AHL Milwaukee Admirals

Admirals Weekly

Published on November 10, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release


700 CLUB...The Milwaukee Admirals enter this week's action with a 5-1-3-1 record and a winning percentage of .700. Only Hartford (.833) and San Antonio (.708) enter this week's American Hockey League action with better winning percentages.

THIS WEEK...The Admirals (5-1-3-1) return to the Bradley Center on Friday night hosting the Grand Rapids Griffins in the first of eight meeting during the 2003-04 season. The Admirals posted a 2-2-2-0 record against the Griffins last season, including 1-1-1-0 at the Bradley Center. In 50 lifetime meetings between the teams the Admirals are 18-24-6-2 overall and 13-9-4-1 on home ice.

On Saturday night, Milwaukee returns to the Toyota Center in Houston to battle the Aeros. It's the third of ten meetings between the clubs. The teams have split the first two with both teams winning in the other team's building. In Houston, Milwaukee is 11-10-1-4 overall and an impressive 8-4-1-1 in the last 14 games.

ROSTER REVISIONS...On Tuesday, November 4th, free agent Tony Hrkac was signed by Nashville Predators and was reassigned to play with the Admirals. Hrkac, who played with the Admirals from 1994-1997, has registered 371 points, including 132 goals in 758 NHL games over 12 seasons. The Predators recalled defenseman Wade Brookbank from his conditioning assignment on Saturday, November 8th. He played in both games this week finishing +1 with two penalty minutes.

LAST WEEK'S ACTION: The Admirals are winners of three straight games, unbeaten in their last four outings and have picked up a point in seven consecutive games. Behind an attack that featured eight different goals scorers, the Admirals defeated the Aeros on Thursday night, 8-2. Tony Hrkac dished out four assists in his 2003-04 debut and Brian Finley stopped 38 of 40 shots. The eight goals against Houston is the most scored by a visiting team in the AHL this year and its also ties Binghamton for the most goals scored in an AHL contest this season. Binghamton defeated Worcester, 8-2, in Binghamton on October 18th. On Friday night, Milwaukee took a 3-0 advantage and held on for a 3-2 victory over the Rampage in San Antonio. Libor Pivko supplied the game winning goal, while veteran netminder Wade Flaherty stopped 27 of 29 Rampage shots.

TRIPLE "H"...The trio of Andrew Hutchinson, Darren Haydar, Tony Hrkac all enter this week's action boasting modest scoring streaks. Hutchinson has scored a goal in three consecutive games and now has six points (3g-3a) in ten games. Haydar enters this week's action with a three-game scoring streak with four assists during that span. Hrkac tallied five points (1g-4a) in his first two games with the Admirals.

HEAD OF THE CLASS...Center Greg Classen continues to pace Admirals scorers with eight points (3g-5a). The former Merrimack College center also shares the team lead with Darren Haydar with five assists. Mathieu Darche and Mike Farrell lead Admirals goal scorers with four each. Defenseman Ray Schultz leads all Admirals in plus/minus rating with a +8 and the Milwaukee Captain also leads in penalty minutes with 33. Veteran blueliner Curtis Murphy and left wing Libor Pivko are tied for second at +6.

MINDING THE MESH... Brian Finley improved his record to 3-2-2 with an impressive 38 save performance in Houston. Finley boasts a stellar .924 save percentage to go along with his 2.35 goals against average. Wade Flaherty improved his record to 2-0-1-0 with a 27 save performance against San Antonio. Flaherty, who played 30 games for the Rampage last season, enters this week's action with a 2.27 goals against average and a .921 save percentage.

OVER THE AIR AND ON THE WEB...All Admirals games home and away can be heard live on Joy1340 and SportsJuice.com. Web listeners can listen to the games from anywhere in the world through a link on the Admirals website (www.milwaukeeadmirals.com ). Kyle Schultz will make his Admirals debut on Friday night.

THIS WEEK

HOME
Friday November 14th vs. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00pm
ROAD
Saturday November 15th @ Houston Aeros 7:00 pm

****Hear all of the Admirals' games on Joy1340 (1340am) and on the Internet at www.sportsjuice.com****

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