AHL Milwaukee Admirals

Admirals Playoff Hunt Continues with Two Critical Games this Weekend

Published on March 16, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release


Milwaukee, WI-This weekend the Milwaukee Admirals (60 Games Played, 30-26-2-2-64 points, 4th place Midwest Division, 11th place Western Conference, 19th place AHL) travel east for a pair of weekend games starting Friday night at Lake Erie (63 GP, 32-25-2-4-70 points, 2nd place North Division, 8th place Western Conference, 13th place AHL) and concluding Saturday afternoon in Toronto (62 GP, 34-21-4-3-75 points, 1st place North Division, 2nd place Western Conference, 5th place AHL.

Friday's trip to Cleveland will mark the Admirals final contest of the season against Lake Erie. In the three prior matchups Milwaukee picked up five of a possible six points versus the Monsters, dropping only a 3-2 overtime decision at the Bradley Center on Jan. 15. In their latest battle, the Admirals scored a 3-2 overtime victory of their own at Quicken Loans Arena on Jan. 19. Milwaukee forward Chris Mueller (Buffalo, New York) provided the difference, scoring on a penalty shot at 3:33 of overtime. Jeremy Smith (Dearborn, Michigan) earned the win for Milwaukee by making 23 saves. Trevor Cann stopped 21 of 24 Milwaukee shots in the loss for Lake Erie, which currently owns the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, six points ahead of the Admirals.

Milwaukee's Saturday matinee at North Division leading Toronto will close the season series between the Marlies and Admirals. In the only prior meeting of the season series, Milwaukee posted a 2-0 shutout of Toronto on Dec. 16. Admirals forward Mark Van Guilder (Roseville, Minnesota) scored both of the game's goals, including the game winner 15:11 into the first period, while Smith blanked the Marlies with 33 saves. The win pushed Milwaukee's record against Toronto to 8-1-0-2 over the past five seasons, which includes a 3-1 Admirals victory on March 1, 2011 in the only matchup between the two teams at Ricoh Coliseum last year.

Key Statistics:

MILWAUKEE's road record: (28th best AHL) 28 Games Played, 11-15-0-2-24 points.

Lake Erie's home record: (14th) 29 GP, 17-10-1-1-36 points.

Toronto's home record: (3rd) 31 GP, 19-8-3-1-42 points.

Active Leading Scorers as of March 15:

MILWAUKEE: Chris Mueller (26 goals & 19 assists, 45 points); Kyle Wilson (17 goals & 25 assists, 42 points); Taylor Beck (12 goals & 21 assists, 33 points).

Lake Erie: Evan Brophey (17 goals & 20 assists, 37 points); Grag Mauldin (13 goals & 16 assists, 29 points); Brad Malone (9 goals & 20 assists, 29 points).

Toronto: Mike Zigomanis (18 goals & 35 assists, 53 points); Ryan Hamilton (22 goals & 22 assists, 44 points); Marcel Mueller (12 goals & 26 assists, 44 points).

Power play:

MILWAUKEE: (6th best AHL) 45 goals scored in 224 chances, 20.1% success rate, 3 shorthanded goals allowed.

Lake Erie: (18th) 43 goals scored in 253 chances, 17.0% success rate, 7 shorthanded goals allowed.

Toronto: (27th) 41 goals scored in 282 chances, 14.5% success rate, 3 shorthanded goals allowed.

Penalty killing:

MILWAUKEE: (26th best AHL) 52 goals allowed in 261 times shorthanded, 80.1% success rate, 4 shorthanded goals scored.

Lake Erie: (16th) 52 goals allowed in 290 times shorthanded, 82.1% success rate, 5 shorthanded goals scored.

Toronto: (1st) 33 goals allowed in 265 times shorthanded, 87.5% success rate, 10 shorthanded goals scored.

National Hockey League Affiliates:

MILWAUKEE: Nashville Predators

Lake Erie: Colorado Avalanche

Toronto: Toronto Maple Leafs

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