Scouting

Rampage: Scouting the Enemy
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The Milwaukee Admirals are currently riding a three-game winning streak. We haven’t had the chance to say something like that since they started off the 2017-18 season winning the first four games. It has been a slow process but one that the entire Central Division outside of the Manitoba Moose seem to have endured along the way so far. The Admirals are now in second place of the division behind the Moose as they embark on a three-game road trip. Can this momentum be carried into the first Texas swing of the season?

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Chatterbox

Chatterbox, Vol. 243
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Did the Milwaukee Admirals go out and thrash the team with the lowest record in the AHL last night? No. Was it the best performance of the season? No, not really. What the Admirals did in their 1-0 shutout victory of the Cleveland Monsters wasn’t anything special. It was just good hard work from everybody involved. It often feels like the more simplified the Admirals can play the better the results are. Last night showed some rewards for good structured defensive play. And, hey, the Admirals are now on a winning streak beyond two games for the first time since the opening four games of the season. Things are beginning to slowly click.

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Game Recaps

Saros Returns; Admirals Blank Monsters 1-0
(Game Recap: Nicholas Hatch. Photo Credit: Scott Paulus.)

The Milwaukee Admirals won 1-0 against the Cleveland Monsters at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Wednesday night.

Right out of gates this game was a goaltending duel with two NHL-ready goaltenders leading their respective squads. Juuse Saros would stop all 27 shots he faced while Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29/30 shots. The lone goal came off the stick of Trevor Murphy in the second period and that’s all the Admirals would need as Saros earned his sixth career AHL shutout. The Admirals have now won three straight games for the first time since opening the season on a four-game win streak.

“We’ve played well on a consistent basis here as of late,” said Milwaukee Admirals head coach Dean Evason of the team’s recent run. “Fortunately we’re getting rewarded for it. We can reinforce that. But we really played the right way tonight. We weren’t great but we weren’t bad. We were just a really sound and steady group and got rewarded for it.”

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Scouting

Monsters: Scouting the Enemy
(Photo Credit: Cleveland Monsters)

Well, would you look at that. The Milwaukee Admirals are currently working on a winning streak. Yeah, they’ve won back-to-back games via the shootout – but they’ve taken 4 points. It hasn’t been easy this season for the Admirals to sustain positive flows of momentum from one game into the next. By no means over the last few weeks have the Admirals played their best game of hockey but piece by piece they are showing flashes of the high caliber team that they can be. With a team in the Cleveland Monsters arriving to town with the worst record in the entire league it might be time for the Admirals to show more than a flash.

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Game Recaps

Shootout Kings; Admirals Win 5-4 in Rockford
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The Milwaukee Admirals won 5-4 in a shootout on the road against the Rockford IceHogs at the BMO Harris Bank Center on Sunday evening.

It’s becoming a regular occurrence for the Admirals to play beyond regulation. For the second consecutive game the Admirals pick up a win in the shootout. They have won all five games played in the shootout this season.

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Scouting

IceHogs: Scouting the Enemy
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The Milwaukee Admirals needed a shootout on Friday night to defeat the Iowa Wild. They thankfully had a chance to get some energy back yesterday before playing on the road this evening. The Rockford IceHogs haven’t had that ability to recharge. They’re finishing the last of a three-in-three and are looking to win consecutively at the BMO Harris Bank Center. The Admirals had an upswing Friday night. Can it -for once- be sustained?

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Game Recaps

Shootout; Admirals Beat Wild 4-3
(Game Recap: Nicholas Hatch. Photo Credit: Scott Paulus.)

The Milwaukee Admirals won 4-3 in a shootout against the Iowa Wild at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Friday night.

The game started out great for the home team, but the Admirals lost some momentum in the second and third periods. After some calls by the officials that had some Admirals fans scratching their heads, the Admirals seemed to lose some energy. However, Anthony Richard’s two goals and Harry Zolnierczyk’s game-tying goal and game-winning goal guided the Admirals to a thrilling shootout victory.

“Harry has been outstanding for us all year,” said Milwaukee Admirals head coach Dean Evason after the game. “He’s been not only good on the ice he’s been real good off the ice. He has energy every day.”

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Scouting

Wild: Scouting the Enemy
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The Milwaukee Admirals up and down run this season suffered a down on Wednesday night. The Admirals lost 4-2 against the Grand Rapids Griffins to see their five-game point streak come to an end. That run started well enough, with the Admirals first back-to-back regulation wins since they started the season on a four-game winning streak, but it was followed with three games that went beyond regulation. It ended with a rough “shoot self in foot” outing Wednesday. Focus now shifts to finding an “up” before the Admirals can figure out a way of maintaining a positive run of form.

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