Rockford, IL – The Rockford IceHogs opened the 2025-2026 regular season with
The Admirals came out of the gate and spied the Rockford goaltender Drew Commisso who had to make 15 saves in the opening period. Brett Seney opened the scoring with the teams skating 4-on-4 at 13:49. Defender Kevin Korchinski snapped a pass across the zone for Seney to one-time past Milwaukee’s Matt Murray.
Connor Mylymok introduced himself to the BMO faithful and dropped the mitts with Kyle Marino with four minutes left in the first. Milwaukee responded moments later at 4:12 when Jordan Osterle’s wrist shot snuck through traffic and into the slot.
In the second period, both Commesso and Murray kept the score tied at 1-1. Rockford earned its first man advantage of the game, but couldn’t convert on its initial power play of the season.
With 13 minutes left in the game, Milwaukee rookie Joey Willis broke down the flank on the offensive and covered his backhand to scoop home his professional goal and give the Ads a 2-1 lead.
Rockford fought back by pulling the goaltender for the extra attacker in the final two minutes of regulation. Aidan Thompson’s point shot was deflected in the high slot by Jackson Cates to enforce overtime.
That was the case in the extra frame Samuel Savoy who made his winning shot from the high slot under Murray’s glove to give Rockford the two points.
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