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For the first time in a few weeks, I tried listening to the WSSP web feed of the game. And once again, the game cut out on me, but later than usual. I was able to listen to Aaron until about 8 minutes left in the game. I tuned into the Peoria webcast (on Hippie 101.1 - far out man!) to hear the rest. Mark Dekanich stopped all 8 Peoria shots in a scoreless first period. His counterpart with the Rivermen was Chris Holt, who was making his first career start against Milwaukee. Holt is in his fourth pro season, spending the first three in the NY Rangers system with Hartford and Charlotte. Peoria eventually got one past Dekanich with a goal by Trent Whitfield 5:50 into the second period. Milwaukee answered with a goal just 28 seconds later as Kelsey Wilson redirected an Alexander Sulzer shot past Holt. The Admirals took a 2-1 lead just 20 seconds into the third period. Mike Santorelli's wrist shot gave him his team leading 13th goal of the season. Jed Ortmeyer's goal gave the Admirals a 3-1 lead with about 9 minutes left in the game. It was his 7th goal in 14 games this season. Milwaukee held on to win their 6th straight game, matching their longest streak of the season. Chicago earned a point, and Iowa was losing as I typed this, so the Admirals could have a 6 point lead (with a game in hand) in the division standings going into the New Year. Unfortunately, the team's fight streak ended at 10 games. I guess they didn't get the memo about the team's record with and without a fight (see yesterday's post below). |
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Results
The Admirals beat the Meat 2-1 in overtime Tuesday night. Yeah, I know, I used that phrase in the last game against Iowa, but I see repeats all the time in traditional media headlines (Douse the Flames, Sink the Admirals/Rivermen, Tame the Wolves). You can bet that Beat the Meat won't be used on the 10 o'clock news.
After gift-wrapping a few goals to the other team this week, Alexander Sulzer scored one FOR Milwaukee in the final minute of the extra session which sent the crowd home extra happy (which usually happens after beating the Meat).
Mark Dekanich kept the Admirals in the game as Iowa clearly outplayed Milwaukee early on. He allowed one goal (high glove side) to Troy Bodie late in the first period. The Meat outshot Milwaukee 14-4 after 20 minutes.
Hugh Jessiman kept the Admirals fight streak intact. The team has fought in 10 straight games (16 of the last 17). Jessiman stood tall against Brennan Evans. They fought each other twice last season according to hockeyfights.com.
The Admirals are 16-5 in games featuring a fight this season and only 6-5 in games without a fight. Keep fighting guys!! It's part of the recipe to winning games. The numbers do not lie.
The Admirals took control of the second period, outshooting Iowa 10-3 in the middle period. Mike Santorelli tied it up as he poked a puck just barely across the goal line. Iowa goaltender David LeNeveu got his glove on it just a second too late.
The third period was tightly contested. Milwaukee had to kill two penalties in the final five minutes to send the game to overtime. It looked like the game would eventually go to a shootout, but Sulzer snuck the puck past LeNeveu from the bottom of the left faceoff circle with 56 seconds left on the clock.
Milwaukee has won five straight games. They are in a tough part of the schedule, with 5 games in 6 nights (ending tomorrow) and 7 in 9 through this weekend. They travel to Peoria for a 5pm game tomorrow.
And I didn't report on Monday night's game. An easy 6-2 win over the last place San Antonio Rampage. Ryan Maki scored his first of the year. Every active skater on the team now has a goal this season. Mark Matheson scored for the second time this week and assisted on two others. Jed Ortmeyer scored twice, upping his total to 6 goals in his first 12 games with Milwaukee.
It was nice to see Wyatt Smith (of the 2004 Calder Cup winning Admirals) back at the BC. I believe it was his first trip back to Milwaukee since leaving the team after the 2004-05 season. He went on to play for the New York Islanders, Minnesota Wild, and Colorado Avalanche in the last 3 1/2 seasons.
It's a matter of time before Nashville plucks a few of our best goal scorers. The Predators flat out suck right now. Their top scoring line has flatlined. Their power play is predictable and uneffective (PSSSST... everyone knows your are trying to setup Weber for the bomb from the blue line... it's no longer surprising people). Coach Trotz has shuffled the lines without success. They lost to Colorado and Edmonton this week in pathetic fashion. I watch every Nashville game on Center Ice, and it is getting to feel more and more like a chore.
The Admirals beat the Meat 2-1 in overtime Tuesday night. Yeah, I know, I used that phrase in the last game against Iowa, but I see repeats all the time in traditional media headlines (Douse the Flames, Sink the Admirals/Rivermen, Tame the Wolves). You can bet that Beat the Meat won't be used on the 10 o'clock news.After gift-wrapping a few goals to the other team this week, Alexander Sulzer scored one FOR Milwaukee in the final minute of the extra session which sent the crowd home extra happy (which usually happens after beating the Meat).
Mark Dekanich kept the Admirals in the game as Iowa clearly outplayed Milwaukee early on. He allowed one goal (high glove side) to Troy Bodie late in the first period. The Meat outshot Milwaukee 14-4 after 20 minutes.
