2003-04
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AHL                            GP  W  L  T OL  Pts  GF  GA  PIM 
Western Conference
West
Milwaukee Admirals Calder Cup Champs          80 46 24  7  3  102 269 191 1409
Grand Rapids Griffins          80 44 28  8  0   96 195 166 1289
Chicago Wolves                 80 42 26  9  3   96 246 208 1658
Houston Aeros                  80 28 34 14  4   74 197 220 1636
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks        80 29 37 13  1   72 188 211 1643
San Antonio Rampage            80 30 42  8  0   68 191 231 1341
Utah Grizzlies                 80 27 42  6  5   65 162 230 1749
North
Hamilton Bulldogs              80 41 25 10  4   96 235 191 1248
Syracuse Crunch                80 38 25 10  7   93 239 235 1869
Rochester Americans            80 37 28 10  5   89 207 188 1776
Cleveland Barons               80 37 28  8  7   89 235 220 1481
Toronto Roadrunners            80 35 34  8  3   81 219 224 1420
Manitoba Moose                 80 32 35 11  2   77 214 232 1394
St. John's Maple Leafs         80 32 36  8  4   76 225 265 1725
AHL                            GP  W  L  T OL  Pts  GF  GA  PIM
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
Hartford Wolfpack              80 44 22 12  2  102 198 153 1644 
Manchester Monarchs            80 40 28  7  5   92 223 181 1448 
Worcester Icecats              80 37 27 13  3   90 207 186 1378
Providence Bruins              80 36 29 11  4   87 170 170 1739 
Portland Pirates               80 32 27 13  8   85 156 160 1141 
Lowell Loch Monsters           80 32 36  6  6   76 208 242 1319 
Springfield Falcons            80 26 43  9  2   63 179 234 1577 
East
Philadelphia Phantoms          80 46 25  7  2  101 216 168 2259 
Bridgeport Sound Tigers        80 41 23 12  4   98 178 140 1189 
Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins 80 34 28 10  8   86 197 197 1767 
Binghamton Senators            80 34 34  9  3   80 210 216 2015
Norfolk Admirals               80 35 36  4  5   79 172 187 1626
Hershey Bears                  80 33 34  8  5   78 203 218 1623
Albany River Rats              80 21 39 11  9   62 182 257 1489
Games ending in a tie play a 5 minute 4-on-4 overtime.
Teams losing in overtime receive a point.

Playoffs
Defeated Cincinnati 4-3
Defeated Chicago 4-2
Defeated Rochester 4-1
Defeated Wilkes Barre 4-0
Captured the Calder Cup
Western Conference Eastern Conference
Milwaukee

Milwaukee
Rochester


Hartford
Wilkes Barre


Wilkes Barre

Admirals win the Calder Cup finals 4-0
Game 1 - Tuesday, June 1st at Milwaukee
2 Admirals
1 Wilkes Barre/Scranton (OT)

Game 2 - Wednesday, June 2nd at Milwaukee
8 Admiral
4 Wilkes Barre/Scranton

Game 3 - Friday, June 4th at Wilkes Barre
2 Admirals
1 Wilkes Barre/Scranton (OT)

Game 4 - Sunday, June 6th at Wilkes Barre
7 Admirals
2 Wilkes Barre/Scranton


Western Conference

West
Division
#4 Houston
#5 Cincinnati

#2 Grand Rapids

#3 Chicago

#1 Milwaukee

#5 Cincinnati

#3 Chicago

#1 Milwaukee

Milwaukee

North
Division
#4 Cleveland
#5 Toronto

#2 Syracuse

#3 Rochester

#1 Hamilton

#4 Cleveland

#3 Rochester

#1 Hamilton

Rochester

 

