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Admirals End Season With Pair Of Road Victories

April 14, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals News Release


NORFOLK, VA - The Norfolk Admirals finished the 2007-08 schedule last week with a pair of wins on the road.

On Wednesday night, an Albany goal with under a minute to play spoiled a solid performance by goaltender Marc Denis, as the Admirals fell to the River Rats 2-1 at the Times Union Center. Kyle Wanvig's second goal of the game early in the third period was the difference and Dana Tyrell registered two assists as the Admirals defeated the Binghamton Senators 3-2 on Friday night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. On Saturday night, Wanvig forced overtime by scoring with three minutes left in regulation and Paul Szczechura netted the game winner 41 seconds into overtime as the Admirals closed out the 2007-08 season with a 3-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza.

EAST DIVISION STANDINGS

The Admirals finished the season with a 29-44-2-5 record for 65 points. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (47-26-3-4, 101 pts) won the East Division. The Penguins, Philadelphia Phantoms (46-27-4-3, 99 pts), Albany River Rats (43-30-3-4, 93 pts) and Hershey Bears (42-30-2-6, 92 pts) each qualified for the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers (40-36-1-3, 84 pts) and Binghamton Senators (34-32-9-5, 82 pts) finished fifth and sixth in the East Division, respectively.

ADMIRALS' LOG

Blair Jones finished the season with assists in five straight games (5A), tying a team season high assist streak.

Brandon Segal finished the season with points in the final five games (3-3-6) and 11 of the last 19 games (7-6-13).

The Admirals killed their final 22 power plays against and 29 of their opponent's last 31 man advantages (93.5%).

2007 Tampa Bay second-round pick Dana Tyrell registered his first pro multipoint game with a pair of assists on Friday in Binghamton and scored his first pro goal on Saturday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

The Admirals finished with a 5-4-0-1 record against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season - their first winning record against the Penguins since 2001-02 - including two wins at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. Prior to February 2, 2008, the Admirals went winless in 17 games (0-11-0-2-4) on the road against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton dating back to February 14, 2004.

Saturday's win in Wilkes-Barre marked the first time this season that the Admirals won a road contest when trailing after two periods.

Saturday's win in Wilkes-Barre was the first victory settled in the extra session this season and the first overtime win on the road since January 21, 2007 at Philadelphia.

The Admirals picked up points in 16 of 24 games when Paul Szczechura was in the lineup this season (13-8-1-2, 29 pts, .604).

ADMIRALS PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE

Norfolk leading scorer Kyle Wanvig led the Admirals with three goals as they closed the 2007-08 season on the road last week. On Friday in Binghamton, he netted the first goal of the game and then broke a 2-2 tie early in the final frame with the game-winning goal for first star honors. On Saturday against the Penguins, he tied the game with less than three minutes to go in regulation for a game that Norfolk eventually won in overtime. Wanvig finished the season as the team leader in goals (23), assists (33), points (56) and power play goals (8).

2007-08 SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE

The twentieth season of Admirals hockey starts this October. Don't miss a minute of the action by purchasing your season tickets today. Season tickets guarantee you the same great seat for all 40 games of Admirals hockey with savings of 20% or more over the gate price. Plus, you get all the benefits that come from being an Admirals season ticket holder. For more details or to purchase your season tickets, please visit norfolkadmirals.com, stop by the Admirals' Administrative Offices at Scope or call (757) 640-1212 weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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