Hugh Jessiman kept the Admirals fight streak intact. The team has fought in 10 straight games (16 of the last 17). Jessiman stood tall against Brennan Evans. They fought each other twice last season according to hockeyfights.com.
The Admirals are 16-5 in games featuring a fight this season and only 6-5 in games without a fight. Keep fighting guys!! It's part of the recipe to winning games. The numbers do not lie.
The Admirals took control of the second period, outshooting Iowa 10-3 in the middle period. Mike Santorelli tied it up as he poked a puck just barely across the goal line. Iowa goaltender David LeNeveu got his glove on it just a second too late.
The third period was tightly contested. Milwaukee had to kill two penalties in the final five minutes to send the game to overtime. It looked like the game would eventually go to a shootout, but Sulzer snuck the puck past LeNeveu from the bottom of the left faceoff circle with 56 seconds left on the clock.
Milwaukee has won five straight games. They are in a tough part of the schedule, with 5 games in 6 nights (ending tomorrow) and 7 in 9 through this weekend. They travel to Peoria for a 5pm game tomorrow.
And I didn't report on Monday night's game. An easy 6-2 win over the last place San Antonio Rampage. Ryan Maki scored his first of the year. Every active skater on the team now has a goal this season. Mark Matheson scored for the second time this week and assisted on two others. Jed Ortmeyer scored twice, upping his total to 6 goals in his first 12 games with Milwaukee.
It was nice to see Wyatt Smith (of the 2004 Calder Cup winning Admirals) back at the BC. I believe it was his first trip back to Milwaukee since leaving the team after the 2004-05 season. He went on to play for the New York Islanders, Minnesota Wild, and Colorado Avalanche in the last 3 1/2 seasons.
It's a matter of time before Nashville plucks a few of our best goal scorers. The Predators flat out suck right now. Their top scoring line has flatlined. Their power play is predictable and uneffective (PSSSST... everyone knows your are trying to setup Weber for the bomb from the blue line... it's no longer surprising people). Coach Trotz has shuffled the lines without success. They lost to Colorado and Edmonton this week in pathetic fashion. I watch every Nashville game on Center Ice, and it is getting to feel more and more like a chore.
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Pictures from Friday's game against Quad City:
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Results
Two words - Holy Crap.
When I saw the box score of Saturday night's Admirals game in Chicago, I nearly fell over. Down 3-0 after two periods. Only nine shots in the third period. Final score 5-3 Milwaukee.
So, I hopped on over to wolfkeeper.org, a very active message board used by the Chicago fans. Most of the comments bashed the Wolves for laying down in the final 20 minutes. A few people blamed the ref. And a few fans attacked each other. Don't you just love message boards?
The turning point in the game may have been a fight in the opening shift of the third period. WolfKeeper posted video of the fight, which I will share with you here (17MB mp4 file - right click and save). (Watch it on YouTube instead, complete with a slow mo replay).
Nolan Yonkman and Mike Hoffman squared off. Two very big mofo's. Hoffman nailed Yonkman right on the button, knocking Nolan out cold, and Hoffman sliced his wrist on Yonkman's skate and hurried to the locker room to get patched up.
The Admirals scored their five unanswered goals in a span of 12:17. Ryan Jones struck first, followed by Mike Santorelli. Jones added another to tie the game. Hugh Jessiman and Jed Ortmeyer got #4 and 5.
With the win, the Admirals have taken an undisputed lead in the division. Two points ahead of second with games in hand. Lately, everyone has been leapfrogging each other on a daily basis, as there are 6 teams within 6 points.
I wish I would have been there to see the Wolves meltdown firsthand, but I've got to be in the perfect mood to subject myself to an obnoxious Chicago crowd, and today it was not gonna happen.
Two words - Holy Crap.When I saw the box score of Saturday night's Admirals game in Chicago, I nearly fell over. Down 3-0 after two periods. Only nine shots in the third period. Final score 5-3 Milwaukee.
So, I hopped on over to wolfkeeper.org, a very active message board used by the Chicago fans. Most of the comments bashed the Wolves for laying down in the final 20 minutes. A few people blamed the ref. And a few fans attacked each other. Don't you just love message boards?
The turning point in the game may have been a fight in the opening shift of the third period.
Nolan Yonkman and Mike Hoffman squared off. Two very big mofo's. Hoffman nailed Yonkman right on the button, knocking Nolan out cold, and Hoffman sliced his wrist on Yonkman's skate and hurried to the locker room to get patched up.
The Admirals scored their five unanswered goals in a span of 12:17. Ryan Jones struck first, followed by Mike Santorelli. Jones added another to tie the game. Hugh Jessiman and Jed Ortmeyer got #4 and 5.
With the win, the Admirals have taken an undisputed lead in the division. Two points ahead of second with games in hand. Lately, everyone has been leapfrogging each other on a daily basis, as there are 6 teams within 6 points.
I wish I would have been there to see the Wolves meltdown firsthand, but I've got to be in the perfect mood to subject myself to an obnoxious Chicago crowd, and today it was not gonna happen.