Eastern Conference

Atlantic
Division
#4 Providence
#5 Portland

#2 Manchester

#3 Worcester

#1 Hartford

#5 Portland

#3 Worcester

#1 Hartford

Hartford

East
Division
#4 Binghamton
#5 Norfolk

#2 Bridgeport

#3 Wilkes Barre

#1 Philadelphia

#5 Norfolk

#3 Wilkes Barre

#1 Philadelphia

Wilkes Barre

 

Conference finals
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Admirals win 4-1 Wilkes Barre wins 4-3
Tuesday, May 18
Rochester 1 Milwaukee 2
Tuesday, May 18
Hartford 1 Wilkes Barre 3
Thursday, May 20
Rochester 4 Milwaukee 1
Thursday, May 20
Hartford 3 Wilkes Barre 2 (OT)
Saturday, May 22
Milwaukee 2 Rochester 1 (OT) at Buffalo
Saturday, May 22
Wilkes Barre 2 Hartford 3
Sunday, May 23
Milwaukee 3 Rochester 2 at Buffalo
Sunday, May 23
Wilkes Barre 5 Hartford 4
Wednesday, May 26
Milwaukee 4 Rochester 1
Tuesday, May 25
Wilkes Barre 4 Hartford 3 (OT)
Friday, May 28
Hartford 4 Wilkes Barre 1
Saturday, May 29
Wilkes Barre 2 Hartford 1 (OT)

Divisional finals
West Division
Admirals win 4-2
North Division
Rochester wins 4-0
Atlantic Division
Hartford wins 4-0
East Division
Wilkes Barre wins 4-2
May 5 (2OT)
Chicago 1 Milwaukee 2
May 4
Rochester 2 Hamilton 0
April 30
Worcester 1 Hartford 3
May 5
Wilkes Barre 5 Philadelphia 4
May 7
Chicago 3 Milwaukee 5
May 6
Rochester 4 Hamilton 1
May 1
Hartford 3 Worcester 0
May 7 (OT)
Wilkes Barre 2 Philadelphia 3
May 8
Milwaukee 1 Chicago 3
May 8
Hamilton at Rochester
May 2 (OT)
Hartford 4 Worcester 3
May 8
Philadelphia 0 Wilkes Barre 3
May 10
Milwaukee 5 Chicago 2
May 9
Hamilton at Rochester
May 5 (3OT)
Worcester 3 Hartford 4
May 10
Philadelphia 0 Wilkes Barre 2
May 12
Chicago 2 Milwaukee 1
    May 12
Wilkes Barre 2 Philadelphia 4
May 14 (2OT)
Milwaukee 4 Chicago 3
    May 14
Philadelphia 1 Wilkes Barre 3
       


Second round (best of 7) schedule and results
West Division
Milwaukee wins 4-3
West Division
Chicago wins 4-0
North Division
Hamilton wins 4-2
North Division
Rochester wins 4-3
April 21 (OT)
Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee 4
April 16 (OT)
Chicago 4 Grand Rapids 3
April 20
Cleveland 0 Hamilton 4
April 16
Rochester 2 Syracuse 3
April 23
Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 6
April 18
Chicago 1 Grand Rapids 0
April 25 (OT)
Cleveland 4 Hamilton 3
April 17
Rochester 6 Syracuse 0
April 24
Milwaukee 0 Cincinnati 1
April 21
Grand Rapids 1 Chicago 4
April 27
Hamilton 5 Cleveland 3
April 21
Syracuse 3 Rochester 2
April 26 (OT)
Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 3
April 23
Grand Rapids 2 Chicago 8
April 29
Hamilton 4 Cleveland 3
April 23
Syracuse 3 Rochester 2
April 28
Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 3
  April 30
Cleveland 4 Hamilton 1
April 25
Rochester 6 Syracuse 0
April 30
Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 6
  May 2
Hamilton 3 Cleveland 1
April 28
Syracuse 5 Rochester 7
May 1
Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 5
    May 1 (OT)
Rochester 4 Syracuse 3
Atlantic Division
Hartford wins 4-1
Atlantic Division
Worcester wins 4-2
East Division
Philadelphia wins 4-2
East Division
Wilkes Barre wins 4-3
April 20
Portland 3 Hartford 1
April 15
Worcester 2 Manchester 1
April 21
Norfolk 1 Philadelphia 2
April 15 (OT)
Wilkes Barre 4 Bridgeport 5
April 21
Portland 0 Hartford 1
April 17 (OT)
Worcester 3 Manchester 2
April 23 (OT)
Norfolk 2 Philadelphia 1
April 17 (OT)
Wilkes Barre 4 Bridgeport 5
April 23 (2OT)
Hartford 2 Portland 1
April 18
Manchester 2 Worcester 0
April 27
Philadelphia 3 Norfolk 1
April 18 (OT)
Bridgeport 2 Wilkes Barre 3
April 25
Hartford 5 Portland 3
April 20
Manchester 6 Worcester 0
April 28 (3OT)
Philadelphia 2 Norfolk 1
April 20
Bridgeport 4 Wilkes Barre 2
April 28
Portland 0 Hartford 4
April 22 (3OT)
Worcester 3 Manchester 2
April 30
Philadelphia 1 Norfolk 2
April 22 (OT)
Wilkes Barre 2 Bridgeport 1
  April 24
Manchester 1 Worcester 6
May 1
Norfolk 2 Philadelphia 3
April 23
Bridgeport 0 Wilkes Barre 5
      April 25 (OT)
Wilkes Barre 3 Bridgeport 2

