i cheer for the wolves and ice hogs.... cant say no to the blackhawks farm team
It's actually pretty strange how they came to be the Blackhawks Farm team...
The Icehogs used to be in the UHL... and it pretty much was folding after the 2006-2007 season. There was talk of getting an AHL franchise for the 'Hogs before I knew that the UHL was folding, so I was dead set against them moving to AHL... but then the 'Hogs won the UHL championship that last season... nowhere to go but up!!!
Icehogs management and Rockford DEMANDED that they stay the Icehogs, and not become the Rockford Blackhawks. Poor Quad Cities went from being the Mallards to the Quad City Flames (they became the farm team for Calgary).
Oh, and Elvis makes an appearance from time to time... This was in the Rockford Paper after they won the UHL Championship... I didn't even know I was in the picture until I looked more closely...