Results
Short summary tonight... gotta get up early for a long day tomorrow...
Admirals win 4-2 over Quad City Friday night at the Bradley Center.
First period - Alexander Sulzer coughs up the puck in his own end to allow Kyle Greentree to score the first goal of the game. Moments later, Milwaukee tied it up on a Jed Ortmeyer shot redirected into the net by Triston Grant. On the ensuing faceoff after the goal, Kelsey Wilson and J.D. Watt threw down and put on a good show. Watt came out of it with a bloody face. Each team managed only 4 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes.
Second period - Each team whistled for four penalties in the period. Each team's power play sucked. One of the most boring periods of the year. Game still 1-1 after 40 minutes.
Third period - On a 5-on-3 power play, Sulzer redeemed himself for his first period turnover by blasting a shot into the net. Late in the period, Tim Ramholt put a slapshot wide of the net with a nice rebound off the endboards to Nick Spaling, who poked the puck into the net. 3-1 Admirals... many people got up to leave thinking the game was over, but... Seconds later, a loose puck appeared in the Admirals crease for Kris Chucko to knock in to make it a one goal game with five minutes left in the game. Mark Matheson sealed the game shut with an empty netter in the final seconds. It was Matheson's first goal of the year, leaving Ryan Maki as the only current Admiral skater with a goose egg in the goal column.
Short summary tonight... gotta get up early for a long day tomorrow...Admirals win 4-2 over Quad City Friday night at the Bradley Center.
First period - Alexander Sulzer coughs up the puck in his own end to allow Kyle Greentree to score the first goal of the game. Moments later, Milwaukee tied it up on a Jed Ortmeyer shot redirected into the net by Triston Grant. On the ensuing faceoff after the goal, Kelsey Wilson and J.D. Watt threw down and put on a good show. Watt came out of it with a bloody face. Each team managed only 4 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes.
Second period - Each team whistled for four penalties in the period. Each team's power play sucked. One of the most boring periods of the year. Game still 1-1 after 40 minutes.
Third period - On a 5-on-3 power play, Sulzer redeemed himself for his first period turnover by blasting a shot into the net. Late in the period, Tim Ramholt put a slapshot wide of the net with a nice rebound off the endboards to Nick Spaling, who poked the puck into the net. 3-1 Admirals... many people got up to leave thinking the game was over, but... Seconds later, a loose puck appeared in the Admirals crease for Kris Chucko to knock in to make it a one goal game with five minutes left in the game. Mark Matheson sealed the game shut with an empty netter in the final seconds. It was Matheson's first goal of the year, leaving Ryan Maki as the only current Admiral skater with a goose egg in the goal column.
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From Sunday's game against Iowa:
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Results
The Admirals beat the Meat for 60 long hard minutes Sunday evening at the Bradley Center.
The Iowa Chops made their first ever trip to Milwaukee, facing an Admirals team which lost the previous two nights in Grand Rapids.
Mark Dekanich played between the Admirals pipes for the second straight night. Across the rink, Jean-Philippe Levasseur defended the Iowa net.
After a scoreless first period, Nick Spaling put the Admirals up 1-0 six minutes into the second frame. Six minutes later, Drew Miller redirected a slap shot past Dekanich to tie it up. It would be the only blemish on Dex's night.
Jed Ortmeyer scored twice - once at the end of the second period, and again early in the third - to give the Admirals a 3-1 edge. Stephen Werner's goal in the middle of the third made the final score 4-1.
(I'll post photos and update the rest of the site later this week... between work and last minute shopping, I've got very little free time before Christmas.)
The Admirals beat the Meat for 60 long hard minutes Sunday evening at the Bradley Center.The Iowa Chops made their first ever trip to Milwaukee, facing an Admirals team which lost the previous two nights in Grand Rapids.
Mark Dekanich played between the Admirals pipes for the second straight night. Across the rink, Jean-Philippe Levasseur defended the Iowa net.
After a scoreless first period, Nick Spaling put the Admirals up 1-0 six minutes into the second frame. Six minutes later, Drew Miller redirected a slap shot past Dekanich to tie it up. It would be the only blemish on Dex's night.
Jed Ortmeyer scored twice - once at the end of the second period, and again early in the third - to give the Admirals a 3-1 edge. Stephen Werner's goal in the middle of the third made the final score 4-1.
(I'll post photos and update the rest of the site later this week... between work and last minute shopping, I've got very little free time before Christmas.)
As promised in my short recap of last night's game, I'd have more for you guys today.
There's plenty to be happy about in this festive holiday season. The Admirals are kickin' some ass. Finding ways to win when they are not the better team on a given night. The Predators have given (Jones, Hornqvist, Ortmeyer) more than they have taken (Pihlstrom) since the season started - something I can not ever remember happening. (Knock on wood).
But, this is milwaukeehockey.com, where I can't go more than a few games to find something to complain about. And last night I found something which doesn't sit right with me.
The Bradley Center took away the sports scores ticker. The graphics board that circles the seating area had a small section in the corners of the arena to show us scores from the AHL, NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, and college basketball and football. Last night, it was replaced with promos for upcoming BC concerts and events.