First round (best of 3) schedule and results
West Division
Cincinnati wins 2-0
North Division
Cleveland
wins 2-0
Atlantic Division
Portland wins 2-0
East Division
Norfolk wins 2-0
April 15
Cincinnati 3 Houston 1
April 15
Toronto 3 Cleveland 1
April 15
Portland 7 Providence 1
April 14
Norfolk 3 Binghamton 0
April 17
Cincinnati 6 Houston 3
April 17 (2OT)
Toronto 1 Cleveland 2
April 16
Portland 6 Providence 2
April 16
Norfolk 3 Binghamton 0
  April 18
Toronto 3 Cleveland 6
   

Most goals
 in a game
Most assists
 in a game
Most points
 in a game
3
Simon Gamache - 12/19
4
Tony Hrkac - 11/6
4
Tony Hrkac - 11/6
Most penalty minutes
in a game
Most shots
in a game
Most saves
in a game
19
Ray Schultz - 12/30
9
T. Shishkanov - 10/17
Curtis Murphy - 10/28
Mathieu Darche - 1/16
Darren Haydar - 3/10
45
Brian Finley - 11/21
4-3 OT loss at Hamilton
Consecutive games
with a goal
Consecutive games
with an assist
Consecutive games
with a point
5
Tony Hrkac
12/30 - 1/14
5
Vern Fiddler
3/5 - 3/12
Simon Gamache
3/27 - 4/3
9
Tony Hrkac
12/30 - 1/25
Most games
played
Longest winning
streak
Longest losing
streak
80
Kirill Safronov
7
2/1 - 2/18
3
11/21-26
12/11-14
Largest margin
of victory
Largest home
attendance
Smallest home
attendance
7
7-0 vs. Grand Rapids - 1/3
10,137
Friday, 2/6
2332
Wednesday, 10/15
Hat
Tricks
Shutouts Suspensions
12/19 - Simon Gamache 10/31 - Brian Finley
12/10 - Wade Flaherty
1/3 - Brian Finley
1/12 - Wade Flaherty
2/7 - Wade Flaherty
Upshall, 10/17, 1 game
 

Overall
Record
Last 38
Games
46-24-7-3 26-10-1-1
Home
Record
Road
Record
23-13-4-0 23-11-3-3
Goals
for
Goals
against
269 191
Total
Attendance
Average
Attendance
182,999 4574


End of season team leaders

Goals   Assists   Points   Plus/Minus  
Darche 28 Hrkac 39 Darche 59 Murphy +40
Shishkanov

