San Antonio, Tex.- A pair of 6-foot, 6-inch
Swedish goalies dueled on pink ice in San Antonio on Friday night and
unfortunately for the Rockford IceHogs, the only blemish on the score sheet
showed up on their side.
San Antonio claimed a 1-0 win as Jacob Markstrom
turned away all 30 Rockford
shots to outlast his countryman Henrik Karlsson. Karlsson, making his IceHogs
debut, made 18 saves in the loss.
San Antonio broke a scoreless tie midway through
the third period after a Rockford
icing. A point shot off the face off was blocked down, but Jared Gomes found
John McFarland on the back door and the winger dumped in his first goal of the
season at 10:09.
Rockford
couldn't solve Markstrom the reset of the way and failed to convert on their
two power play chances while holding the Rampage at bay on three power play
attempts.
The first period on Friday night featured just a combined nine shots on goal
between Rockford and San Antonio, a single period low on the
season.
The second frame featured much of the same. San Antonio
did pepper Karlsson with 10 shots on goal in the sandwich stanza, while Rockford fired eight in
on Markstrom.
