Junior hockey: Ice Hawks can't hold lead, fall to Whalers
The Rochester Ice Hawks held a lead after the opening period Friday, but they couldn't hold off the Wisconsin Whalers.
The Whalers scored three times in the second period to take a permanent lead en route to a 6-4 North American 3 Hockey League victory at the Rochester Recreation Center.
Dominik Bogdzuil and Trey McMillen scored in the first period for Rochester, while Ben Koester and Justin Sweet scored in the third. Bogdzuil had an opportunity to pull the Ice Hawks within one with 57 seconds remaining, but his penalty shot was unsuccessful.
Eight players had one assist each for Rochester and goalie Kyle Plantz made 31 saves on 37 shots.
Peter Henderson led the Whalers with a hat trick and two assists. Connor Busch scored twice and Ben Ratner had a goal and three assists.
The Ice Hawks play host to La Crosse at 7:05 p.m. tonight in their final home game of the regular season.
