The Players page has been updated to track the offseason transactions
Milwaukee's ECHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones, are in the Conference Finals... Cincinnati has former Admirals Maxime Daigneault, Bryan Schmidt, Ryan Maki, and T.J. McElroy... other playoff contenders with Milwaukee ties are James Sanford (Utah), Jason Christie (Utah coach), and Mike Madill (Las Vegas).
List of former (and current) Admirals playing in the IIHF's World Championship tournament being held in Halifax and Quebec City from May 2-18
Finland: Janne Niskala (07-08), Antti Pihlström (07-08), Ville Koistinen (06-07), Ville Peltonen (00-01)
Canada: Dan Hamhuis (02-03, 04-05)
Czech: Martin Erat (02-03)
Denmark: Kim Staal (06-07)
Germany: John Tripp (00-01)
Latvia: Raitis Ivanāns (02-04)
Russia: Alexander Radulov (06-07)
Slovakia: Ján Lašák (00-03)
AHL headlines:
** Peoria plans to sell their team to St. Louis, with whom they are already affiliated. The Blues do not plan on moving the team, but will have more control over their development program.
** Iowa and Dallas have ended their affiliation agreement... possible replacement affiliates for Iowa are Buffalo or Anaheim... Iowa will adopt a new name and color scheme. (stay tuned as more shuffling of partnerships will occur this summer)
** Joel "The Wrecker" Rechlicz from Brookfield signs a 3 year deal with the Islanders.
** The league approves the sale of Rochester to a new owner.
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Conference Finals
Western Conference
(1) Chicago vs. (1) Toronto
Series begins Friday, May 16
Eastern Conference
(1) Wilkes Barre vs. (3) Portland
Wilkes Barre leads 1-0
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1ST ROUND RESULTS
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1 - Admirals 4, Chicago 3 (OT)
2 - Admirals 1, Chicago 2
3 - Chicago 4, Admirals 3 (OT)
4 - Chicago 0, Admirals 2
5 - Admirals 1, Chicago 4
6 - Chicago 2, Admirals 0
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