23

Haydar 37 Haydar 59 Zanon +30
Gamache 23 Murphy 36 Hrkac 59 Schultz +24
Haydar 22 Tiley 34 Gamache 56 Shishkanov +23
Hrkac 20 Gamache 33 Murphy 53 Classen/Pivko +17
               
Power Play
Goals
  Short Handed
Goals
  Game Winning
Goals
  Games
Played
 
Darche 10 Hrkac 3 Darche 6 Safronov 80
Tiley 10 Murphy 2 Gamache 5 Haydar 79
Haydar 7 Classen 2 Murphy 4 Murphy 79
Hrkac 6 Smith 2 Shishkanov 4 Darche 76
Gamache 6 Three tied 1 Henderson 4 Tiley 75
               
Five Minutes
for Fighting
  Penalty
Minutes
  Shooting
Percentage
  Shots  
Ivanans 15 Ivanans 166 Upshall 16.7 Murphy 267
Henderson 8 Schultz 153 Classen 16.5 Darche 246
Farrell 8 Henderson 122 Hrkac 16.0 Haydar 187
Schultz 5 Classen 95 Farrell 15.6 Tiley 160
Segal 4 Fiddler 72 Segal 15.5 Shishkanov 157
               
Goals Against
Average
  Save
Percentage
  Shutouts   Saves  
Flaherty 2.18 Flaherty 92.2 Flaherty 3 Finley 1121
Finley 2.34 Finley 91.8 Finley 2 Flaherty 922


I have taken the time to make a few files using Microsoft Excel
The first one lists how each goaltender did in each game (saves, shots, time)

Click here to download
The second one lists how each player did in each game (goals, assists, scratches, etc.)
Click here to download
This is my first time doing this and is mostly for my benefit, but I figured I'd share it with you.

Other notable achievements
- Libor Pivko scored his first North American goal on October 10
- Rookie Timofei Shishkanov scored his first pro goal on October 15
- Reserve goaltender Greg Hewitt recorded his first AHL victory on December 30
- Rookie Brandon Segal scored his first pro goal on January 17
- Rookie Greg Zanon scored his first pro goal on January 28
- Tony Hrkac recorded his 900th career point on February 7
- The Admirals won their 1000th IHL/AHL game on February 20
- Goaltender Brian Finley tied the team record for consecutive wins (10) on February 28
- Brad Tiley recorded his 500th career point on February 28th against Philadelphia, in the same game former Admiral John Slaney acheived the same milestone.
- Timofei Shishkanov won the AHL Rookie of the Month for February
- The Admirals achieved the best record in the AHL on March 12
- Wade Flaherty won for the 200th time in his career on March 12
- Wade Flaherty was named the Admirals Man of the Year on March 30
- Timofei Shishkanov was named to the AHL's All Rookie Team on March 31
- Wade Flaherty surrendered the first pro goal of Grand Rapids rookie Eric Himelfarb on March 31
- Curtis Murphy was named to the AHL First Team All Star on April 1
- Tony Hrkac scored the first pro goal given up by Hamilton's rookie goaltender Yann Danis on April 1
- The team finished with the best record in the league for the first time in team history, and won the division crown for the first time since 1996.
- The team led the league in scoring with 269 goals.  They scored 100 of the goals in the third period, more than any other team.
- Curtis Murphy's +/- rating of +40 led the AHL, and was the highest in the AHL since 1995.  He also led all AHL defensemen in scoring with 53 points (17g 36a).
- Greg Zanon's +/- rating of +30 lead all AHL rookies



