AHL Milwaukee Admirals

Admirals Halt Rampage 6-2

Published on December 29, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release


Milwaukee, WI-Mark Matheson posted his first career three-point night and Milwaukee had 14 different players find the scoresheet as they defeated the San Antonio Rampage 6-2 Monday night at the Bradley Center. The win was the eighth straight for the Admirals at home.

Patric Hornqvist put the Admirals up 1-0 when he potted his fourth goal of the season at the 17:40 mark of the opening stanza. Kelsey Wilson dove to poke a loose puck over to Hornqvist, who came into the San Antonio zone with Scott Ford on a two-on-one and then fired a wrist shot that beat San Antonio netminder Josh Tordjman high to the stick side.

It would be 2-0 Milwaukee when Ryan Maki jammed in a rebound of a Stephen Werner shot at 3:03 of the second. It was Maki's first goal of the season. Matheson then put the Ads up by three with his second goal in three games at 9:22 of the period.

San Antonio got on the board just eight seconds later as former Admiral Wyatt Smith won a clean face off in the Admirals zone over to defenseman Sean Sullivan, who blasted a slap shot over the shoulder of Milwaukee goalie Drew MacIntyre. However, the Admirals built the lead back up to three at the 12:56 mark of the second on Jed Ortmeyer's fifth tally of the season. Mike Santorelli fed Ortmeyer on the top of the left circle and he fired a one-timer beat Tordjman five-hole.

Admiral forward Ryan Jones kicked off the scoring in the third period when he got a pass from Cody Franson at the top of the left circle, took a couple of strides towards the goal and fired a wrist shot past Al Montoya, who replaced had Tordjman in net. However, the Rampage pulled to within three at 10:10 of the third when Jeff Hogan intercepted a Milwaukee pass directly in front of MacIntyre, deeked to his right, and then shoveled a backhand over the sprawled Admiral backstop.

Jed Ortmeyer ended any thoughts of a San Antonio comeback when he beat his former University of Michigan teammate Montoya to a loose puck in the middle of the Rampage zone and easily scored his second marker of the night. MacIntyre earned a rare assist on the play, as did blueliner Teemu Laakso.

Matheson (1g-2a) paced the Admirals offense, while Franson (2a), Santorelli (2a), and Ortmeyer (2g) each chipped in two points. Franson, Matheson, and Ortmeyer were also all +3. MacIntyre made 26 saves to earn his sixth win in his last seven starts and his 15th victory of the season.

The Admirals will return home tomorrow night, December 30th when they play host to the Iowa Stars in a special 6:00 pm start time. The first 3,500 fans will receive a pair of Admirals boxer shorts, courtesy of Jockey. Fans can order tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (414) 276-4545 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Groups of ten or more people receive a minimum of $2 off of each ticket. For more information or to order group tickets call the Admirals office at (414) 227-0550.

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