AHL Milwaukee Admirals

Magic Number to Clinch Playoff Spot Now 10

Published on March 24, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release


ROSTER REVISIONS...Center Erik Anderson was signed as an injury replacement Tuesday. Cameron Mann returned to the line-up after missing five games due to injury. Other players that have been out of the line-up with injuries are Tomas Kloucek, Jonas Andersson and Robert Schnabel. Andersson's return is likely sometime this week, while Schnabel and Kloucek will not play this week.

VS. BEARS...The Admirals and Hershey Bears meet for the second time this season and first time ever at the Bradley Center Wednesday night. The two teams played to a 3-3 tie in Hershey on November 23rd. The Admirals scored two third period goals to overcome a 3-1 deficit to earn a point. The Bears are the primary developmental affiliate of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche.

VS. RAMPAGE...Milwaukee gets two chances to win their first game ever at the SBC Center in San Antonio this week. The Admirals and San Antonio Rampage meet for the ninth and tenth times Friday and Sunday in Texas. Neither team has won on the road in the season series. Overall, Milwaukee is 4-3-1-0 against the expansion Rampage but is 0-3-0-0 in San Antonio.

PLAYOFF PICTURE...With seven games remaining in the regular season, the Admirals' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 10. Any combination of Admiral points and missed Rochester points totaling 10 will clinch a playoff spot for Milwaukee. The Admirals currently hold the ninth spot in the Western Conference playoff seedings. They are in a tie with #8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, one point behind #7 Utah, and seven points behind #6 Hershey. The top 10 teams in each conference make the playoffs with the 7-10 teams in each conference playing in best-of-three qualifying series. If the playoffs were to begin today, the Admirals would play a best-of-three qualifying round series in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

IRONMAN...Bryan Lundbohm is the only player to have played in all 73 Admirals' games this season and has missed only one AHL game in Admirals history (152/153). Lundbohm has played in 98 straight games dating back to last season. The former University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux has been plus or even in 30 of the last 34 games and is an overall +9 during that stretch.

ADDITION BY DIVISION... Through 37 games against the division this season, the Admirals are 19-13-2-3 and own winning or break-even records against all four divisional opponents. The overall records vs. the West: Utah (6-1-0-1), Houston (4-4-1-1), San Antonio (4-3-1-0) and Chicago (5-5-0-1). Five of the Admirals' last seven games will be against West Division foes.

CENTERS OF ATTENTION...Centers Greg Classen, Domenic Pittis and Wyatt Smith have combined to score 34 points (14g-20a) in 15 games during March. Pittis has scored 16 points (7g-9a), Smith has scored 10 points (4g-6a) and Classen eight points (3g-5a) during the month of March.

WORKING OVERTIME... The Admirals played in their 22nd overtime session March 16th when they lost 3-2 to the Utah Grizzlies. The Admirals' played to a draw in 13 games so far this season. The Admirals are 4-5-13 with OT winners coming from Cameron Mann (10/26 vs. CHI), Peter Smrek (11/30 @ CLE), Jason Beckett (1/11 @ HAM) and Darren Haydar (3/9 vs. CIN).

COMEBACK KIDS...The Admirals have gained 15 points after trailing going into the final period of games this season. The team is 4-17-4-3 when trailing after two periods. The total is second in the league to the Grand Rapids Griffins who have earned 17 points when trailing after two periods.

DARREN TO BE GREAT... Rookie Darren Haydar is the first 70-point scorer for the Admirals since Tony Hrkac scored 88 points and Peter Douris scored 72 points during the 1996-97 season. With his game-winning goal Saturday vs. Rochester, Haydar now has 71 points (27g-44a). He previously set a new season high for points scored by an Admiral since the team's affiliation with the Nashville Predators (1998-present) when he recorded his 68th point (26g-42a) of the season March 14th vs. Philadelphia. The former University of New Hampshire star became the Admirals' first ever AHL 20-goal scorer with a goal 1/31 vs. Grand Rapids. He leads the team in goals scored (27), assists (44), multiple-point games (20), game-winning goals (8), and +/- (+20). Haydar is first in scoring among AHL rookies and is sixth among all league scorers.

BALANCED ATTACK...Defenseman Alex Ryazantsev became the 30th Admiral goal scorer this season with his game-tying goal March 16th against Utah.

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