The Rockford IceHogs fly west to take on the San Jose Barracuda for a pair of games starting Friday with a 9 p.m. CDT puck drop. The rematch will be Saturday with a scheduled start of 4 p.m. CDT. Head Coach Anders Sorenson, soon to be inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame, is behind the bench for his second full season after taking over as interim three seasons ago.
The opening night roster is as follows:
Forwards
Joey Anderson
Brandon Baddock
Anders Bjork
Ryan Gagnier
Dave Gust
Mike Hardman
Kale Howarth
Zach Jordan
Bryce Kindopp
Jalen Luypen
Marcel Marcel
Logan Nijhoff
Ryder Rolston
Antti Saarela
Brett Seney
Michal Teply
Defenseman
Nolan Allan
Louis Crevier
Ethan Del Mastro
Josh Healey
Josh Maniscalco
Andrew Perrott
Isaak Phillips
Filip Roos
Goaltenders
Drew Commesso
Jaxson Stauber