No, it wasn't perfect. The ticker generally only showed games in progress, so at times I'd have no idea how a game ended after seeing it's score updated throughout the night. Sometimes a game was listed but never updated. Spelling errors and other mistakes were made, but it was still useful to someone like me.
I'm sure if a survey was done, it would find that most patrons of the building do not care about it. Sports fans in Milwaukee typically wear huge blinders when it comes to their teams. If something's happening somewhere else in the AHL, NFL, MLB, or NBA (on second thought, screw them), the typical local sports "fan" does not care.
I'm sure the service cost money, and the Bradley Center is on an awfully lean budget after squandering millions of dollars of their profits to the Bucks. So maybe, the BC did the "right" thing by eliminating the ticker. But dammit, I'm not happy about it.
Here are photos from last night's Admirals victory over Houston:
There's plenty to be happy about in this festive holiday season. The Admirals are kickin' some ass. Finding ways to win when they are not the better team on a given night. The Predators have given (Jones, Hornqvist, Ortmeyer) more than they have taken (Pihlstrom) since the season started - something I can not ever remember happening. (Knock on wood).
But, this is milwaukeehockey.com, where I can't go more than a few games to find something to complain about. And last night I found something which doesn't sit right with me.
The Bradley Center took away the sports scores ticker. The graphics board that circles the seating area had a small section in the corners of the arena to show us scores from the AHL, NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, and college basketball and football. Last night, it was replaced with promos for upcoming BC concerts and events.
No, it wasn't perfect. The ticker generally only showed games in progress, so at times I'd have no idea how a game ended after seeing it's score updated throughout the night. Sometimes a game was listed but never updated. Spelling errors and other mistakes were made, but it was still useful to someone like me.
I'm sure if a survey was done, it would find that most patrons of the building do not care about it. Sports fans in Milwaukee typically wear huge blinders when it comes to their teams. If something's happening somewhere else in the AHL, NFL, MLB, or
I'm sure the service cost money, and the Bradley Center is on an awfully lean budget after squandering millions of dollars of their profits to the Bucks. So maybe, the BC did the "right" thing by eliminating the ticker. But dammit, I'm not happy about it.
Here are photos from last night's Admirals victory over Houston:
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Results
Just a short note on tonight's game before I call it a night. I'll throw up some game photos and a big gripe tomorrow. (and by "throw up", I mean "put online"... not regurgitate... although that would be messy and impressive).
The Admirals leapfrog Chicago for the division lead with a 2-1 shootout win over the Houston Aeros. Milwaukee now has the third best points percentage in the league (70.0%), behind Manitoba (74.1) and Hershey (73.2). The Admirals have won 6 in a row and 15 of their last 18.
Pictured above is Andreas Thuresson's game winning shootout goal. Stephen Werner also scored in the shootout to help Milwaukee edge Houston 2-1 in the five round shootout. Alexander Sulzer tied the game in the second period on a long slap shot. Mike Santorelli assisted on the play, extending his points streak to 13 games - the second longest streak in the league this season (former Admiral Chris Minard had 14).
Just a short note on tonight's game before I call it a night. I'll throw up some game photos and a big gripe tomorrow. (and by "throw up", I mean "put online"... not regurgitate... although that would be messy and impressive).
The Admirals leapfrog Chicago for the division lead with a 2-1 shootout win over the Houston Aeros. Milwaukee now has the third best points percentage in the league (70.0%), behind Manitoba (74.1) and Hershey (73.2). The Admirals have won 6 in a row and 15 of their last 18.
Pictured above is Andreas Thuresson's game winning shootout goal. Stephen Werner also scored in the shootout to help Milwaukee edge Houston 2-1 in the five round shootout. Alexander Sulzer tied the game in the second period on a long slap shot. Mike Santorelli assisted on the play, extending his points streak to 13 games - the second longest streak in the league this season (former Admiral Chris Minard had 14).
Results
The Admirals travelled to Des Moines for a matchup against the Iowa Chops Saturday night. Unfortunately, I couldn't listen to the game, as the SSP web feed once again sucks, and the game was not broadcast in Iowa. So, I glanced at the box score every once in awhile as I watched the Predators play Dallas. (Sweet goal by Joel Ward in this game... check it out on your source of hockey highlights)
After taking a night off, Drew MacIntyre returned to play between the pipes for Milwaukee. Across the rink, Iowa dressed Jean-Philippe Levasseur. Scratched from the Admirals lineup was Mark Santorelli, Robert Dietrich, Tim Ramholt, and Hugh Jessiman.
Milwaukee started off the game with a bang, getting two quick goals by Kelsey Wilson and Stephen Werner. Less than three minutes into the contest, and the Admirals enjoyed a 2-0 lead. Milwaukee had a gift wrapped opportunity to blow the game open, as Iowa was called for four minor penalties later in the period, but the Admirals failed on all four power plays.
The game settled down and remained 2-0 until Iowa's Ryan Dingle "berryed" one past MacIntyre on the power play early in the second period. (Oh my... bad play on words, I know, I know... couldn't resist).
