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The Rockford IceHogs used three unanswered goals to cruise to a 5-2 win and a commanding 2-0 lead in their first-round, best-of-five playoff series against the Chicago Wolves.

The series now shifts to the BMO Harris Bank Center for Game 2 at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the BMO Harris Bank Center.

“It’s going to be a fun battle,” Colliton added. “But we can answer the bell. We have a good team.”

Tuesday’s game was decided in the third period as Lance Bouma redirected Chris DiDomenico’s centering pass into the back of the net with just under five minutes remaining in the game. 

The Cubs’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed a day because of persistent snow that covered much of Wrigley Field, creating a scene more reminiscent of December than April.

The Chicago Blackhawks are not making changes behind the bench after missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

An unforgettable run to the Final Four is over, but the memories won’t be fading anytime soon.

Foster is one a few emergency goalies the Blackhawks occasionally call upon. They’re usually just on standby, activated only if both netminders on the roster are lost to injury, which rarely happens. But the way Chicago’s goaltender situation has gone this year, anything was possible ahead of Thursday’s contest.

With the win, Rockford has now picked up points in nine of its last 10 outings and sits three points clear of fifth-place Iowa with eight games remaining.

Sikura logged 18 multi-point games and recorded a point in 28 of 35 contests this season with Dartmouth. He was Hobey Baker finalist, member of the Hockey East All-Tournament Team, a Hockey East First Team All-Star and helped the Huskies to their first Beanpot Championship in 30 years.

What was left of the United Center crowd was mostly quiet while the final seconds of an era ticked off Tuesday night. There was no big rally for the Chicago Blackhawks. No final charge.

Bears guy Robert Zeglinski grades each signing and re-signing made by the Bears and Pace in 2018’s free agency.

Ronald Gasser, 56, had faced up to 40 years in prison. Defense lawyers argued that Gasser fired in self-defense when McKnight walked up to his car following a 5-mile confrontation that began on a bridge spanning the Mississippi River in New Orleans and ended with gunfire in neighboring Jefferson Parish.

There isn’t a goaltender in the Chicago Blackhawks organization who banked on injuries so he could get his chance at the next level. But with Corey Crawford likely out for the season, that’s how it has played out for four netminders in the system.