Coach
Claude Noel
Assistant Coach
Todd Richards
Trainer
Doug Agnew

Regular season stats
 # Player Name        GP  G  A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SHOTS  PCT 
12 Mathieu Darche     76 28 31  59 +11  41  10   1   6   246 .114 
20 Darren Haydar      79 22 37  59 +16  35   7   0   3   187 .118 
26 Tony Hrkac         68 20 39  59 + 9  20   6   3   2   125 .160 
41 Curtis Murphy      79 17 36  53 +39  51   5   2   4   267 .064 
 7 Greg Classen       68 18 29  47 +16  95   5   2   3   109 .165 
 4 Brad Tiley         75 13 34  47 + 8  14  10   0   3   160 .081 
10 Simon Gamache      52 18 27  45 - 2  26   4   0   3   121 .149 
16 Timofei Shishkanov 63 23 20  43 +23  46   3   0   4   159 .145 
21 Jay Henderson      70 15 16  31 +12 122   2   1   4   158 .095 
24 Libor Pivko        67 11 20  31 +17  50   3   0   1   116 .095 
22 Scottie Upshall    31 13 11  24 + 1  42   3   0   2    78 .167 
 8 Andrew Hutchinson  46 12 12  24 + 7  39   4   0   3   115 .104 
28 Vernon Fiddler     47  9 15  24 +13  72   0   0   0    87 .103 
23 Brandon Segal      44 11 10  21 +13  54   0   0   3    71 .155 
 2 Kirill Safronov    59  4 16  20 +16  41   2   0   0   106 .038 
13 Mike Farrell       49 10  8  18 + 3  66   0   1   2    64 .156 
17 Wyatt Smith        40  9  7  16 + 5  40   2   2   2   108 .083 
 6 Greg Zanon         62  4 12  16 +30  59   0   0   0   118 .034 
15 Bryan Lundbohm     28  6  8  14 +10   8   0   0   0    47 .128 
19 Alexandre Jacques  21  1 12  13 +10   9   0   0   0    42 .024 
 3 Ray Schultz        73  2 10  12 +24 153   1   0   0    81 .025 
11 Raitis Ivanans     54  1  7   8 + 9 166   0   0   0    18 .056 
19 Ben Simon          18  1  3   4 - 2   6   0   0   0    24 .042 
18 Stan Neckar         3  0  3   3 + 2   2   0   0   0     3 .000 
 1 Brian Finley (g)   43  0  2   2       0   0   0   0     0 .000 
 5 Timo Helbling      37  0  2   2 + 5  46   0   0   0    32 .000 
 5 Robert Schnabel    11  1  0   1 - 2  27   0   0   1    16 .063 
35 Greg Hewitt (g)     1  0  1   1       0   0   0   0     0 .000 
33 Wade Flaherty (g)  36  0  0   0       4   0   0   0     0 .000 
18 Nathan Lutz        15  0  0   0 + 1   6   0   0   0     9 .000 
18 Landon Bathe        6  0  0   0   0  22   0   0   0     7 .000 
18 Wade Brookbank      6  0  0   0 - 2   6   0   0   0     1 .000 
26 Denis Platonov      3  0  0   0 - 3   0   0   0   0     2 .000 
32 Jeremy Yablonski    2  0  0   0   0  11   0   0   0     0 .000
18 Jon Francisco       2  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     2 .000 
32 Matt Hendricks      1  0  0   0   0   2   0   0   0     1 .000 
 4 Brandon Fleenor     1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000 
25 Chris Mason (g)     1  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000 
26 Reggie Savage       1  0  0   0 + 1   0   0   0   0     3 .000 
32 Andreas Johansson   1  0  0   0   0   2   0   0   0     3 .000
   Jonas Andersson     0  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Andrei Mukhachev    0  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Jan Lasak (g)       0  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Marc Magliarditi(g) 0  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Paul Schonfelder(g) 0  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Totals               269 428 697  - 1409 67  12  46  2686 .100 
   
Wade Brookbank also wore #2
Curtis Murphy also wore #14 (changed due to 14 being retired)
Brian Finley also wore #31
Robert Schnabel also wore #18
Alexandre Jacques also wore #18 and #32
Landon Bathe also wore #23
Vernon Fiddler also wore #18
Nathan Lutz also wore #28   
 