A few minutes before the second intermission, Teemu Laakso got "off the schneid" by scoring his first goal of the season. (I hate that phrase, but it's being said EVERYWHERE lately, so I can't resist plugging it into the site at least once.) Mike Santorelli extended his points streak to 12 games by assisting on that goal.
After the ref called four minors on Iowa in the first period, his whistle was aimed at the Admirals for the next stretch of the game. Six straight calls against Milwaukee, including an unsuccessful penalty shot awarded to T.J. Trevelyan early in the third period.
By the way, Iowa has a squad of cheerleaders. The Baby Backs. Lemme guess, the Chops gametime experience is like listening to "The Hog" (WHQG 102.9 FM), where you can't go five minutes without hearing a lame pig pun. At least that's how it was before I jumped to XM Radio a few years ago.
The string of penalties against Milwaukee ended in the middle of the third, and Patric Hornqvist scored just 10 seconds into the man advantage. Eighty-four seconds later, Laakso made damn sure he was off that schneid by scoring his second goal of the game. 5-1 Milwaukee with just over 11 minutes left in the game.
Another penalty on Iowa gave Kelsey Wilson his second goal of the night with just under 8 minutes to go. 6-1, with two unlikely guys looking for hat tricks.
With 12 seconds left in the game, Iowa scored to break Milwaukee's streak of 4+ games without allowing a third period goal. Final score 6-2. The win gives the Admirals their longest winning streak of the season at five games, and puts them in a 3 way tie for first in the division (best of the three with games in hand). Milwaukee has an impressive 14 wins in the last 17 games. Well done, guys.
After taking a night off, Drew MacIntyre returned to play between the pipes for Milwaukee. Across the rink, Iowa dressed Jean-Philippe Levasseur. Scratched from the Admirals lineup was Mark Santorelli, Robert Dietrich, Tim Ramholt, and Hugh Jessiman.
Milwaukee started off the game with a bang, getting two quick goals by Kelsey Wilson and Stephen Werner. Less than three minutes into the contest, and the Admirals enjoyed a 2-0 lead. Milwaukee had a gift wrapped opportunity to blow the game open, as Iowa was called for four minor penalties later in the period, but the Admirals failed on all four power plays.
The game settled down and remained 2-0 until Iowa's Ryan Dingle "berryed" one past MacIntyre on the power play early in the second period. (Oh my... bad play on words, I know, I know... couldn't resist).
A few minutes before the second intermission, Teemu Laakso got "off the schneid" by scoring his first goal of the season. (I hate that phrase, but it's being said EVERYWHERE lately, so I can't resist plugging it into the site at least once.) Mike Santorelli extended his points streak to 12 games by assisting on that goal.
After the ref called four minors on Iowa in the first period, his whistle was aimed at the Admirals for the next stretch of the game. Six straight calls against Milwaukee, including an unsuccessful penalty shot awarded to T.J. Trevelyan early in the third period.
By the way, Iowa has a squad of cheerleaders. The Baby Backs. Lemme guess, the Chops gametime experience is like listening to "The Hog" (WHQG 102.9 FM), where you can't go five minutes without hearing a lame pig pun. At least that's how it was before I jumped to XM Radio a few years ago.
The string of penalties against Milwaukee ended in the middle of the third, and Patric Hornqvist scored just 10 seconds into the man advantage. Eighty-four seconds later, Laakso made damn sure he was off that schneid by scoring his second goal of the game. 5-1 Milwaukee with just over 11 minutes left in the game.
Another penalty on Iowa gave Kelsey Wilson his second goal of the night with just under 8 minutes to go. 6-1, with two unlikely guys looking for hat tricks.
With 12 seconds left in the game, Iowa scored to break Milwaukee's streak of 4+ games without allowing a third period goal. Final score 6-2. The win gives the Admirals their longest winning streak of the season at five games, and puts them in a 3 way tie for first in the division (best of the three with games in hand). Milwaukee has an impressive 14 wins in the last 17 games. Well done, guys.
Results
The Admirals stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over Rockford Friday night. And because I work early on Saturday's, I didn't get a chance to throw this report online until Saturday evening. So, because it's "old news", I'll make this one brief... but I'll include more photos to make up for the inconvenience.
The largest crowd of the season (5623) witnessed a well played game by the Admirals. It could have been a lopsided game if Milwaukee could have found a few more holes in the Rockford defense. The IceHogs had trouble gaining the Milwaukee zone and could only manage 18 shots in the contest.
The Admirals killed off every Rockford power play and scored twice with the man advantage. Cal O'Reilly scored midway through the first period. Rockford answered with two second period goals.
A canidate for Goal of the Year happened late in the second period, as a slapshot by Alexander Sulzer found the shaft of Mike Santorelli's stick in the slot. Santorelli's stick broke in half, and the puck found it's way into the net. Off of this one fluke play, Santorelli was somehow named the number one star of the game. The first time this year he's been named the number one star. Yeah, he's deserved it in recent games... but c'mon... Sulzer and Franson, even O'Reilly had more of a right to last night's honors.
