2004-05
Milwaukeehockey.com
AHL Western Conference Games Wins Losses OTL SOL Points GF GA PIM
West Division
Chicago Wolves 80 49 24 5 2 105 245 211 1954
Milwaukee Admirals 80 47 24 4 5 103 247 207 1930
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 80 44 31 1 4 93 206 191 2208
Houston Aeros 80 40 28 6 6 92 212 195 1862
Grand Rapids Griffins 80 41 35 2 2 96 200 200 1721
San Antonio Rampage 80 27 45 3 5 68 156 232 1654
Utah Grizzlies 80 23 50 2 5 65 156 265 1857
North Division
Rochester Americans 80 51 19 4 6 112 243 208 1923
St. John's Maple Leafs 80 46 28 1 5 98 244 232 2072
Manitoba Moose 80 44 26 3 7 98 243 210 1799
Hamilton Bulldogs 80 38 29 7 6 89 225 210 1764
Syracuse Crunch 80 36 33 7 4 83 215 230 2238
Edmonton Road Runners 80 32 33 4 11 79 201 223 1873
Cleveland Barons 80 35 37 2 6 78 200 226 1676
AHL Eastern Conference Games Wins Losses OTL SOL Points GF GA PIM
Atlantic Division
Manchester Monarchs 80 51 21 4 4 110 256 176 2044
Hartford Wolfpack 80 50 24 3 3 106 206 160 2586
Lowell Lock Monsters 80 47 27 1 5 100 242 190 1946
Providence Bruins 80 40 30 3 7 90 211 202 2171
Worcester Icecats 80 39 34 4 3 85 212 223 1422
Portland Pirates 80 34 34 6 6 80 175 242 1810
Springfield Falcons 80 24 47 6 3 57 161 255 1946
East Division
Binghamton Senators 80 47 21 5 7 106 276 217 2382
Philadelphia Phantoms 80 48 25 3 4 103 235 185 2244
Norfolk Admirals 80 43 30 1 6 93 200 188 2256
Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins 80 39 27 7 7 92 227 219 1943
Hershey Bears 80 39 37 2 2 82 207 226 1479
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 80 37 38 4 1 79 192 222 1834
Albany River Rats 80 29 38 7 6 71 198 248 2178
Games ending in a tie play a 5 minute 4-on-4 overtime.
If the game remains tied after overtime, a 5 round shootout determines a winner.
Teams losing in overtime or a shootout receive a point.

Playoffs
Lost to Cincinnati 4-3 after having a 3-1 lead in the series
April 20 - 4-2 win in Milwaukee
April 22 - 4-3 double overtime loss in Cincinnati
April 23 - 3-2 overtime win in Milwaukee
April 25 - 3-0 win in Milwaukee
April 27 - 3-1 loss in Cincinnati
April 29 - 5-1 loss in Cincinnati
May 1 - 4-3 loss in Milwaukee (Game winner came with 12.9 seconds remaining)


Milwaukeehockey.com 2004-05 links
Preseason Game Results
Fight Club Playoff Tree

 Click here for a game log spreadsheet tracking each player's season 


Most goals
in a game 		Most assists
in a game 		Most points
in a game
2
twenty-six times!!!!
Wyatt Smith
Oct. 16 vs. Rochester
Brandon Segal
Oct. 20 at Cleveland
Nov. 5 vs. Chicago
Simon Gamache
Nov. 1 vs. San Antonio
Nov. 7 at San Antonio
Dec. 18 at Utah
Dec. 20 at Utah
Apr. 17 at San Antonio
Vernon Fiddler
Nov. 18 vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 26 at Chicago
Andrew Hutchinson
Dec. 29 at Houston
Jan. 14 at Chicago
Tony Hrkac
Jan. 14 at Chicago
Darren Haydar
Jan. 15 at Grand Rapids
Jan. 16 vs. St. John's
Feb. 1 at St. John's
Timofei Shishkanov
Jan. 31 at St. John's
Feb. 11 at Chicago
Dan Hamhuis
Feb. 1 at St. John's
Jerred Smithson
Feb. 3 vs. Cincinnati
Feb. 12 vs. Utah
Scottie Upshall
Feb. 22 vs. Syracuse
Mar. 10 vs. Houston
Mar. 19 vs. Edmonton
Apr. 2 vs. Edmonton
Jordin Tootoo
Apr. 6 at Hamilton

