Ville Pokka was assigned to AHL Rockford on Thursday, Brian Sandalow of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Pokka was assigned to AHL Rockford on Thursday, Brian Sandalow of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Analysis:

Pokka was a healthy scratch Wednesday against the Rangers, so it's not a huge surprise that his stay with the big club was so short lived. The Hawks recalled Viktor Svedberg on Thursday to take Pokka's place on the team's 23-man roster.