The game remained tied at 2 until Cody Franson scored the game winner on a shot from the blue line with 4:20 left in the game. Alexander Sulzer found the empty net at the buzzer. The Admirals have not allowed a third period goal in the last four games, outscoring their opponents 8-0.
The largest crowd of the season (5623) witnessed a well played game by the Admirals. It could have been a lopsided game if Milwaukee could have found a few more holes in the Rockford defense. The IceHogs had trouble gaining the Milwaukee zone and could only manage 18 shots in the contest.
The Admirals killed off every Rockford power play and scored twice with the man advantage. Cal O'Reilly scored midway through the first period. Rockford answered with two second period goals.
A canidate for Goal of the Year happened late in the second period, as a slapshot by Alexander Sulzer found the shaft of Mike Santorelli's stick in the slot. Santorelli's stick broke in half, and the puck found it's way into the net. Off of this one fluke play, Santorelli was somehow named the number one star of the game. The first time this year he's been named the number one star. Yeah, he's deserved it in recent games... but c'mon... Sulzer and Franson, even O'Reilly had more of a right to last night's honors.
The game remained tied at 2 until Cody Franson scored the game winner on a shot from the blue line with 4:20 left in the game. Alexander Sulzer found the empty net at the buzzer. The Admirals have not allowed a third period goal in the last four games, outscoring their opponents 8-0.
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Transactions
As expected, roster moves happened today with Nashville calling up Ryan Jones from Milwaukee. With injuries to Jordin Tootoo and Scott Nichol, the Predators needed a forward for tonight's game at Columbus. Jones did exactly what he needed to get promoted back to Nashville. In 8 games with Milwaukee, he had 6 goals and 3 assists.
Milwaukee called up Mark Santorelli from Cincinnati to fill the void. Santorelli's numbers in Cincy weren't as impressive. Four games, zero points, five shots on goal, and a -2 plus/minus rating.
Milwaukee called up Mark Santorelli from Cincinnati to fill the void. Santorelli's numbers in Cincy weren't as impressive. Four games, zero points, five shots on goal, and a -2 plus/minus rating.
News
The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville has reported that the Predators will likely call up a forward from Milwaukee on Thursday. Jordin Tootoo is out with a lower body injury, and Scott Nichol is probably suffering from a concussion.
Again, the nhl.com video highlight clip disappoints me. The Vancouver broadcast of the game showed a brutal replay of the hit on Nichol that did not get included on this clip. If you watch this whole clip, you'll also see Rich Peverley drop the mitts to stick up for his teammate.
Again, the nhl.com video highlight clip disappoints me. The Vancouver broadcast of the game showed a brutal replay of the hit on Nichol that did not get included on this clip. If you watch this whole clip, you'll also see Rich Peverley drop the mitts to stick up for his teammate.
Results
Milwaukee wrapped up their five game road trip in Moline, Illinois, Wednesday night with a 5-3 victory over the Quad City Flames.
Goaltender Drew MacIntyre started between the pipes for Milwaukee. He rejoined the Admirals on Monday after a brief visit to Nashville last weekend. The Flames used netminder Matt Keetley, who entered the game 5-11 on the season. Last year, Keetley went 10-11 in his rookie season with the Flames.
Scratched from the game by Milwaukee were Cody Franson, Geoff Peters, and Hugh Jessiman. Forward Ryan Maki returned to the lineup for the first time since November 7. Defenseman Tim Ramholt played against his old team for the first time.
After the SSP web feed once again went silent after 15 minutes, I stomached my way through the Quad City webcast (which worked perfectly for the duration of the game). My attention was split between the QC play-by-play (more like bumble-by-stumble) announcer, an NHL game on TV, and an important phone call... so I didn't catch all the details of the Admirals game.
Rookie Nick Spaling had one of his best games as a pro, scoring the first two goals of the game. The first goal was unassisted at 12:34 of the first period. The second one came 71 seconds into the second period. Less than two minutes later, Gord Baldwin scored his first pro goal making it a 2-1 game.
Referee Nygell Pelletier did not use his whistle against Quad City until the game was half over. On that power play, Mike Santorelli extended his goal scoring streak to an awesome 7 games, and his point streak to 10 games (Update - a postgame edit of the box score took the goal away from Santorelli... crediting it to Patric Hornqvist), making the score 3-1.
A huge turning point in the game came on a play in which Alexander Sulzer was called for a double minor high sticking call, and Teemu Laakso was called for delay of game for knocking the net of it's pegs - three simultaneous minor penalties against Milwaukee. Seconds into the two man disadvantage, the Flames' Jamie Lundmark scored.
Still on a power play, Quad City tied it up 44 seconds later on a goal by Kyle Greentree. That goal set a team record, as Greentree extended his goal scoring streak to five games.
With 8:12 left in the third period, Jed Ortmeyer put the Admirals back on top, as he one-timed a pass to the slot past Keetley. It was Ortmeyer's first AHL goal since December 22, 2006. Ryan Jones capped off the night with an empty net goal.