 What's the record for most 2 goal games on a team without a hat trick?!? This team might have set that record. 		4
Simon Gamache
Dec. 29 at Houston 		4
Wyatt Smith
Oct. 16 vs. Rochester
Simon Gamache
Nov. 18 vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 29 at Houston
Vernon Fiddler
Nov. 28 at Manitoba
Darren Haydar
Dec. 29 at Houston
Most penalty minutes
in a game 		Most shots
in a game 		Most saves
in a game
32
Cam Severson
April 6 at Hamilton 		8
Dan Hamhuis
Dec. 26 at Chicago
Scottie Upshall
Jan. 26 at San Antonio
Mar. 23 vs. Grand Rapids
Apr. 9 vs. Chicago 		39
Brian Finley
Feb. 5 at Houston
Apr. 16 at Cincinnati
Consecutive games
with a goal 		Consecutive games
with an assist 		Consecutive games
with a point
4
Timofei Shishkanov
Nov. 13 - 20 		6
Simon Gamache
Dec. 26 - Jan. 8 		6
Wyatt Smith
Nov. 13 - 26
Simon Gamache
Dec. 26 - Jan. 8
Most games
played 		Longest winning
streak 		Longest losing
streak
80
Zanon, Gamache, Smithson 		5
Oct. 29 - Nov. 7
Jan. 14 - 20
Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 		5
Feb. 18 - 25
Largest margin
of victory 		Largest home
attendance 		Smallest home
attendance
6
9-3 win
Nov. 18 vs. Cincinnati 		11,346
Feb. 19 vs. Philadelphia 		0
 Oct. 16 game moved to Nashville
Hat
Tricks 		Shutouts Suspensions
None Brian Finley
Oct. 29, Nov. 7
Jan. 8, Jan. 20
Mar. 6, Mar. 10
Apr. 5 		Darren Haydar
Nov. 1 - 7 (3 games)
Jordin Tootoo
Dec. 30 (1 game)
Cam Severson
April 8 - 9 (2 games)

Overall Record Last 18 Games
47-24-4-5 11-5-1-1
Home Record Road Record
24-11-2-2
 1-0-0-0 in Nashville 		22-13-2-3
Goals for Goals against
247 207
Total Attendance Average Attendance
186,556
does not inlude home game away from Milwaukee 		4783
does not inlude home game away from Milwaukee

