Ice Hawks Are Home Friday And Saturday

Feb. 13^th and 14^th a two game home stand, with the Blades and Owls.

(Courtesy Rochester Ice Hawks)
Friday, February 13^th (7:05) Steele County Blades at Rec Center
The fifth place Blades (19-17-1) make their final regular season visit to the Rec. Center.  The neighboring Blades are struggling to overtake the Lakers to take 4^th place in the MN division.  The Blades have three former Ice Hawks players on their roster (Wilson Anderle, Cody Goliath and Nick Castellano).  Blades players to watch: #11 Nick Mead 58pts; #13 Joel Lehtonen 56pts; #4 Jaeger Zwyart 35pts; #5 Clayton Huss 35pts. The Blades usually bring a large

Saturday, February 14^th (7:05) Minnesota Ice Hawks at Rec Center- Valentine’s Day
The seventh place Owls (5-34) come to Rochester for their final regular season game with the Ice Hawks.  The Ice Hawks have won the five previous meeting this season.  Owls players to watch: #16 Volodymyr Marchenko 19 pts; #25 Nick Tolin 19 pts; #11 TJ Wollskog 11 pts and goalie #1 Tristin Jensen.

Playoff Matchups
The first round of the MN Division Playoffs will take place on the weekend of Feb. 27^th.  The most likely opponents for the Hawks are the Ironwood Yoopers or the MN Owls.  The pairings will probably not be finalized until the night of Feb. 22^nd.

Player Movement
Forward Logan Haskins who started the season with the Ice Hawks before returning to his Mayo HS team, will be rejoining the Ice Hawks for the remainder of the season.  He will be eligible to play with the Ice Hawks at the conclusion of his HS season.