The Admirals were an impressive 4-1 on the road trip and have won 12 of their last 15 games. They return home Friday to fry some Rockford Bacon.
Goaltender Drew MacIntyre started between the pipes for Milwaukee. He rejoined the Admirals on Monday after a brief visit to Nashville last weekend. The Flames used netminder Matt Keetley, who entered the game 5-11 on the season. Last year, Keetley went 10-11 in his rookie season with the Flames.
Scratched from the game by Milwaukee were Cody Franson, Geoff Peters, and Hugh Jessiman. Forward Ryan Maki returned to the lineup for the first time since November 7. Defenseman Tim Ramholt played against his old team for the first time.
After the SSP web feed once again went silent after 15 minutes, I stomached my way through the Quad City webcast (which worked perfectly for the duration of the game). My attention was split between the QC play-by-play (more like bumble-by-stumble) announcer, an NHL game on TV, and an important phone call... so I didn't catch all the details of the Admirals game.
Rookie Nick Spaling had one of his best games as a pro, scoring the first two goals of the game. The first goal was unassisted at 12:34 of the first period. The second one came 71 seconds into the second period. Less than two minutes later, Gord Baldwin scored his first pro goal making it a 2-1 game.
Referee Nygell Pelletier did not use his whistle against Quad City until the game was half over. On that power play,
A huge turning point in the game came on a play in which Alexander Sulzer was called for a double minor high sticking call, and Teemu Laakso was called for delay of game for knocking the net of it's pegs - three simultaneous minor penalties against Milwaukee. Seconds into the two man disadvantage, the Flames' Jamie Lundmark scored.
Still on a power play, Quad City tied it up 44 seconds later on a goal by Kyle Greentree. That goal set a team record, as Greentree extended his goal scoring streak to five games.
With 8:12 left in the third period, Jed Ortmeyer put the Admirals back on top, as he one-timed a pass to the slot past Keetley. It was Ortmeyer's first AHL goal since December 22, 2006. Ryan Jones capped off the night with an empty net goal.
The Admirals were an impressive 4-1 on the road trip and have won 12 of their last 15 games. They return home Friday to fry some Rockford Bacon.
News
Former Admiral goaltender Pekka Rinne was named the First Star of the Week by the NHL yesterday. He went 3-0 on the week, recording the first two shutouts of his NHL career.
He earned a few more starts in the last few days after Nashville's top goaltender Dan Ellis bruised his knee in practice. Pekka's first game this week was not as stellar, as he gave up five goals in a 6-3 loss to St. Louis on Monday. To his defense, two of the goals came from 5-on-3 (stupid) penalty kills, two were from lethargic efforts by the defensemen, and one was a deflected slap shot.
He earned a few more starts in the last few days after Nashville's top goaltender Dan Ellis bruised his knee in practice. Pekka's first game this week was not as stellar, as he gave up five goals in a 6-3 loss to St. Louis on Monday. To his defense, two of the goals came from 5-on-3 (stupid) penalty kills, two were from lethargic efforts by the defensemen, and one was a deflected slap shot.
I still haven't heard the story on the Admirals emergency backup goaltender from last night's game, but I did a few more searches this morning. His 'bio' on theahl.com lists him being from Barrie, Ontario. With that, I found this web page. An elementary school teacher. Could be someone else with the same name, but it's all I've got so far.
UPDATE -I got a few messages today filling me in about Marcus McKnight. He was recommended by the Toronto staff when Milwaukee was stuck without a backup. He's an instructor at the Canadian Goaltending Academy in Barrie and works as a school teacher. Sounds like he had a great experience.
Helluva fight last night between Kelsey Wilson and Ben Ondrus:
UPDATE -
I got a few messages today filling me in about Marcus McKnight. He was recommended by the Toronto staff when Milwaukee was stuck without a backup. He's an instructor at the Canadian Goaltending Academy in Barrie and works as a school teacher. Sounds like he had a great experience.
Helluva fight last night between Kelsey Wilson and Ben Ondrus:
Results
As I mentioned in the previous post, I didn't listen to tonight's Admirals game in Toronto. By the looks of the box score, it was a good one.
Milwaukee wins 6-2. Defenseman Alexander Sulzer gets two goals, including the game winner. Mike Santorelli scores for the 6th straight game and extends his point streak to 9 games. Santorelli has chalked up 7 goals and 10 assists in the last 9 games. Cal O'Reilly had a three assist game for the third time this season. The power play unit capitalized with three goals in only four chances.
The Admirals were behind 1-0 after one period, and 2-1 early in the second, but they rattled off five unanswered goals to take the win from the Marlies. Milwaukee is 3-1 on this five game road trip that will wrap up Wednesday in Moline. The Admirals have won 12 of their last 16 games and have the second best record (by points percentage) in the division.
Milwaukee wins 6-2. Defenseman Alexander Sulzer gets two goals, including the game winner. Mike Santorelli scores for the 6th straight game and extends his point streak to 9 games. Santorelli has chalked up 7 goals and 10 assists in the last 9 games. Cal O'Reilly had a three assist game for the third time this season. The power play unit capitalized with three goals in only four chances.