Other notable achievements
- The team brings a 7 game winning streak into the season from the previous year
- Ryan Suter and Kevin Klein make their pro debuts on Oct. 15 vs. Chicago
- Brad Tiley scores the first goal of the year for Milwaukee on Oct. 15 vs. Chicago
- Wyatt Smith has a four point game (2 goals, 2 assists) on Oct. 16 vs. Rochester in Nashville
- Kevin Klein records his first pro assist on Oct. 20 at Cleveland
- The Admirals rally from a 3-0 second period deficit to win 4-3 in OT on Oct. 20 in Cleveland
- Timofei Shishkanov scores overtime game winners in two consecutive games, Oct. 16 & 20
- Winning streak ends at 10 on Oct. 23
- Paul Brown made his pro debut on Oct. 29 in Utah
- Brian Finley records a shutout on Oct. 29 in Utah
- Kevin Klein scored his first pro goal on Oct. 30
- Brian Finley records a shutout on Nov. 7 in San Antonio
- Streak of 31 consecutive power plays killed ends on Nov. 11 vs. Houston
- Team streak of 17 consecutive games without a loss in regulation ends on Nov. 11 vs. Houston
- Simon Gamache has a four point game (1 goal, 3 assists) on Nov. 18 vs. Cincinnati
- Milwaukee scores 9 goals on Nov. 18 vs. Cincinnati
- Ryan Suter scored his first pro goal on Nov. 19 at Utah
- The Admirals franchise made their first ever trip to Edmonton on Nov. 24
- Vernon Fiddler has a four point game (1 goal, 3 assists) on Nov. 28 at Manitoba
- Mike Matteucci retires after his final game on Dec. 4
- Terry Harrison made his AHL debut on Dec. 15 vs. San Antonio
- Jason Ralph made his AHL debut on Dec. 23 vs. Cincinnati
- Darren Haydar has a four point game (1 goal, 3 assists) on Dec. 29 at Houston
- Simon Gamache has a four point game (4 assists) on Dec. 29 at Houston
- Ryan Suter, the captain of Team USA, named to World Junior Tournament All Star team, after leading the team to a 4th place finish
- Brian Finley records a shutout on Jan. 8 vs. Houston
- Brandon Segal recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick (one goal, one assist, one fight) on Jan. 16 vs. St. John's
- Claude Noel recorded his 300th victory as a head coach on Jan. 18 vs. San Antonio
- Chris Minard made his AHL debut on Jan. 20 vs. San Antonio
- Brian Finley records a shutout on Jan. 20 vs. San Antonio
- Michel Robinson made his AHL debut on Feb. 1 at St. John's
- Claude Noel coached his 600th game on Feb. 4 at Houston
- Brian Finley became the all-time winningest goaltender vs. Houston (IHL & AHL) on Feb. 4th with 12 wins (15 on Apr. 6)
- Eric Labelle made his AHL debut on Feb. 20 vs. Cincinnati
- Team shutout in back-to-back home games (Feb. 19-20) for the first time since March 1978
- Admirals play a team record nine straight home games (Feb. 26 - March 23)
- Paul Brown scored his first AHL goal on March 10th vs. Houston
- Claude Noel recorded his 100th victory as Milwaukee's head coach (including playoffs)
- Brian Finley set the team record for shutouts in a season with his 6th on March 10th vs. Houston, breaking Chris Mason's record
- Brian Finley tied the team record for career shutouts with his 10th on March 10th, also held by Chris Mason
- Brian Finley recorded back-to-back shutouts for only the third time in franchise history on March 6-10 (also done in 2001 by Chris Mason and 1995 by Mark LaForest)
- Brian Finley's shutout streak of 171:35 ends on March 12th vs. Cleveland
- The Admirals won their first AHL shootout on March 12th vs. Cleveland after losing in their first four attempts
- The team record for most times getting shutout in a season (7 - set in 2001-02) was tied on March 26th in Cincinnati
- Brian Finley sets the team record for career shutouts with his 11th on April 5th
- Brian Finley extends the team record for shutouts in a season with his 8th on April 5th
- The team record for most times getting shutout in a season was broken on April 9th vs. Chicago (8th this season)
- Brian Finley sets a new team record for victories in a season with his 36th on April 12th vs. Grand Rapids, surpassing the mark of 35 held by Lindsay Middlebrook ('85-'86)
- Three Admirals played in every regular season game - Simon Gamache, Jerred Smithson, and Greg Zanon
- Seamus Kotyk becomes the 8th AHL goaltender in history to score a goal (and only the 5th to actually shoot the puck in) on April 17th at San Antonio... he is the first Admiral goalie to achieve the feat since Chris Mason was credited with a goal in October 2001
- Simon Gamache finishes the season with 86 points, the most by an Admiral since Tony Hrkac (88 pts.) in '96-'97


End of season team leaders

Goals   Assists   Points   Plus/Minus  
Gamache 29 Gamache 57 Gamache 86 Fiddler +19
Haydar

24

 Hamhuis 38 Hamhuis 51 Gamache +11
Fiddler 20 Hutchinson 35 Haydar 50 Hamhuis +10
Shishkanov 20 Smith 28 Smith 47 Suter +10
Smith/Upshall 19 Hrkac 28 Upshall 46 Haydar/Upshall/Klein +9
               
