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- ↑ "Long before the IceHogs arrived on the scene there were the Wagon Wheel Cardinals". My Stateline 17. March 24, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ↑ "WAGON WHEEL CARDINALS NIGHT". Rockford IceHogs. Retrieved May 3, 2024.