Goalies          GP     MIN  W  L T SO  GA  GAA   SV  SV% 
Brian Finley     43 2560:58 23 15 4  2 100 2.34 1121 .918 
Wade Flaherty    36 2146:26 21 12 3  3  78 2.18  922 .922 
Chris Mason       1   60:00  1  0 0  0   2 2.00   28 .933 
Greg Hewitt       1   60:00  1  0 0  0   2 2.00   24 .923
Jan Lasak         0       0  0  0 0  0   0    -    0    -
Paul Schonfelder  0       0  0  0 0  0   0    -    0    -
Marc Magliarditi  0       0  0  0 0  0   0    -    0    -
Totals                   46 27 7  5 191 2.39 2095 .916

Playoff stats
 # Player Name        GP  G  A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SHOTS  PCT 
20 Darren Haydar      22 11 15  26 + 8  10   5   0   3    57 .193 
10 Simon Gamache      22  6 18  24 + 6  14   2   0   0    55 .109 
26 Tony Hrkac         22  8 12  20 + 5   8   4   1   2    30 .267 
 8 Andrew Hutchinson  22  5 11  16 + 3  33   3   0   0    61 .082 
12 Mathieu Darche     22  6  8  14 + 4   8   3   1   2    80 .075 
24 Libor Pivko        21  7  6  13 - 1  22   3   0   0    47 .149 
17 Wyatt Smith        22  5  7  12 - 4  25   3   0   1    47 .106 
41 Curtis Murphy      22  4  8  12 + 5  12   0   0   0    66 .061 
28 Vernon Fiddler     22  5  3   8 + 3  36   0   1   1    45 .111 
 6 Greg Zanon         22  2  6   8 +10  31   1   0   1    44 .045 
16 Timofei Shishkanov 22  2  6   8 - 4  17   1   0   1    46 .043 
 7 Greg Classen       20  4  3   7 + 4  12   0   0   1    37 .108 
 4 Brad Tiley         22  1  6   7 + 1   6   1   0   1    46 .022 
 2 Kirill Safronov    21  0  6   6 + 4  20   0   0   0    26 .000 
21 Jay Henderson      18  1  3   4 + 1  55   0   0   1    28 .036 
22 Scottie Upshall     8  3  0   3 + 1   4   2   0   0    24 .125 
23 Brandon Segal      13  2  1   3 + 1  21   1   0   0    13 .154 
 3 Ray Schultz        22  1  2   3 + 2  31   0   0   1    18 .056 
13 Mike Farrell       19  1  1   2 + 1  13   0   0   0    15 .067 
19 Alexandre Jacques   4  1  0   1 + 2   2   0   0   1     4 .250 
33 Wade Flaherty (g)  21  0  1   1       4   0   0   0     0 .000 
11 Raitis Ivanans      7  0  1   1 + 2  17   0   0   0     6 .000 
 1 Brian Finley (g)    1  0  1   1       0   0   0   0     0 .000 
18 Nathan Lutz         1  0  0   0   0   4   0   0   0     1 .000
 5 Robert Schnabel     0  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000
32 Matt Hendricks      0  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Totals                75 125 200  - 413  29   3  16   796 .094 
 
Goalies       GP     MIN  W  L SO GA  GAA  SV  SV% 
Wade Flaherty 21 1370:39 16  5  1 44 1.93 603 .932 
Brian Finley   1   58:35  0  1  0  2 2.05  22 .917 
Totals                   16  6 1 47 2.14 625 .930
The Admirals won the trophies for finishing first in the division, finishing first in the conference, having the best overall record in the league, winning the conference playoff series, and winning the overall league title.
Coach Claude Noel was named the AHL Coach of the Year.
Curtis Murphy was named the AHL Defenseman of the Year.
Curtis Murphy (Team Canada), Andrew Hutchinson and Timofei Shishkanov (PlanetUSA) played in the All Star Game. Scottie Upshall was named to the team, but did not play.