Power Play
Goals		   Short Handed
Goals		   Game Winning
Goals		   Games
Played		  
Gamache 16 Upshall 2 Gamache 6 Gamache 80
Smith 11 Fiddler 2 Haydar 6 Smithson 80
Haydar 8 Pivko 2 Smith 5 Zanon 80
Hamhuis 8 Smithson/Tiley 1 Hamhuis 4 Hrkac 77
Upshall 8 Hutchinson 1 Four tied 3 Tiley 77
               
Five Minutes
for Fighting		   Penalty
Minutes		   Shooting
Percentage		   Shots  
Severson 14 Tootoo 266 Kotyk 100 Gamache 201
Yablonski 13 Severson 255 Brown 25.0 Hutchinson 200
Tootoo 13 Yablonski 116 Haydar 16.2 Shishkanov 188
Brown 8 Upshall 108 Hrkac 15.8 Upshall 185
Gamache 4 Gamache 93 Yablonski 15.0 Hamhuis 179
               
Goals Against
Average		   Save
Percentage		   Shutouts   Saves  
Finley 2.29 Finley 92.1 Finley 7 Finley 1612
Kotyk 2.95 Kotyk 89.1 Kotyk 0 Kotyk 459


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 
10 Simon Gamache      80 29 57  86 +11  93  16   0   6   201  .144 
 2 Dan Hamhuis        76 13 38  51 +10  85   8   0   4   179  .073 
20 Darren Haydar      59 24 26  50  +9  42   8   0   6   148  .162 
21 Wyatt Smith        69 19 28  47  +4  89  11   0   5   143  .133 
19 Scottie Upshall    62 19 27  46  +9 108   8   2   3   185  .103 
 8 Andrew Hutchinson  76 10 35  45  +1  79   4   1   3   200  .050 
39 Vern Fiddler       73 20 22  42 +19  70   1   2   3   146  .137 
26 Tony Hrkac         77 12 28  40  -5  14   5   0   2    76  .158 
16 Timofei Shishkanov 70 20 15  35  -3  31   6   0   3   188  .106 
 4 Brad Tiley         77  8 17  25  +5  23   4   1   1   115  .070 
 7 Ryan Suter         63  7 16  23 +10  70   4   0   1   116  .060 
25 Jerred Smithson    80 11 11  22  +3  92   1   1   1    94  .117 
22 Jordin Tootoo      59 10 12  22  +8 266   3   0   2   162  .062 
24 Libor Pivko        56  5 15  20  +2  59   1   2   0    77  .065 
28 Bryan Lundbohm     47  7 12  19  +9  36   0   0   2    75  .093 
 5 Greg Zanon         80  2 17  19  +4  59   0   0   0   132  .015 
 6 Kevin Klein        65  4 12  16  +9  22   1   0   0    96  .042 
12 Brandon Segal      59  7  8  15  -3  45   2   0   1   104  .067 
23 Cam Severson       63  6  8  14 -12 255   1   0   0    71  .085 
17 Brendan Yarema     16  3  3   6  +2  24   1   0   0    33  .091 
33 Jeremy Yablonski   32  3  2   5  -2 116   0   0   0    20  .150 
11 Paul Brown         20  3  2   5  +1  90   0   0   1    12  .250 
35 Seamus Kotyk       23  1  2   3       2   0   0   0     1 1.000 
15 Burke Henry        16  0  3   3  +6  28   0   0   0     5  .000 
29 Mike Matteucci     15  1  1   2   0  45   0   0   0    13  .077 
18 Terry Harrison      9  0  2   2  +2   2   0   0   0     2  .000 
15 Ed Campbell        12  0  1   1  -5  10   0   0   0     7  .000 
 3 Ryan Bonni          5  0  1   1  +4  11   0   0   0     1  .000 
17 P.J. Martin         4  0  1   1  +2   4   0   0   0     3  .000 
 1 Brian Finley       64  0  0   0       2   0   0   0     0  .000 
13 Yuri Moscevsky      3  0  0   0   0  14   0   0   0     0  .000 
17 Eric Labelle        2  0  0   0  -1  14   0   0   0     1  .000 
 3 Tyler Hanchuck      1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0  .000 
13 Olivier Proulx      1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     1  .000 
17 Jason Ralph         1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0  .000 
17 Chris Minard        1  0  0   0  +1   0   0   0   0     2  .000 
18 Grady Moore         1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0  .000 
28 Nathan Lutz         1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     1  .000 
30 Michel Robinson     1  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0  .000 
   Totals               247 422 669  - 1930 85   9  47  2613  .095 
 