The Admirals were behind 1-0 after one period, and 2-1 early in the second, but they rattled off five unanswered goals to take the win from the Marlies. Milwaukee is 3-1 on this five game road trip that will wrap up Wednesday in Moline. The Admirals have won 12 of their last 16 games and have the second best record (by points percentage) in the division.
Transactions
Admirals goaltender Drew MacIntyre was called up to the NHL to backup Pekka Rinne in tonight's Predators game against Minnesota. Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis bruised his knee in this morning's practice. He believes his pads shifted and a puck caught him in an unprotected spot.
Milwaukee signed Marcus McKnight to fill in as a backup to Mark Dekanich in tonight's Admirals game in Toronto. I'm not listening to tonight's game, so I have no clue who McKnight is. Do a google search ("Marcus McKnight" goaltender) and the only thing that comes up is today's transaction on theahl.com. Is he some chump Lane saw in the hotel elevator this morning? The story will come to me eventually, I'm sure, and I'll pass it along on this site when it does.
Milwaukee signed Marcus McKnight to fill in as a backup to Mark Dekanich in tonight's Admirals game in Toronto. I'm not listening to tonight's game, so I have no clue who McKnight is. Do a google search ("Marcus McKnight" goaltender) and the only thing that comes up is today's transaction on theahl.com. Is he some chump Lane saw in the hotel elevator this morning? The story will come to me eventually, I'm sure, and I'll pass it along on this site when it does.
Results
I listened to the first 14 1/2 minutes of tonight's Admirals game in Hamilton before the WSSP webcast went silent. I would normally bitch and complain about this ongoing problem, but I just want to finish typing and go back to watching tonight's NHL games.
Admirals win 5-4. They went down 3-0 10:31 into the contest. Starting goaltender Drew MacIntyre was yanked and replaced by Mark Dekanich. Milwaukee tied the game by the first intermission... took a 4-3 lead early in the second... retook the lead early in the third and hung on to win.
Mike Santorelli scored a goal for the fifth straight game and extended his point streak to 8 games. He recorded two goals and two assists on the night. Ryan Jones scored twice and added an assist.
The team keeps their Canadian currency for a few more days, travelling to Toronto for a game Saturday night.
Admirals win 5-4. They went down 3-0 10:31 into the contest. Starting goaltender Drew MacIntyre was yanked and replaced by Mark Dekanich. Milwaukee tied the game by the first intermission... took a 4-3 lead early in the second... retook the lead early in the third and hung on to win.
Mike Santorelli scored a goal for the fifth straight game and extended his point streak to 8 games. He recorded two goals and two assists on the night. Ryan Jones scored twice and added an assist.
The team keeps their Canadian currency for a few more days, travelling to Toronto for a game Saturday night.
News
Several adjustments to the Admirals roster before they begin their road trip to Canada this week.
With a few players returning from injury (Geoff Peters, Scott Ford, Teemu Laakso), three players were sent to Cincinnati on Tuesday - Ian McKenzie, T.J. McElroy, and Mark Santorelli.
Jed Ortmeyer was sent to Milwaukee from Nashville on Wednesday. Ortmeyer has missed the entire season with a blood clot in his leg. Nashville chose not to send him here on a conditioning stint. Instead, he went through the waiver wire and will not have a guaranteed return trip to the NHL. The Predators say he has to play well in Milwaukee to earn his roster spot back.
The 30 year old winger is in his second season in the Nashville organization - scoring 4 goals in 51 games last year. He spent his first four pro seasons in the New York Rangers system after four years at the University of Michigan. He has played in 228 NHL games and 82 AHL games in the last five seasons.
Congratulations are in order for former Admirals goaltender Pekka Rinne, who earned his first NHL shutout Monday night in Buffalo. He stopped all 30 shots in a 2-0 win. He is 4-0 in six games played. Only Columbus' Steve Mason has more wins (6) among rookie NHL netminders.
With a few players returning from injury (Geoff Peters, Scott Ford, Teemu Laakso), three players were sent to Cincinnati on Tuesday - Ian McKenzie, T.J. McElroy, and Mark Santorelli.
Jed Ortmeyer was sent to Milwaukee from Nashville on Wednesday. Ortmeyer has missed the entire season with a blood clot in his leg. Nashville chose not to send him here on a conditioning stint. Instead, he went through the waiver wire and will not have a guaranteed return trip to the NHL. The Predators say he has to play well in Milwaukee to earn his roster spot back.
The 30 year old winger is in his second season in the Nashville organization - scoring 4 goals in 51 games last year. He spent his first four pro seasons in the New York Rangers system after four years at the University of Michigan. He has played in 228 NHL games and 82 AHL games in the last five seasons.
Congratulations are in order for former Admirals goaltender Pekka Rinne, who earned his first NHL shutout Monday night in Buffalo. He stopped all 30 shots in a 2-0 win. He is 4-0 in six games played. Only Columbus' Steve Mason has more wins (6) among rookie NHL netminders.
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