Ah, Rockford...

Last night's home opener for the Rockford IceHogs was... rather sad and bittersweet.

The stat sheet from last night -
No Name G A +/- Sh PIM
G 33 H. Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 A. Richards 0 0 0 0 0
D 4 R. Stanton 0 1 -2 1 0
D 5 J. Cullimore 0 0 +1 0 0
C 7 E. Brophey 0 0 0 1 0
D 9 S. Lalonde 0 0 +1 1 0
D 10 B. Connelly 0 1 -2 3 0
LW 12 K. Beach 1 0 -2 4 0
LW 14 K. Hagel 0 1 +1 0 7
D 15 W. Brookbank 0 0 0 0 5
C 16 R. Potulny 0 0 0 2 0
C 18 B. Bollig 1 0 +1 5 0
LW 19 J. Morin 0 0 0 0 0
RW 21 B. Smith 0 0 -2 0 0
C 22 J. Taffe 0 0 0 3 0
RW 25 C. DiDomenico 0 0 -2 0 0
RW 26 I. Makarov 0 0 0 2 2
C 32 P. LeBlanc 0 1 +1 0 0
D 34 I. Vishnevskiy 0 0 0 3 0
LW 37 R. Klinkhammer 0 0 0 0 2

Of the team, there were not many left from the 2009-2010 season. The ones remaining from last season were:

On roster for full season:
Brian Connelly
Evan Brophey
Rob Klinkhammmer

Partial season:
Simon Denis-Pepin - spent time in Toledo, did not play last night
Jonathan Carlsson - spent time in Toledo, did not play last night
Alec Richards - called up from Toledo when Crawford was injured
Jassen Cullimore - signed mid-season
Kyle Hagel - PTO... played a few games
Hannu Toivonen - traded for Joe Fallon at deadline

End of season additions - from Junior or College:
Kyle Beach
Brandon Bollig
Ben Smith
Shawn Lalonde
Ryan Stanton

Apparently, yesterday afternoon, the announcement was made that Garnet Exelby was signed to a PTO in Rockford... and therefore last night he was labeled as a "scratch"...

Rockford lost the game last night, 5-2. Kyle Beach was on the ice for 3 of Manitoba's goals, and his own (of course). I am, unfortunately, unimpressed by his playing ability/style.