Admirals Top Quad City 8-1
October 24, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release
Milwaukee, WI - Cal O'Reilly notched a pair of shorthanded goals and the Milwaukee Admirals erupted for six goals in the second period as they downed the Quad City Stars 8-1 at the Bradley Center on Wednesday night. The Admirals have now scored 15 goals in their last two games.
Ironically it was Quad City who controlled play for the first 20 minutes, outshooting the Admirals 14-3 in the first period. But it was the Ads who would get on the board first, thanks to a highlight reel goal by O'Reilly. Playing shorthanded, Josh Langfeld carried the puck out of the Admirals zone and passed to O'Reilly who brought the puck over the Quad City blueline. The crafty forward briefly lost control of the puck, prompting him to send a pass to Langfeld between his legs. Langeld held the puck just long enough to freeze Omaha goalie Curtis McElhinney and then fed it back to O'Reilly who had a wide open net.
That goal seemed to wake the Admirals out of their funk and they scored early and often in the second stanza. Rich Peverley got things going when he took a pretty cross ice pass from O'Reilly during a five-on-three power play and beat McElhinney at the 2:56 mark of the period. Richard Stehlik then picked up his first goal as an Admiral 4:25 in to the second when his shot deflected off of a Quad City defenseman and into the net for a 3-0 lead.
Matt Ellison and Mike Santorelli followed with markers just 25 seconds apart before Janne Niskala lit the lamp on a pair of power-play tallies to run the Admirals lead to 7-0. O'Reilly would notch his second shortie of the night at 15:51 of the third to finish the Admirals scoring.
Only a Kris Chucko power-play goal with under 90 seconds to play prevented Admirals backstop Pekka Rinne from registering his first shutout of the season. The Finnish goalie ended the night with 36 saves to earn his third consecutive win and fourth overall.
O'Reilly had three points on the night to pace an Admirals offense that saw 13 different players find the score sheet. Niskala had his two goals and was +2, while fellow d-man Cody Franson recorded a pair of helpers.
The Admirals and Flames will finish the back end of their home-and-home series on Friday night in Quad City. The Ads then return home to the Bradley Center for a 7:30 pm contest against the Chicago Wolves on Saturday night.
Fans can purchase tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (414) 276-4545 or online at HTUwww.ticketmaster.comUTH. Groups of ten or more can receive $2 off the face value of each ticket by calling the Admirals office at (414) 227-0550. For more information fans can call the Admirals office or check out the team's website at www.milwaukeeadmirals.com.
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