Milwaukee Admirals History

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Seasons 1-4 Modest beginnings, the team began as a regional independent team 1970 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 Seasons 5-8 The team steps up into the semi-pro United States Hockey League 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 Seasons 9-32 The International Hockey League years. The team grows in popularity and finds it's place in history. 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 Seasons 33-40 (and counting) American Hockey League Era 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Other featured projects

A - Z listing of every Admiral player
A look at the attendance figures from the last several years
Uniform number reference
My 'Hall of Fame', along with some all-time stat leaders
Memorials of those in the extended Admirals family who have passed away

Did you know...
- The largest home attendance for an Admirals game was 17,875 on Feb. 4, 1994 vs. Peoria

- Former Admirals with their names appearing on the Stanley Cup:
Mark Eaton (08-09 Penguins), Tony Hrkac (98-99 Stars), Kevin Dean (94-95 Devils), Steve Kelly (99-00 Devils), Stanislav Neckar (03-04 Lightning), Marc Crawford (coach 95-96 Avalanche). Others, such as Ken Sabourin, Andrew Hutchinson, and Jeff Daniels have rings, but do not have their names on the Cup.

Information has been gathered from the Internet Hockey Database, Hockeyresearch.com (site no longer exists),
and from my own research of Milwaukee Journal microfilm and old game programs.
Special thanks to Rick Wagner for contributing images and info from several old game programs.