Goalies         GP     MIN  W  L SOL SO  GA  GAA   SV  SV% 
Brian Finley    64 3642:02 36 22  4   7 139 2.29 1612 .921 
Seamus Kotyk    23 1138:07 10  6  1   0  56 2.95  459 .891 
Michel Robinson  1   60:00  1  0  0   0   3 3.00   32 .914 
Totals          80         47 28  5   7 207 2.59 2103 .910

Playoff stats
 # Player Name        GP  G  A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SHOTS  PCT 
10 Simon Gamache       7  6  4  10   0  18   3   0   1    22 .273 
20 DarrenHaydar        7  3  4   7  +1  14   2   0   0    23 .130 
 7 Ryan Suter          7  1  5   6  -4  16   1   0   1    11 .091 
21 Wyatt Smith         7  1  4   5  -4  10   0   1   0    16 .063 
 4 Brad Tiley          6  0  5   5  -1   2   0   0   0     9 .000 
19 Scottie Upshall     5  2  2   4   0   8   2   0   0    10 .200 
 8 Andrew Hutchinson   7  1  3   4  -2   8   1   0   0    11 .091 
11 Paul Brown          7  2  0   2  -2  25   2   0   1     6 .333 
 2 Dan Hamhuis         7  0  2   2  -2  10   0   0   0    17 .000 
16 Timofei Shishkanov  6  1  0   1  -3   2   1   0   0     6 .167 
12 Brandon Segal       3  1  0   1   0  11   0   0   0     4 .250 
 5 Greg Zanon          7  0  1   1   0  10   0   0   0     6 .000 
24 Libor Pivko         6  0  1   1  -3   2   0   0   0    11 .000 
26 Tony Hrkac          6  0  1   1  -3   8   0   0   0     8 .000 
 1 Brian Finley        7  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000 
 6 Kevin Klein         7  0  0   0   0  11   0   0   0     5 .000 
39 Vern Fiddler        7  0  0   0  +2  18   0   0   0    13 .000 
22 Jordin Tootoo       6  0  0   0  -2  41   0   0   0     7 .000 
25 Jerred Smithson     5  0  0   0  -1   4   0   0   0     3 .000 
17 Brendan Yarema      4  0  0   0  -1  12   0   0   0     7 .000 
23 Cam Severson        4  0  0   0   0  12   0   0   0     1 .000 
28 Bryan Lundbohm      4  0  0   0  -1   0   0   0   0     6 .000 
15 Burke Henry         1  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000 
35 Seamus Kotyk        1  0  0   0       0   0   0   0     0 .000
 3 Tyler Hanchuck      0  0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0     0 .000
   Totals              7 18 32  50     242  12   1   3   202 .089 
 
Goalies       GP     MIN  W  L SO GA  GAA  SV  SV% 
Brian Finley   7  457:36  3  4  1 20 2.62 209 .913 
Seamus Kotyk   1    2:01  0  0  0  0  .00   0 .000 
Totals         7          3  4  1 20 2.86 209 .913
Coach Claude Noel and his staff coached Team Canada at the All Star Game.
Milwaukee was represented at the All Star Game by Brad Tiley, Dan Hamhuis, Simon Gamache (Team Canada), and Andrew Hutchinson (PlanetUSA).
Tiley was the captain of Team Canada.

After the playoffs were over for Milwaukee, two players went to play for teams in lower leagues in their playoff fights.
* Paul Brown went to Trenton (ECHL), where he helped the Titans win the Kelly Cup
* Brandon Segal went to Rockford (UHL), where they also blew a 3-1 series advantage, only to lose 4-3, when Fort Wayne knocked off the IceHogs to advance.