and an assist for the Moose, who could not match Rockford’s special teams in the series. The IceHogs finished 8-for-22 (36.4 percent) on the power play and a perfect 14-for-14 on the penalty kill during the division finals.
Central Division Finals – Series “K” (best-of-7)
C3-Manitoba Moose vs. C4-Rockford IceHogs
Game 1 – Fri., May 4 – Rockford 4, MANITOBA 2 | Recap
Game 2 – Sat., May 5 – Rockford 4, MANITOBA 1 | Recap
Game 3 – Wed., May 9 – ROCKFORD 4, Manitoba 1 | Recap
Game 4 – Fri., May 11 – ROCKFORD 6, Manitoba 3
