Game Summaries
March 4, 2005
vs. Utah Grizzlies
at the Bradley Center
The Admirals outplayed a determined Utah team, but came up short.

This was the first game after Darren Haydar broke his ankle in practice earlier this week. His 23 goals were good enough to tie for the team lead with Simon Gamache, so his presence will be felt until he returns in mid-April. The team called up Paul Brown a few days ago from his demotion to the ECHL, but he didn't even skate in pregame warmups, making me wonder if he's in the Coach's doghouse.

Milwaukee gave up the first goal of the game on a blunder by Ryan Suter, whose turnover in front of his own net was embarrassing. Utah extended their lead to 2 goals on a power play later in the first period. Two nights prior, the Grizzlies blew a 2 goal lead to Chicago by giving up a short-handed goal with 16 seconds left in the game. I was hoping Milwaukee would duplicate that feat. It began to look possible when Jordin Tootoo scored a power play goal (originally credited to Simon Gamache) late in the first period.

Milwaukee's hope of carrying momentum for a comeback bid were stalled during the worst moment of the game in the closing seconds of the 2nd period, when Scottie Upshall gave Utah a power play simply by not knowing how to keep his mouth shut. After Jerred Smithson was called for slashing during an Admirals power play, Upshall ran his mouth at the referee giving Utah a power play. Moments later when the period ended, Upshall ran his mouth some more earning himself a misconduct penalty. Utah scored on that power play in what would be the game winning goal.

Early in the third period, the Admirals had a chance to close within one with a 4-on-3 power play for about a minute. Down by 2 goals, Coach Noel was playing conservatively by using two defensemen (Hamhuis and Hutchinson) during the 4-on-3, and the Grizzlies killed off that penalty.

Timofei Shishkanov's power play goal with 9 minutes remaining gave the home crowd some hope of an Admirals comeback, but the team couldn't rally, eventually giving up an empty netter in the last second of the game.

Many fans booed referee Dan O'Rourke... who deserved much of it... but the fact remains that key mistakes by the Admirals (Suter & Upshall) lost this game. Last place Utah played better than they normally do, but Milwaukee could easily have prevailed.

boxscores courtesy of pointstreak.com

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Bradley Center
Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 7:00 pm

Utah 4 at Milwaukee 2

Referee: Dan ORourke (42) Attendance: 6,987
Linesman: Roger Behling (15)
Bryan Pancich (18)		 Game Length:
Game Number: 		2:26
825
FINAL
Scoring  1  2  3 T
Utah 2114
Milwaukee 1012
Shots 1  2  3 T
Utah713626
Milwaukee11191141
Power Plays G OPP PIM
Utah 3 8 18
Milwaukee 2 10 28
V - H # Per Team Time Scored By Assists PP SH Players On Ice
1 - 0 1 1 UTA 5:25  F.Sjostrom  E.Westrum       V  6 7 8 20 27 H  2 7 16 24 26
2 - 0 2 1 UTA 17:28  J.Callahan  P.White  A.Gavey x   V  9 10 21 27 44 H  5 6 21 25
2 - 1 3 1 MIL 19:09  J.Tootoo  S.Gamache  W.Smith x   V  8 17 21 27 H  2 8 10 21 22
3 - 1 4 2 UTA 0:28  R.Gelech  A.Gavey  K.Ballard x   V  9 10 16 21 44 H  2 5 21
3 - 2 5 3 MIL 10:59  T.Shishkanov  T.Hrkac  S.Upshall x   V  3 6 7 10 H  4 7 16 19 26
4 - 2 6 3 UTA 19:59  M.Sonnenberg (en)     x   V  7 9 16 21 25 H  2 8 10 16 21
Utah Roster Milwaukee Roster Penalties
# Name G A +/- S Pim
3  T.Virtue 0 0 0 0 2
5  D.Wood 0 0 0 1 0
6  M.Spiller 0 0 +1 0 2
7  E.Westrum 0 1 +1 4 2
8  J.Skalde 0 0 +1 1 0
9  P.White 0 1 0 1 2
10  K.McLeod 0 0 0 1 0
16  R.Gelech 1 0 0 1 0
17  J.Cox 0 0 0 0 2
18  D.Cornacchia 0 0 0 0 2
19  M.Stutzel 0 0 0 0 0
20  F.Sjostrom 1 0 +1 3 0
21  K.Ballard 0 1 0 2 2
23  D.Lattery 0 0 0 3 0
25  M.Sonnenberg 1 0 0 1 2
27  J.Callahan 1 0 +1 2 2
29  J.Koreis 0 0 0 4 0
31  D.LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0
44  A.Gavey 0 2 0 2 0
             
  Totals: 4 5 +5 26 18
Goalies Min Sh Sv Ga
31 D.LeNeveu (win) 60:00 41 39 2
         
Totals: 60:00 41 39 2
# Name G A +/- S Pim
1  B.Finley 0 0 0 0 0
2  D.Hamhuis 0 0 -1 6 0
4  B.Tiley 0 0 0 2 0
5  G.Zanon 0 0 0 2 0
6  K.Klein 0 0 0 0 0
7  R.Suter 0 0 -1 7 2
8  A.Hutchinson 0 0 0 4 0
10  S.Gamache 0 1 0 3 2
12  B.Segal 0 0 0 0 2
16  T.Shishkanov 1 0 -1 3 0
19  S.Upshall 0 1 0 0 12
21  W.Smith 0 1 0 2 0
22  J.Tootoo 1 0 0 7 2
23  C.Severson 0 0 0 0 0
24  L.Pivko 0 0 -1 0 2
25  J.Smithson 0 0 0 1 4
26  T.Hrkac 0 1 -1 2 0
28  B.Lundbohm 0 0 0 1 0
39  V.Fiddler 0 0 0 1 2
             
  Totals: 2 4 -5 41 28
Goalies Mins Sh Sv Ga
1 B.Finley (loss) 58:20 25 22 3
         
Totals: 58:20 25 22 3
P T  Player M  Offense Time
1 H  J.Smithson 2  Boarding 0:43
1 V  M.Spiller 2  Hooking 6:01
1 V  D.Cornacchia 2  Holding 11:58
1 H  B.Segal 2  Roughing 16:04
1 V  P.White 2  Cross Checking 19:05
1 H  J.Smithson 2  Slashing 19:54
1 H  S.Upshall 2  Unsportsmanlike. 19:54
1 H  S.Upshall 10  Misconduct 20:00
2 H  R.Suter 2  Interference 1:39
2 V  M.Sonnenberg 2  Cross Checking 4:28
2 V  J.Cox 2  Interference 7:56
3 H  L.Pivko 2  Tripping 1:32
3 V  E.Westrum 2  Roughing 4:15
3 H  S.Gamache 2  Tripping 4:28
3 V  K.Ballard 2  Interference 5:13
3 H  V.Fiddler 2  High Sticking 7:42
3 V  J.Callahan 2  Interference 10:56
3 V  T.Virtue 2  Interference 14:14
3 H  J.Tootoo 2  Slashing 18:58
           
  Total Min: 46 Total Offenses: 19  

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