It's commonplace for hockey teams to hide their injuries during postseason games. The Wolves did it Friday before whipping the Toronto Marlies 4-1 in the first game of their best-of-seven Western Conference championship series in the American Hockey League playoffs.
The Wolves and Toronto Marlies met only twice in the American Hockey League's regular season, but they waged a battle into the final week to decide the best record in the Western Conference.
The Wolves are still alive in the American Hockey League playoffs, and the Blackhawks' top farm team is going home. The Rockford IceHogs, however, earned plenty of respect in their first season.
Wolves winger Joe Motzko isn't one to worry about being moved close to the trade deadline.
The historic ice quake may not have registered on very many scales -- Richter, igloo or otherwise -- but it couldn't have been much better timed for the Wolves. The Wolves exploded for four power-play goals in the second period and hung on Sunday to beat the Rockford Icehogs.
Troy Brouwer couldn't stick with the Blackhawks this season. He was called up from the Rockford IceHogs in January and lasted one game. The Hawks told him he had to improve his skating.
